Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 132
Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga
कर्मिकायां लिखेन्मंत्रं तत्रावाह्य कपीश्वरम् । मूर्तिं मूलेन संकल्प्य ध्यात्वा पाद्यादिकं चरेत् ॥ १३२ ॥
karmikāyāṃ likhenmaṃtraṃ tatrāvāhya kapīśvaram | mūrtiṃ mūlena saṃkalpya dhyātvā pādyādikaṃ caret || 132 ||
கர்மிகையில் மந்திரத்தை எழுதி, அங்கே கபீஸ்வரனை ஆவாஹனம் செய்ய வேண்டும். மூலமந்திரத்தால் மூர்த்தியை மனத்தில் நிறுவி, தியானித்து, பாத்யம் முதலிய உபசாரங்களை நடத்த வேண்டும்.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that worship becomes effective when mantra, intention (saṅkalpa), invocation (āvāhana), and meditation (dhyāna) are unified—so the deity is approached as a living presence, not merely as a symbol.
Bhakti here is expressed through reverent, step-by-step service (upacāra): invoking Kapīśvara, contemplating his form through the mūla-mantra, and then offering pādya and other honors as loving attendance.
It highlights ritual-technical procedure: mantra-lekhana (writing/placing the mantra), āvāhana (invocation), saṅkalpa (ritual resolve), dhyāna (meditative fixation), and pādyādi-upacāras (formal offerings)—a structured liturgical method used in Purāṇic worship.