Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26
Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi
स्वरा बीजानि शक्तीनां तदाद्याः पूजयेत्तुः ताः । ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवात्मा ते सृष्टिः शेषान्विताप्यसौ ॥ २६ ॥
svarā bījāni śaktīnāṃ tadādyāḥ pūjayettuḥ tāḥ | brahmaviṣṇuśivātmā te sṛṣṭiḥ śeṣānvitāpyasau || 26 ||
سور ہی شکتیوں کے بیج (بیجاکشر) ہیں؛ اس لیے ابتدا ہی میں ان کی پوجا کرے۔ وہ برہما، وِشنو اور شِو کے سوروپ ہیں؛ اور انہی کے ذریعے یہ ساری سृष्टی—شیش سمیت—قائم و برقرار رہتی ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada on Śikṣā/phonetics and mantra-prayoga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that correct Vedic accent (svara) is not merely phonetics but the very seed of mantra-power; honoring it first safeguards the rite and aligns the practitioner with the cosmic functions embodied by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva.
Bhakti here takes a technical form: devotion expressed as reverent precision in mantra-recitation—worshipping the svaras as divine carriers of śakti—so that the act of chanting becomes an offering to the deity-principles.
Śikṣā (Vedāṅga phonetics): the necessity of proper svara (udātta, anudātta, svarita) and its ritual priority, implying that pronunciation and accent preserve mantra efficacy in Narada Purana ritual practice.