Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42

Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas

Devanagari script

संयोगयोगपद्मांते पीठाय हृदयांतिमः । षड्विंशदक्षरः पीठमंत्रोऽनेनासनं दिशेत् ॥ ४२ ॥

Transliteration

saṃyogayogapadmāṃte pīṭhāya hṛdayāṃtimaḥ | ṣaḍviṃśadakṣaraḥ pīṭhamaṃtro'nenāsanaṃ diśet || 42 ||

Translation

সংযোগ-যোগ পদ্মের অন্তে পীঠের জন্য হৃদয়-মন্ত্রের অন্ত্য অক্ষর সংযোজন করিবে। ছাব্বিশ অক্ষরবিশিষ্ট এই পীঠ-মন্ত্র দ্বারা আসন নির্দিষ্ট ও পবিত্র করিবে।

Word by Word

• saṃyoga-yoga-padmānte: at the end of the lotus of union-yoga
• saṃyoga-yoga-padmānte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + padma-anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (निर्देश/अधिकरणार्थ)

• pīṭhāya: for the seat (pīṭha)
• pīṭhāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; प्रयोजन/सम्प्रदानार्थ

• hṛdaya-antimaḥ: the final (one) in the heart
• hṛdaya-antimaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक) + antima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (हृदयस्य अन्तिमः)

• ṣaḍ-viṃśat-akṣaraḥ: twenty-six-syllabled
• ṣaḍ-viṃśat-akṣaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; संख्यापूर्वक-समासः—द्विगुः; विशेषणम् (मन्त्रस्य)

• pīṭha-mantraḥ: the pīṭha-mantra
• pīṭha-mantraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पीठस्य मन्त्रः)

• anena: by this
• anena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; सर्वनाम; करणार्थ

• āsanam: the seat/āsana
• āsanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; कर्म

• diśet: should assign/indicate
• diśet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: diś (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/Optative), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narada (teaching within a technical Vedanga/mantra-ritual context, in dialogue tradition with the Sanatkumara brothers)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It teaches that even the practitioner’s seat (āsana) is ritually sacralized through a specific pīṭha-mantra, emphasizing precision and purity in upāsanā and mantra-sādhana.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined worship: devotion is supported by correct mantra-vidhi—preparing a consecrated seat becomes part of honoring the deity with due ritual order.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Mantra-śāstra style procedure: mantra formation by appending a defined element (hṛdaya-antima) and the use of a syllable-counted mantra (ṣaḍviṃśadakṣara) for ritual application such as āsana designation.