Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa
Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā
गणेशं विदिशास्वर्चेद्वसून्सूर्याच्छिवांस्तथा । भूतांश्चेत्थं भजन्बालामीशः स्याद्धनविद्ययोः ॥ ३३ ॥
gaṇeśaṃ vidiśāsvarcedvasūnsūryācchivāṃstathā | bhūtāṃścetthaṃ bhajanbālāmīśaḥ syāddhanavidyayoḥ || 33 ||
Tại Vidiśā hãy thờ phụng Gaṇeśa; tại Sūryā hãy thờ các Vasu; và cũng vậy hãy kính bái Śiva. Lại nữa, thờ phụng các Bhūta theo cách ấy thì hành giả trở thành bậc chủ trì Bālā-vidyā (thần chú) và đạt cả tài lộc lẫn học vấn.
Narada (teaching in a Vedanga/ritual-application context within Book 1.3)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It presents a pragmatic, Vedanga-style application of devotion and ritual—linking specific deities and sacred loci with the attainment of dhana (prosperity) and vidyā (learning), culminating in mastery of the Bālā-vidyā.
Bhakti is shown as disciplined upāsanā: worship offered to Gaṇeśa, the Vasus, Sūrya, Śiva, and Bhūtas in prescribed ways, where devotion is not merely emotional but structured to yield inner capability (īśatva) and outer fruits.
It reflects ritual science and applied sacred geography (kṣetra-based worship), and hints at solar/planetary reverence (Sūrya-upāsanā) often associated with jyotiṣa-informed timing and purpose-driven rites for vidyā and prosperity.