Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 125
Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga
शैवरूपिणमभ्यर्च्य ध्यात्वा लक्ष जपेन्मनुम् । दशांशं जुहुयाद्वीहीन्पयोदध्याज्यमिश्रितान् ॥ १२५ ॥
śaivarūpiṇamabhyarcya dhyātvā lakṣa japenmanum | daśāṃśaṃ juhuyādvīhīnpayodadhyājyamiśritān || 125 ||
شَیو روپ میں دیوتا کی پوجا کر کے، اس کا دھیان کر کے، منتر کا ایک لاکھ جپ کرے؛ پھر اس کا دسواں حصہ لے کر دودھ، دہی اور گھی میں ملا ہوا چاول آگ میں آہوتی دے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It prescribes a complete sādhanā cycle—worship (pūjā), meditation (dhyāna), mantra repetition (japa), and fire-offering (homa)—showing how inner practice is sealed by an outward sacrificial act.
Bhakti here is expressed as focused worship and remembrance of the deity’s form, sustained through disciplined japa; the concluding homa is an offering of devotion that externalizes the practitioner’s inner concentration.
It highlights ritual-technical knowledge: the lakṣa-count of japa and the daśāṃśa rule (one-tenth) for homa oblations, along with specific dravya (offerings) like rice mixed with milk, curd, and ghee.