Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 61
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
सप्तलक्षं जपेन्मंत्रं दशांशं जुहुयात्ततः । गोदुग्धैः पूजयेत्पीठे स्यादंगैः प्रथमावृतिः ॥ ६१ ॥
saptalakṣaṃ japenmaṃtraṃ daśāṃśaṃ juhuyāttataḥ | godugdhaiḥ pūjayetpīṭhe syādaṃgaiḥ prathamāvṛtiḥ || 61 ||
మంత్రాన్ని ఏడు లక్షల సార్లు జపించాలి; ఆపై దాని దశాంశం హోమం చేయాలి. తరువాత గోక్షీరంతో పీఠంపై పూజ చేయాలి. ఈ అంగక్రియలతో ప్రథమావృతీ సిద్ధిస్తుంది.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the technical/ritual context of Book 1.3)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It frames mantra-sādhana as a complete discipline: japa is supported by homa and pīṭha-pūjā, showing that inner repetition is strengthened by purificatory and consecratory ritual aṅgas.
Even when presented as technical practice, the sequence culminates in pūjā—devotional worship—implying that disciplined repetition and offerings mature into reverent service to the deity invoked by the mantra.
It highlights ritual procedure and proportional reckoning (daśāṃśa)—a practical rule used in mantra-vidhi: after a fixed japa count, perform homa at one-tenth and complete the cycle with prescribed upacāras like milk worship on the pīṭha.