Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 83
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
केसरेषु चतुर्दिक्षु विदिक्ष्वंगानि पूजयेत् । वासुदेवं बलं दिक्षु प्रद्युम्नमनिरुद्धकम् ॥ ८३ ॥
kesareṣu caturdikṣu vidikṣvaṃgāni pūjayet | vāsudevaṃ balaṃ dikṣu pradyumnamaniruddhakam || 83 ||
பூஜா-யந்திரத்தின் தாமரை இதழ்களின் நான்கு திசைகளிலும் இடைத்திசைகளிலும் அங்கங்களை வழிபட வேண்டும். திசைகளில் வாசுதேவன், பலன்; அதுபோல் பிரத்யும்னன், அனிருத்தன் ஆகியோரை நிறுவ வேண்டும்.
Narada (teaching within a ritual-technical section; dialogue tradition with Sanatkumara contextually)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It sacralizes space by mapping the Lord’s fourfold manifestation (vyūha) onto the directions, making the worshipper’s environment a consecrated, ordered cosmos centered on Viṣṇu.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined worship: honoring the Lord’s forms in specific directions trains attention, reverence, and remembrance (smaraṇa) through a structured pūjā.
Ritual-technical knowledge of directional placement (dik-vinyāsa) and diagram-based worship (padma/maṇḍala-nyāsa), a practical liturgical science used in formal Vaishnava rites.