Puruṣottama-kṣetra Māhātmya: Śveta-Mādhava & Matsya-Mādhava; Mārkaṇḍeya-tīrtha Mārjana and Bath Liturgy
उपस्थायोर्द्धबाहुश्च तल्लिंगैभांस्करं ततः । गायत्रीं पावनीं देवीं जपेदष्टोत्तरं शतम् ॥ ५९ ॥
upasthāyorddhabāhuśca talliṃgaibhāṃskaraṃ tataḥ | gāyatrīṃ pāvanīṃ devīṃ japedaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 59 ||
Kế đó, đứng thẳng và giơ hai tay lên cao, hãy phụng thờ Bhāskara (Mặt Trời) theo các dấu hiệu và nghi thức đã được truyền dạy. Rồi trì tụng Nữ Thần Gāyatrī thanh tẩy đủ một trăm lẻ tám lần.
Narada (teaching a ritual procedure within the Uttara-Bhaga narrative)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It prescribes a purification-centered practice: reverence to the Sun (Bhāskara) followed by 108 recitations of Gāyatrī, presenting japa as a direct means of inner cleansing and spiritual steadiness.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined worship—honoring Bhāskara with prescribed ritual signs and then devotionally invoking Gāyatrī through repeated japa, integrating reverence, posture, and mantra.
It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure) through bodily posture and prescribed marks, and emphasizes mantra-japa count (108), a practical discipline used across Vedic and Purāṇic rites.