Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 67

The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others

Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna

Devanagari script

शिरोललाटभ्रूमध्यतालुकण्ठेषु हृद्यपि । नाभ्यंघ्रिजानुपादेषु दशार्णान्विन्यसेन्मनोः ॥ ६७ ॥

Transliteration

śirolalāṭabhrūmadhyatālukaṇṭheṣu hṛdyapi | nābhyaṃghrijānupādeṣu daśārṇānvinyasenmanoḥ || 67 ||

Translation

ينبغي أن يُثبِّت المرء في ذهنه المقاطع العشر (للمانترا) على الرأس، والجبهة، وموضع ما بين الحاجبين، وسقف الحنك، والحنجرة، وكذلك على القلب؛ ثم على السُّرّة، والقدمين، والركبتين، والساقين، مُجريًا النِّيازا بالعقل.

Word by Word

• शिरः-ललाट-भ्रू-मध्य-तालु-कण्ठेषु: in the head, forehead, brow-center, palate, and throat
• शिरः-ललाट-भ्रू-मध्य-तालु-कण्ठेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् + ललाट + भ्रू + मध्य + तालु + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व; अन्ते ‘कण्ठ’ शब्देन रूपम्; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative plural: ‘in/on the head, forehead, brow-middle, palate, and throat’

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय; particle ‘also’

• नाभि-अङ्घ्रि-जानु-पादेषु: in the navel, feet, knees, and feet/soles
• नाभि-अङ्घ्रि-जानु-पादेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि + अङ्घ्रि + जानु + पाद (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व; अन्ते ‘पाद’ शब्देन रूपम्; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative plural

• दश-अर्णान्: the ten syllables/letters
• दश-अर्णान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या) + अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; ‘दश’ संख्या-पूर्वकः; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; accusative plural

• विन्यसेत्: should place/assign
• विन्यसेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अस्/स्य (धातु: √स्यन्द/√अस्?; here causative/denominative sense ‘to place’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should place/assign’ (from √न्यस् ‘to place’, with vi-)

• मनोः: of the mantra/Manu (i.e., of the mantra-form)
• मनोः: Sambandha/Ṣaṣṭhī (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive singular

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It teaches mantra-nyāsa: internalizing the mantra by mentally placing its syllables on key bodily centers, making the practitioner’s body a consecrated seat of the mantra and steadying concentration.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By prescribing mindful installation of mantra-syllables, it supports devotional upāsanā: the devotee remembers the deity/mantra continuously, turning the body-mind into an instrument of worship through focused remembrance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects Śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-prayoga: the disciplined use of syllables (arṇa) and their ritual placement (nyāsa) as a technical method to stabilize japa and meditation.