Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 60
Bhakti-Śraddhā-Ācāra-Māhātmya and the Commencement of the Mārkaṇḍeya Narrative
नमो ज्येष्टाय शुद्धाय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने । अरुपाय स्वरुपाय बहुरुपाय ते नमः ॥ ६० ॥
namo jyeṣṭāya śuddhāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane | arupāya svarupāya bahurupāya te namaḥ || 60 ||
Ehrerbietung Dir — dem Uralten, dem Reinen; jenseits aller Guṇas und doch ihr innerstes Wesen. Formlos und doch von wahrer Gestalt; Einer und doch in vielen Gestalten erscheinend — Dir sei Ehrerbietung.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It reconciles the Lord’s transcendence (nirguṇa, arūpa) with His immanence and worship-worthy manifestation (guṇātmā, bahurūpa), teaching that the same Supreme is both beyond attributes and present through all forms.
By offering repeated salutations to the One who can be approached as formless truth or as many divine forms, the verse validates multiple bhakti approaches—meditation on the nirguṇa Brahman and loving worship of the saguna Lord.
The verse mainly functions as a stuti (hymn) rather than a technical Vedanga lesson; its practical takeaway is disciplined japa and contemplative worship using precise epithets (nāma/guṇa-smaraṇa) to steady the mind on the Supreme.