Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 101

Dīpa-vidhi-vyākhyānam

Procedure for Lamp-Offering to Hanumān

Devanagari script

हनुमान्कमला बीजं फट् शक्तिः परिकीर्तितः । षड्दीर्घाढ्येन बीजेन षडङ्गानि समाचरेत् ॥ १०१ ॥

Transliteration

hanumānkamalā bījaṃ phaṭ śaktiḥ parikīrtitaḥ | ṣaḍdīrghāḍhyena bījena ṣaḍaṅgāni samācaret || 101 ||

Translation

‘হনুমান্-কামলা’ বীজ বলে ঘোষিত, আর ‘ফট্’ শক্তি বলা হয়েছে। ছয়টি দীর্ঘ স্বরযুক্ত বীজ দ্বারা ষড়ঙ্গ-ন্যাস পালন করা উচিত॥১০১॥

Word by Word

• हनुमान्: Hanumān
• हनुमान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कमला: Kamalā (Lakṣmī)
• कमला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• बीजम्: seed-syllable (bīja)
• बीजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd; Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• फट्: phaṭ (mantric utterance)
• फट्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: फट् (अव्यय/मन्त्र-निपात)
• Form: मन्त्र-निपात (mantric exclamation), अव्यय

• शक्तिः: śakti (mantric power-syllable)
• शक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परिकीर्तितः: is declared/mentioned
• परिकीर्तितः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः

• षट्-दीर्घ-आढ्येन: with (a bīja) endowed with six long vowels
• षट्-दीर्घ-आढ्येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षड्भिः दीर्घैः आढ्यः = endowed with six long vowels)

• बीजेन: by/with the seed-syllable
• बीजेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• षट्-अङ्गानि: the six limbs (nyāsa etc.)
• षट्-अङ्गानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (षड् अङ्गानि)

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narada (teaching mantra-vidhi within Vedanga/ritual-technical context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Hanuman

FAQs

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

It codifies a precise mantra-technical rule: a bīja and its śakti are specified, and the practitioner is instructed to empower the practice through ṣaḍaṅga application, emphasizing disciplined, correctly-structured sādhana.

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

Bhakti here is expressed through careful ritual devotion—honoring the deity/mantra with proper components (bīja and śakti) and performing nyāsa as an act of reverent, methodical worship rather than casual recitation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual-technical procedure (mantra-vidhi) and phonetic precision (attention to dīrgha vowels), which aligns with Vedanga concerns such as Śikṣā (pronunciation) and Kalpa-style procedural correctness (application of ṣaḍaṅga/nyāsa).