Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 30
The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras
Kālī and Tārā Vidyās
रक्तांभोजैर्हुनेन्मंत्री धनैर्जयति वित्तपम् । बिल्वपत्रैर्भवेद्राज्यं रक्तपुष्पैर्वशीकृतिः ॥ ३० ॥
raktāṃbhojairhunenmaṃtrī dhanairjayati vittapam | bilvapatrairbhavedrājyaṃ raktapuṣpairvaśīkṛtiḥ || 30 ||
ผู้รู้มนต์พึงบูชาโหมด้วยดอกบัวแดง; ด้วยการถวายทรัพย์ย่อมชนะเจ้าแห่งทรัพย์สิน. ด้วยใบมะตูม (บิลวะ) ย่อมได้อำนาจราชย์ และด้วยดอกไม้แดงย่อมสำเร็จวศีกรณะ (ทำให้ยอมอยู่ใต้อำนาจ)
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames ritual offerings (dravya) as specific upāyas in mantra-homa practice, linking the substance offered—red lotus, wealth, bilva leaves, red flowers—to distinct intended results (phala) such as wealth, sovereignty, and control.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined ritual devotion—offering sacred items with mantra and intent—showing that devotion can take the form of precise worship acts, not only contemplation.
It highlights ritual-technical knowledge: selecting proper offering materials for homa and understanding phala-śruti style result-mapping, a feature of applied Vedic practice (kalpa/ritual procedure).