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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 57

Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi

मूर्तिमूलेन संकल्प्य पूजयेद्विधिवद्विधुम् । केसरेष्वंगपूजा स्यात्पत्रेष्वेताश्च शक्तयः ॥ ५७ ॥

mūrtimūlena saṃkalpya pūjayedvidhivadvidhum | kesareṣvaṃgapūjā syātpatreṣvetāśca śaktayaḥ || 57 ||

เมื่อทำสังกัลปะด้วยมนตรรากแห่งรูปเทวะแล้ว พึงบูชาวิธุ (พระจันทร์) ตามพิธี. ที่เกสรบัวให้ทำอังคปูชา และที่กลีบบัวให้สถาปนาศักติทั้งหลายเหล่านี้

मूर्ति-मूलेनwith the root/base of the form (mūrti)
मूर्ति-मूलेन:
Karana (करण/तृतीया)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ति + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मूर्तेः मूलम्)
संकल्प्यhaving resolved/visualized
संकल्प्य:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् + कल्प् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया—‘having conceived/resolved’
पूजयेत्should worship
पूजयेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
विधिवत्according to proper procedure
विधिवत्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधि + वत् (अव्यय-प्रयोगः)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) — ‘according to rule’
विधुम्the Moon (Vidhu)
विधुम्:
Karma (कर्म/द्वितीया)
TypeNoun
Rootविधु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
केसरेषुin/on the filaments (of the lotus)
केसरेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/सप्तमी)
TypeNoun
Rootकेसर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन
अङ्ग-पूजाworship of the limbs (aṅga-pūjā)
अङ्ग-पूजा:
Karta (कर्ता/विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अङ्गानां पूजा)
स्यात्should be
स्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
पत्रेषुon the petals
पत्रेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/सप्तमी)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन
एताःthese
एताः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणम् (शक्तयः इति)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
शक्तयःpowers (śaktis)
शक्तयः:
Karta (कर्ता/विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Narada (teaching ritual procedure in the technical/vidhi section)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

C
Chandra (Moon)

FAQs

It teaches that worship becomes effective when intention (saṅkalpa) is joined to the deity’s mūla-mantra, and when the deity is honored as a complete presence—limbs (aṅgas) and powers (śaktis) included—through a structured lotus-based ritual.

Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined reverence: the devotee approaches the deity with mantra, order, and inner resolve, treating the divine not as an idea but as a living presence honored through aṅga-pūjā and śakti-nyāsa.

It highlights ritual science (kalpa/vidhi): saṅkalpa, mūla-mantra usage, and the technical placement of aṅga-pūjā on lotus filaments and śakti-invocation on petals—an applied procedure typical of Narada Purana’s technical sections.