Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Bhakti-Śraddhā-Ācāra-Māhātmya and the Commencement of the Mārkaṇḍeya Narrative
केशिहन्त्रे नमस्तुभ्यं मधुहन्त्रे परात्मने । नमो भूम्यादिरूपाय नमश्चैतन्यरुपिणे ॥ ५९ ॥
keśihantre namastubhyaṃ madhuhantre parātmane | namo bhūmyādirūpāya namaścaitanyarupiṇe || 59 ||
কেশী-হন্তা, মধু-হন্তা পৰমাত্মন্—আপোনাক নমস্কাৰ। যি ভূমি আদি তত্ত্বৰূপ, আৰু শুদ্ধ চৈতন্যস্বৰূপ—তাঁক নমস্কাৰ।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It praises Vishnu/Krishna as both the heroic protector who destroys evil (Keśī, Madhu) and the highest metaphysical reality—present as the cosmos (earth and elements) and as pure consciousness—thus uniting devotion with tattva-jnana.
By offering repeated namas (salutations) through divine epithets, it models nāma-stuti: remembering the Lord’s līlā (slaying demons) while contemplating His supreme nature, a classic Narada Purana-style integration of heartfelt praise and inner realization.
Primarily Vyākaraṇa/etymic usage in devotional practice: compound epithets like Keśi-hantṛ and Madhu-hantṛ function as meaningful nāmas for japa and stotra recitation; no specific Jyotiṣa or ritual procedure is directly taught in this verse.