Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 138

The Account of the Lalitā Hymn, the Protective Armor

Kavaca), and the Thousand Names (Sahasranāma

Devanagari script

अर्चित्याचाप्रमेया च पूर्णरूपा दुरासदा । सर्वा संसिद्धिरूपा च पावनीत्येकरूपिणी ॥ १३८ ॥

Transliteration

arcityācāprameyā ca pūrṇarūpā durāsadā | sarvā saṃsiddhirūpā ca pāvanītyekarūpiṇī || 138 ||

Translation

Sie ist zu verehren: unermesslich, in Gestalt vollkommen und schwer zu erlangen. Sie verkörpert alle Siddhis, reinigt und ist von einem einzigen Wesen.

Word by Word

• अर्चित्वा: having worshipped
• अर्चित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + त्वा (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), from √अर्च् (to worship)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अप्रमेया: immeasurable, unknowable
• अप्रमेया: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ- + प्रमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूर्णरूपा: of complete form
• पूर्णरूपा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• दुरासदा: hard to approach
• दुरासदा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/प्रत्ययार्थ) + आसद (धातु/प्रातिपदिक-आधार)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘दुरासद’ = difficult to approach (fem. nom. sg.)

• सर्वा: all, wholly
• सर्वा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• संसिद्धिरूपा: having the form of complete accomplishment
• संसिद्धिरूपा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (संसिद्धेः रूपा) / निर्धारणार्थ; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पावनी: purifying
• पावनी: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एकरूपिणी: single-formed, of one form
• एकरूपिणी: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (एकं रूपं यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (fem. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Narada (in a stotra-style description within the dialogue framework)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Devi (the Goddess)
• Shakti

FAQs

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

It presents the Goddess as transcendent (aprameyā), complete (pūrṇarūpā), and the very embodiment of spiritual success (saṃsiddhi), emphasizing that sincere worship purifies and leads toward the highest attainment.

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

By framing the Divine as “worthy of worship” and “purifying,” it highlights bhakti through arcana (reverent worship) and stotra-recitation as a means to inner purification and eventual approach to the hard-to-attain Supreme.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse supports prayoga-oriented practice—structured worship and hymn-recitation—where correct wording and recitation discipline (linked to Śikṣā and Vyākaraṇa traditions) are treated as aids to purity and siddhi.