Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6
Śuka’s Yoga-ascent, the Echo of ‘Bhoḥ’, and the Vaikuṇṭha Vision
पादात्प्रभृति गात्रेषु क्रमेण क्रमयोगवित् । ततः स प्राङ्मुखो विद्वानादित्येन विरोचिते ॥ ६ ॥
pādātprabhṛti gātreṣu krameṇa kramayogavit | tataḥ sa prāṅmukho vidvānādityena virocite || 6 ||
เริ่มจากเท้าแล้วไล่ขึ้นสู่อวัยวะทั้งหลายตามลำดับ ผู้รู้ครมะโยคะพึงจัดวางสติภาวนาให้เป็นขั้นตอน แล้วบัณฑิตนั้นพึงหันหน้าไปทางทิศตะวันออก ปฏิบัติในรัศมีศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งอาทิตยะ (สุริยะ)
Narada (teaching in the Moksha-dharma context, in dialogue lineage associated with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches a disciplined, sequential inward practice—moving awareness through the body in order—so the mind becomes steady and fit for liberation-oriented meditation.
Though primarily yogic, the east-facing, sun-illumined discipline supports bhakti by purifying attention and making the practitioner inwardly collected for remembrance and reverence toward the divine order (dharma) embodied in Āditya.
It reflects applied ritual-discipline and orientation (dik-niyama) used in sādhana—prāṅmukha posture and practice in solar light—aligning practice with traditional observances rather than grammar or astrology explicitly.