Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
स्वरा बीजानि शक्तीनां तदाद्याः पूजयेत्तुः ताः । ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मा ते सृष्टिः शेषान्विताप्यसौ ॥ २६ ॥
svarā bījāni śaktīnāṃ tadādyāḥ pūjayettuḥ tāḥ | brahmaviṣṇuśivātmā te sṛṣṭiḥ śeṣānvitāpyasau || 26 ||
ஸ்வரங்களே சக்திகளின் பீஜங்கள் (பீஜாக்ஷரங்கள்); ஆகையால் தொடக்கத்திலேயே அவற்றை பூஜிக்க வேண்டும். அவை பிரம்மா, விஷ்ணு, சிவன் ஆகியோரின் ஸ்வரூபம்; அவற்றினாலேயே இச்சமஸ்த சிருஷ்டி—சேஷம் உடனும்—தாங்கப்பட்டு நிலைக்கிறது।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada on Śikṣā/phonetics and mantra-prayoga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that correct Vedic accent (svara) is not merely phonetics but the very seed of mantra-power; honoring it first safeguards the rite and aligns the practitioner with the cosmic functions embodied by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva.
Bhakti here takes a technical form: devotion expressed as reverent precision in mantra-recitation—worshipping the svaras as divine carriers of śakti—so that the act of chanting becomes an offering to the deity-principles.
Śikṣā (Vedāṅga phonetics): the necessity of proper svara (udātta, anudātta, svarita) and its ritual priority, implying that pronunciation and accent preserve mantra efficacy in Narada Purana ritual practice.