Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 67

The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others

Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna

Devanagari script

शिरोललाटभ्रूमध्यतालुकण्ठेषु हृद्यपि । नाभ्यंघ्रिजानुपादेषु दशार्णान्विन्यसेन्मनोः ॥ ६७ ॥

Transliteration

śirolalāṭabhrūmadhyatālukaṇṭheṣu hṛdyapi | nābhyaṃghrijānupādeṣu daśārṇānvinyasenmanoḥ || 67 ||

Translation

Man soll die zehn Silben (des Mantras) im Geist auf Scheitel, Stirn, zwischen den Brauen, an den Gaumen, an die Kehle und auch auf das Herz setzen; danach auf den Nabel, die Füße, die Knie und die Beine — und so die Nyāsa mit dem Geist vollziehen.

Word by Word

• शिरः-ललाट-भ्रू-मध्य-तालु-कण्ठेषु: in the head, forehead, brow-center, palate, and throat
• शिरः-ललाट-भ्रू-मध्य-तालु-कण्ठेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् + ललाट + भ्रू + मध्य + तालु + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व; अन्ते ‘कण्ठ’ शब्देन रूपम्; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative plural: ‘in/on the head, forehead, brow-middle, palate, and throat’

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय; particle ‘also’

• नाभि-अङ्घ्रि-जानु-पादेषु: in the navel, feet, knees, and feet/soles
• नाभि-अङ्घ्रि-जानु-पादेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि + अङ्घ्रि + जानु + पाद (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व; अन्ते ‘पाद’ शब्देन रूपम्; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative plural

• दश-अर्णान्: the ten syllables/letters
• दश-अर्णान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या) + अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; ‘दश’ संख्या-पूर्वकः; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; accusative plural

• विन्यसेत्: should place/assign
• विन्यसेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अस्/स्य (धातु: √स्यन्द/√अस्?; here causative/denominative sense ‘to place’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should place/assign’ (from √न्यस् ‘to place’, with vi-)

• मनोः: of the mantra/Manu (i.e., of the mantra-form)
• मनोः: Sambandha/Ṣaṣṭhī (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive singular

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

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

It teaches mantra-nyāsa: internalizing the mantra by mentally placing its syllables on key bodily centers, making the practitioner’s body a consecrated seat of the mantra and steadying concentration.

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

By prescribing mindful installation of mantra-syllables, it supports devotional upāsanā: the devotee remembers the deity/mantra continuously, turning the body-mind into an instrument of worship through focused remembrance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects Śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-prayoga: the disciplined use of syllables (arṇa) and their ritual placement (nyāsa) as a technical method to stabilize japa and meditation.