Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 120

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

वियत्सेंदुर्हनुमते ततो रुद्रात्मकाय च । वर्मास्त्रांतो महामंत्रो द्वादशार्णोऽष्टसिद्धिकृत् ॥ १२० ॥

Transliteration

viyatseṃdurhanumate tato rudrātmakāya ca | varmāstrāṃto mahāmaṃtro dvādaśārṇo'ṣṭasiddhikṛt || 120 ||

Translation

Als Nächstes folgt das große zwölfsilbige Mantra, das mit den schützenden Formeln von „Rüstung“ und „Waffe“ endet. Es ist zuerst an Hanumān gerichtet, dessen Glanz wie rotes Sindūra am Himmel leuchtet, und dann an die Gottheit von Rudra-Natur. Dieses Mantra soll die acht Siddhis verleihen.

Word by Word

• वियत्: sky/space (word-element)
• वियत्: Visheshya (विशेष्य/part of mantra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Singular (as mantra-element/word)

• सेन्दुः: with the moon / ‘sa-indu’ (word-element)
• सेन्दुः: Visheshya (विशेष्य/part of mantra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; उपसर्ग/उपपद ‘स-’ (with) + इन्दु ‘moon’

• हनुमते: to Hanumat (Hanuman)
• हनुमते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Desha-Kala (देश-काल/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अनन्तरार्थ (adverb: ‘then/thereafter’)

• रुद्रात्मकाय: to the Rudra-natured one
• रुद्रात्मकाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Dative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘of Rudra’ + ‘having the nature of’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वर्मास्त्रान्तः: ending with ‘varmāstra’
• वर्मास्त्रान्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्म + अस्त्र + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: वर्म-अस्त्र-अन्त (‘ending with “varma-astrā”/having “varmāstra” at the end’)

• महामन्त्रः: the great mantra
• महामन्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता/subject of description)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/वर्ण्य), एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; कर्मधारय (‘great mantra’)

• द्वादशार्णः: twelve-syllabled
• द्वादशार्णः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश + अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; द्विगु-समास (‘having twelve syllables/letters’)

• अष्टसिद्धिकृत्: bestowing the eight siddhis
• अष्टसिद्धिकृत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट + सिद्धि + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: अष्ट-सिद्धि-कृत् (‘maker/bestower of eight siddhis’)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/vidya context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Hanuman
• Rudra

FAQs

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

It frames mantra-prayoga as both protective (varma/armor) and assertive (astra/weapon), indicating that disciplined mantra-vidya can safeguard the sādhaka and also generate higher yogic attainments (siddhis).

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

By directing the mantra toward Hanumān and a Rudra-natured deity, the verse emphasizes focused deity-orientation (īṣṭa-devatā-niṣṭhā): power is not merely technical, but arises through reverent invocation and surrender to the deity’s śakti.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights technical mantra-application (prayoga)—specifically the use of kavaca/varma and astra endings—reflecting a procedural, śāstra-based approach to recitation, protection, and ritual deployment.