Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 192

The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

तत्त्वत्रयान्ते प्रणवाधारतस्तच्छिखां पदम् । निविष्टवह्निजायान्ते स्वधा चैव ततो वषट् ॥ १९२ ॥

Transliteration

tattvatrayānte praṇavādhāratastacchikhāṃ padam | niviṣṭavahnijāyānte svadhā caiva tato vaṣaṭ || 192 ||

Translation

Am Ende der „drei Tattvas“, gestützt auf die Silbe Oṃ, setze man das als „śikhā“ gekennzeichnete Wort. Am Schluss, wo das „aus dem Feuer Geborene“ eingesetzt wird, füge man „svadhā“ hinzu und danach „vaṣaṭ“.

Word by Word

• तत्त्व-त्रय-अन्ते: at the end of the three tattvas
• तत्त्व-त्रय-अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine; locative singular; ‘at the end of the triad of principles’)

• प्रणव-आधारतः: from the praṇava-base / starting with praṇava
• प्रणव-आधारतः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक) + आधार (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), अपादान/क्रमवाचक (indeclinable in -tas: ‘from/starting with the praṇava-base’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter pronoun; nominative/accusative singular; ‘that’)

• शिखाम्: śikhā (crest/tuft; here: śikhā-syllable/part)
• शिखाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (feminine; accusative singular)

• पदम्: word/term
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter; nominative/accusative singular; ‘word/term’)

• निविष्ट-वह्नि-जाय-अन्ते: at the end of “niviṣṭa-vahni-jāyā”
• निविष्ट-वह्नि-जाय-अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निविष्ट (कृदन्त; नि-विश् धातु) + वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + जाय (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (masculine; locative singular; ‘at the end of (the section) “niviṣṭa-vahni-jāyā”’)

• स्वधा: svadhā (ritual exclamation)
• स्वधा: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: मन्त्र-निपात (ritual exclamation; treated as indeclinable utterance)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• वषट्: vaṣaṭ (ritual exclamation)
• वषट्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वषट् (अव्यय)
• Form: मन्त्र-निपात (ritual exclamation; indeclinable)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a Vedanga/ritual-technical register within the Narada Purana)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Om (Praṇava)
• Agni

FAQs

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

It encodes a disciplined way of constructing/placing mantra-elements—grounding them in Oṃ (praṇava) and appending the correct sacrificial exclamations—so that recitation and offering align with Vedic order (ṛta) rather than personal improvisation.

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

While technical, it supports bhakti by insisting that worship be performed with correct mantra-structure and intention—using Oṃ as the foundation and the proper liturgical endings—so devotion expresses itself as reverent, rule-aligned service (sevā) in yajña and japa.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Vedāṅga-Śikṣā/ritual phonetics and liturgy: how mantra components are positioned and how ‘svadhā’ (often pitṛ-offering usage) and ‘vaṣaṭ’ (deva-offering usage) function as formal endings in recitation/oblations.