Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

देवता हनुमान्बीजं षष्टं शक्तिर्द्वतीयकम् । षड्बीजैश्च षडंगानि शिरोभाले दृशोर्मुखे ॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration

devatā hanumānbījaṃ ṣaṣṭaṃ śaktirdvatīyakam | ṣaḍbījaiśca ṣaḍaṃgāni śirobhāle dṛśormukhe || 6 ||

Translation

Die präsidierende Gottheit ist Hanumān; das sechste ist das Bīja, und das zweite ist die Śakti. Mit den sechs Bījas soll man die sechs Aṅgas zuweisen—auf dem Kopf, der Stirn, den beiden Augen und dem Mund.

Word by Word

• देवता: deity (presiding deity)
• देवता: विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हनुमान्: Hanumān
• हनुमान्: विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बीजम्: seed-syllable
• बीजम्: विधेय (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• षष्ठम्: sixth
• षष्ठम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ordinal used substantively

• शक्तिः: power (śakti)
• शक्तिः: विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्वितीयकम्: the second (one)
• द्वितीयकम्: विधेय (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘the second (one)’

• षट्: six
• षट्: विशेषण (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; here in instrumental plural compound context (see next)

• बीजैः: by/with the seeds
• बीजैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; instrumental

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• षट्: six
• षट्: विशेषण (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या; used to qualify ‘aṅgāni’

• अङ्गानि: limbs; parts (of nyāsa)
• अङ्गानि: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• शिरः: on the head
• शिरः: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative; in list of locations)

• भाले: on the forehead
• भाले: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• दृशोः: on the two eyes
• दृशोः: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘eye’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (or षष्ठी) द्विवचन; here locative dual ‘in/on the two eyes’

• मुखे: on the mouth/face
• मुखे: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual instruction 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 encodes a disciplined method of internalizing a deity through mantra-nyāsa: the bīja and śakti are placed through the ṣaḍaṅga framework so the practitioner’s body becomes a consecrated support for worship.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as upāsanā with precision—devotion is stabilized by correctly invoking the presiding deity (Hanumān) and ritually placing the mantra’s power into one’s own limbs, turning reverence into embodied remembrance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual-application knowledge: the procedural use of bīja/śakti and ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa (a technical liturgical method aligned with mantra-prayoga and disciplined recitation).