Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 13

Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa

Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā

Devanagari script

शिरःपन्मुखागुह्येषु हृदये बाणदेवताः । द्राविण्याद्याः क्रमान्न्यस्येद्वाणेशीबीजपूर्वकः ॥ १३ ॥

Transliteration

śiraḥpanmukhāguhyeṣu hṛdaye bāṇadevatāḥ | drāviṇyādyāḥ kramānnyasyedvāṇeśībījapūrvakaḥ || 13 ||

Translation

Indem man den Nyāsa der rechten Ordnung gemäß vollzieht, soll man die Gottheiten der (fünf) Pfeile im Haupt, in den beiden Fußsohlen, im Antlitz, in der geheimen Region und im Herzen einsetzen—beginnend mit Drāviṇī und den anderen—eingeleitet durch die Bīja-Silbe der Vāṇeśī.

Word by Word

• शिरः: in the head
• शिरः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• पन्: in the hands
• पन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• मुख: in the mouth/face
• मुख: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• गुह्येषु: in the secret parts
• गुह्येषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• बाणदेवताः: the deities of the arrows
• बाणदेवताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्तृ/उद्देश्य-निर्देश (nominative listing)

• द्राविणी-आद्याः: beginning with Drāviṇī
• द्राविणी-आद्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्राविणी + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘starting with Drāviṇī’ (enumerative)

• क्रमात्: in sequence
• क्रमात्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial use of ablative: ‘in order/ क्रमशः’)

• न्यस्येत्: should place/assign
• न्यस्येत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘to place/assign’

• वाणेशी-बीज-पूर्वकः: preceded by the Vāṇeśī seed (mantra)
• वाणेशी-बीज-पूर्वकः: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाणेशी + बीज + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of implied agent/act): ‘preceded by the seed-mantra of Vāṇeśī’

Speaker

Narada (teaching a technical ritual procedure within the Third Pada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Vāṇeśī
• Drāviṇī
• Bāṇa-devatāḥ

FAQs

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

It teaches internal consecration (nyāsa): the practitioner ritually installs specific mantra-deities within bodily centers, treating the body as a sacred field for worship and mantra-siddhi rather than as merely physical.

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

Though technical, the nyāsa is an act of devotional embodiment—placing the deities in head, heart, and other loci makes remembrance and worship continuous, turning the practitioner’s own body into an instrument of reverence.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual method and precise sequencing—how mantra-bīja and deity-assignment are applied through nyāsa (a technical discipline aligned with śikṣā/prayoga-style precision in recitation and placement).