Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 53

The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras

Kālī and Tārā Vidyās

Devanagari script

चक्रे दशदले न्यस्येन्नाभिस्थे मणिपूरके । ईश्वरं कादिठान्तार्णपूर्वकं शाकिनीयुतम् ॥ ५३ ॥

Transliteration

cakre daśadale nyasyennābhisthe maṇipūrake | īśvaraṃ kādiṭhāntārṇapūrvakaṃ śākinīyutam || 53 ||

Translation

Man vollziehe den Nyāsa im zehnblättrigen Rad am Nabel—dem Maṇipūraka—und verweile dort in der Schau Īśvaras, eingeleitet von den Silben von Ka bis Ṭha, begleitet von Śākinī.

Word by Word

• cakre: in the chakra
• cakre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• daśa-dale: in the ten-petalled (one)
• daśa-dale: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; द्विगु-समास: ‘ten-petalled’ qualifying cakre

• nyasyet: should place/install
• nyasyet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nyas (धातु)
• Form: Optative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• nābhi-sthe: in the navel-located (center)
• nābhi-sthe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nābhi (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘located in the navel’ qualifying maṇipūrake/cakre

• maṇipūrake: in the Maṇipūraka (chakra)
• maṇipūrake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇipūraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th), Singular

• īśvaram: Īśvara (Lord)
• īśvaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• kādi-ṭhānta-arṇa-pūrvakam: preceded by the letters ka…ṭha
• kādi-ṭhānta-arṇa-pūrvakam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ka (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + ṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + arṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘preceded by the syllables from ka to ṭha’ qualifying īśvaram

• śākinī-yutam: accompanied by Śākinī
• śākinī-yutam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śākinī (प्रातिपदिक) + yuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘joined with Śākinī’ qualifying īśvaram

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Ishvara
• Manipuraka
• Shakini

FAQs

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

It teaches a precise inner ritual (nyāsa) and meditation method: installing mantra-phonemes in the Maṇipūraka chakra and contemplating Īśvara there, linking bodily centers with divine realization.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as focused contemplation of Īśvara within the subtle body; the technical nyāsa becomes a disciplined way to steady devotion through mantra and visualization.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects technical mantra practice using the ordered phoneme-series (mātṛkā/varṇa-krama, “ka to ṭha”) applied in nyāsa—showing a ritual-phonetic discipline connected with śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-vidyā.