Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 109
Pañca-prakṛti-nirūpaṇa and Mantra-vidhi: Rādhā, Mahālakṣmī, Durgā, Sarasvatī, Sāvitrī; plus Sāvitrī-Pañjara
सत्समिद्भिश्च जुहुयात्कवित्वमतुलं लभेत् । अथ प्रवक्ष्ये विप्रेंद्र सावित्रीं ब्रह्मणः प्रियाम् ॥ १०९ ॥
satsamidbhiśca juhuyātkavitvamatulaṃ labhet | atha pravakṣye vipreṃdra sāvitrīṃ brahmaṇaḥ priyām || 109 ||
Dâng cúng hỏa tế với những que củi thanh tịnh và đúng pháp, người ấy đạt được thiên tài thi ca vô song. Nay, hỡi bậc tối thượng trong hàng Bà-la-môn, ta sẽ giảng về Sāvitrī—đấng được Phạm Thiên (Brahmā) yêu kính.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It links disciplined Vedic fire-offering (homa) using pure samidh to inner refinement, presenting sacred ritual purity as a means to awaken higher speech-power (vāk) and merit, and it introduces the Sāvitrī as a foremost sacred knowledge.
Though primarily ritual-technical, it implies that reverent offerings and mantra-centered practice cultivate purity and inspired speech—qualities that support devotional praise and remembrance of the divine through sacred recitation.
Ritual procedure (proper samidh for homa) and mantra-vidyā (Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī) are emphasized—core to correct Vedic practice and the disciplined use of sacred sound.