Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26
Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana
सुश्रीः सुरूपा कपिला हव्यकव्यवहा तथा । वह्नेर्दश कलाः प्रोक्ताः प्रोच्यंतेऽथ रवेः कलाः ॥ २६ ॥
suśrīḥ surūpā kapilā havyakavyavahā tathā | vahnerdaśa kalāḥ proktāḥ procyaṃte'tha raveḥ kalāḥ || 26 ||
سُشری، سُروپا، کپیلا اور ہویہکویہوہا—یہ آگنی دیو کی دس کلاؤں کے طور پر بیان کی گئی ہیں۔ اب آگے روی (سورج) کی کلاؤں کا بیان ہوتا ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Vedanga/technical enumeration context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames Agni not merely as physical fire but as a set of functional “kalās” (potencies), especially the sacred role of carrying offerings (havya) and ancestral rites (kavya), and then transitions to a similar sacred mapping for the Sun.
By identifying Agni’s divine functions in yajña and śrāddha, the verse supports devotional worship through correctly offered rites—where reverence to Agni and Surya becomes a disciplined form of devotion expressed as sacred service.
A technical, Vedanga-aligned enumeration used in ritual science: understanding Agni’s role as havyakavyavahā (ritual conveyance) and the classification of kalās supports correct application in yajña procedures and related calendrical/solar considerations when the text proceeds to Surya’s kalās.