Gaṇeśa Mantra-vidhi: Mahāgaṇapati Gāyatrī, Vakratuṇḍa Mantra, Nyāsa, Homa, Āvaraṇa-pūjā, and Caturthī Vrata
कपिलाज्येन संपूर्णं शरावं नूतनं शुभम् । षडष्टाक्षरमंत्राभ्यां दीपमारोपयेच्छुभम् ॥ ८७ ॥
kapilājyena saṃpūrṇaṃ śarāvaṃ nūtanaṃ śubham | ṣaḍaṣṭākṣaramaṃtrābhyāṃ dīpamāropayecchubham || 87 ||
Với chiếc đĩa (śarāva) mới và cát tường, đầy ắp bơ tinh khiết (kapilājyā), hãy an lập ngọn đèn trong điềm lành, đồng thời trì tụng thần chú sáu âm và thần chú tám âm.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within vidhi/ritual teaching context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
It prescribes dīpa-sthāpana (installing an offering-lamp) with purity (new vessel, ghee) and mantra, indicating that devotion is strengthened when outer ritual cleanliness and inner remembrance (mantra) are joined.
Bhakti here is expressed through a simple, repeatable offering—lighting a lamp—performed while invoking the Lord through well-known mantras (six- and eight-syllabled), making worship both accessible and mantra-centered.
It highlights ritual vidhi (procedural correctness) and mantra-prayoga (proper application of meter/syllable-count mantras), aligning practice with disciplined recitation and prescribed materials used in worship.