Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50

Dīpa-vidhi-vyākhyānam

Procedure for Lamp-Offering to Hanumān

Devanagari script

षट्कोणेषु षडंगानि बीजयुक्तानि संलिखेत् । सौम्यं मध्यगतं लेख्यं तत्र संपूज्य मारुतिम् ॥ ५० ॥

Transliteration

ṣaṭkoṇeṣu ṣaḍaṃgāni bījayuktāni saṃlikhet | saumyaṃ madhyagataṃ lekhyaṃ tatra saṃpūjya mārutim || 50 ||

Translation

In den sechs Ecken (des hexagonalen Diagramms) soll man die sechs Aṅga einzeichnen, jedes verbunden mit seiner Samen-Silbe (bīja). In der Mitte schreibe man das Heilsame (Mantra/Gestalt); und dort, nachdem man ordnungsgemäß verehrt hat, verehre man Māruti (Hanumān).

Word by Word

• षट्कोणेषु: in the six-angled figures (hexagons)
• षट्कोणेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; ‘षट्’ as numeral prefix forming dvigu-samāsa

• षडंगानि: six limbs/parts
• षडंगानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural

• बीज-युक्तानि: endowed with seed-syllables
• बीज-युक्तानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त, √युज्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; past participle ‘युक्त’ qualifying ‘षडंगानि’

• संलिखेत्: should inscribe/draw
• संलिखेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लिख् (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); with prefix सम्-

• सौम्यम्: auspicious/benign
• सौम्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying an implied ‘बिन्दु/चिह्न’ or the central figure

• मध्य-गतम्: situated in the center
• मध्य-गतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त, √गम्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘gone/placed in the middle’

• लेख्यम्: to be drawn/inscribed
• लेख्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लेख्य (प्रातिपदिक; gerundive from √लिख्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; gerundive (तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ) ‘to be drawn’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of place

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय/ल्यप्)

• मारुतिम्: Maruti (Hanuman)
• मारुतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical ritual procedure)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Maruti (Hanuman)

FAQs

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

It links correct ritual geometry (ṣaṭkoṇa/hexagon) and mantra-structure (ṣaḍaṅga with bīja) with devotion, culminating in the worship of Māruti—showing that precise method and bhakti together make the worship effective.

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

Even within technical mantra-and-yantra practice, the verse ends with direct worship of Hanumān, indicating that disciplined procedure is meant to support heartfelt reverence toward the deity.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights applied ritual science: structured mantra-application (ṣaḍaṅga/nyāsa) and diagrammatic inscription (yantra-lekhana), a technical procedure characteristic of the Narada Purana’s Third Pada.