Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 131

Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana

Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras

Devanagari script

विवाहार्थं जपेन्मासं शशिमण्डलमध्यगम् । ध्यात्वा कृष्णं लभेत्कन्यां वांछितां चापि नारद ॥ १३१ ॥

Transliteration

vivāhārthaṃ japenmāsaṃ śaśimaṇḍalamadhyagam | dhyātvā kṛṣṇaṃ labhetkanyāṃ vāṃchitāṃ cāpi nārada || 131 ||

Translation

O Nārada, zum Zwecke der Eheschließung soll man dieses Mantra einen Monat lang wiederholen und den Herrn in der Mitte der Mondscheibe vergegenwärtigen. Durch Meditation auf Kṛṣṇa erlangt man auch die ersehnte Jungfrau.

Word by Word

• विवाह-अर्थम्: for marriage
• विवाह-अर्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (accusative of purpose) ‘for marriage’

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘should recite’

• मासम्: a month
• मासम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; duration accusative ‘for a month’

• शशि-मण्डल-मध्य-गम्: situated in the middle of the moon-disc
• शशि-मण्डल-मध्य-गम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शशि (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ‘gone/located in the middle of the moon-disc’; qualifies (implicit) मन्त्र/देवता

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), from √ध्यै; ‘having meditated’

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of meditation

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘would obtain’

• कन्याम्: a maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object ‘maiden’

• वाञ्छिताम्: desired
• वाञ्छिताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally ‘desired’; qualifies कन्याम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Anvaya (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘also’

• नारद: O Narada
• नारद: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; vocative

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Narada

FAQs

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

It presents a prayoga where worldly aims (marriage) are pursued through disciplined japa and dhyāna centered on Kṛṣṇa, implying that auspicious outcomes arise when desire is aligned with devotion and mental purity.

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

The verse makes attainment contingent on dhyāna of Kṛṣṇa—showing that bhakti (single-pointed remembrance and worship) is the inner engine of the ritual, not merely external recitation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It uses a time-bound sādhanā (one month) and a lunar visualization (śaśimaṇḍala), reflecting applied jyotiṣa-style symbolism and mantra-prayoga methods typical of technical instruction in Book 1.3.