Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 128
Devapūjā-krama: Ārghya-saṃskāra, Maṇḍala–Nyāsa, Mudrā-pradarśana, Āvaraṇa-arcana, Homa, Japa, and Kṣamāpaṇa
त्वत्प्रसादाज्जगन्नाथ जगत्पूज्य दयानिधे । पूजाविच्छेददोषो मे मास्त्विति प्रार्थयेच्च तम् ॥ १२८ ॥
tvatprasādājjagannātha jagatpūjya dayānidhe | pūjāvicchedadoṣo me māstviti prārthayecca tam || 128 ||
اے جگن ناتھ، اے جہانوں کے معبود، اے بحرِ کرم! تیرے فضل سے میں دعا کرتا ہوں کہ میری پوجا میں انقطاع کا عیب کبھی پیدا نہ ہو۔
Narada (in instruction, within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that continuity in worship is itself a discipline, and one should seek the Lord’s grace so that negligence or disruption (pūjā-viccheda) does not become a spiritual fault.
Bhakti here is expressed as humble dependence on the Lord’s compassion—praying not only for results, but for steadiness and regularity in devotion.
It highlights practical ritual conduct: maintaining procedural continuity in pūjā and using a prescribed prayer (prārthanā) to guard against doṣa arising from interrupted worship.