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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 14]
the directions of the  śāstra .  Bhagavad-gītā  strongly recommends,  jñātvā śāstra-vidhānoktam : everything must be performed as indicated in the  śāstras . For Kali-yuga, the  śāstras  enjoin that  saṅkīrtana-yajña  be performed always:  kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ . All the ritualistic ceremonies recommended in the  śāstras  must be preceded and followed by  saṅkīrtana . This is the recommendation of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.
TEXTS 27–28
अथ देशान्त्रवक्ष्यामि धर्मादिश्रेयशावदान् ।
स वै पुण्यतमो देशः सत्पात्रं यत्र लभ्यते ॥२७॥
बिम्बं भगवतो यत्र सर्वमेतच्चराचरम् ।
यत्र ह ब्राह्मणकुलं तपोविद्यादयान्वितम् ॥२८॥
atha deśān pravakṣyāmi dharmādi-śreya-āvahān sa vai puṇyatamo deśaḥ sat-pātram yatra labhyate
bimbam bhagavato yatra sarvam etac carācaram yatra ha brāhmaṇa-kulam tapo-vidyā-dayānvitam
atha—thereafter; deśān—places; pravakṣyāmi—I shall describe; dharma-ādi—religious performances, etc.; śreya—auspiciousness; āvahān—which can bring; saḥ—that; vai—indeed; puṇya-tamaḥ—the most sacred; deśaḥ—place; sat-pātram—a Vaiṣṇava; yatra—wherein; labhyate—is available; bimbam—the Deity (in the temple); bhagavataḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (who is the support); yatra—where; sarvam etat—of this entire cosmic manifestation; cara-acaram—with all the moving and nonmoving living entities; yatra—wherein; ha—indeed; brāhmaṇa-kulam—association with brāhmaṇas; tapaḥ—austerities; vidyā—education; dayā—mercy; anvitam—endowed with.