Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
नारदोऽस्य मुनिश्छन्दोऽनुष्टुप् च देवता मनोः । रुक्मिणीवल्लभश्चंद्रदृग्वेदांगाक्षिवर्णकैः । पञ्चांगानि प्रकुर्वीत ततो ध्यायेत्सुरेश्वरम् ॥ ४७ ॥
nārado'sya muniśchando'nuṣṭup ca devatā manoḥ | rukmiṇīvallabhaścaṃdradṛgvedāṃgākṣivarṇakaiḥ | pañcāṃgāni prakurvīta tato dhyāyetsureśvaram || 47 ||
اس (منتر/رِیت) کے رِشی نارَد ہیں؛ چھند انُشٹُپ ہے؛ اور دیوتا منوؔ ہیں۔ ‘رُکمِنی وَلّبھ’، ‘چندر’، ‘دِرِک’، ‘ویدانگ’، ‘اکشی’ اور ‘ورن’ سے اشارہ کیے گئے حروف سے پنچانگ (نیاس) قائم کرے، پھر سُریشور کا دھیان کرے۔
Narada (instructional voice within the Vedāṅga/technical section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It formalizes mantra-practice by stating ṛṣi (seer), chandas (metre), and devatā (deity), then directs the practitioner to complete the fivefold ‘aṅgas’ and culminate in meditation on the Supreme Lord.
Even in a technical Vedāṅga setting, the goal is devotional absorption: after the procedural limbs are completed, the practitioner is instructed to meditate on Sureśvara—Vişṇu/Kṛṣṇa—making ritual serve bhakti and inner contemplation.
It highlights chandas (metre-identification), varṇa/syllable-based construction, and the standard mantra-viniyoga framework (ṛṣi–chandas–devatā), along with a five-limbed arrangement (pañcāṅga) used in ritual/nyāsa-style practice.