Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 110

The Exposition of the Maheśa Mantra

Mahēśa-mantra-prakāśana

Devanagari script

मृत्युञ्जयो महादेवो देवतास्य समीरितः । भृगुणा दीर्घयुक्तेन षडंगानि समाचरेत् ॥ ११० ॥

Transliteration

mṛtyuñjayo mahādevo devatāsya samīritaḥ | bhṛguṇā dīrghayuktena ṣaḍaṃgāni samācaret || 110 ||

Translation

Für dieses Mantra/diesen Ritus wird die Gottheit als Mṛtyuñjaya Mahādeva verkündet; und mit richtig angewandtem ‘bhṛgu’ (dem langen Vokal) soll man die sechs Hilfsriten (ṣaḍaṅga) vollziehen.

Word by Word

• mṛtyuñjayaḥ: Mṛtyuñjaya (the conqueror of death)
• mṛtyuñjayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyuñjaya (प्रातिपदिक; mṛtyu+ñjaya)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक; mahā+deva)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana

• devatā: the deity (as the one described)
• devatā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana

• asya: of this / his
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka (Masc/Neut), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana

• samīritaḥ: is declared / has been stated
• samīritaḥ: Karma (कर्म) / Predicative (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-īr (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kta-participle (past passive participle), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana; sense: ‘having been stated/uttered’

• bhṛguṇā: by Bhṛgu
• bhṛguṇā: Karta (कर्ता) / Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana

• dīrgha-yuktena: with prolonged (intonation)
• dīrgha-yuktena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka, Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3rd), Ekavacana; qualifies an implied ‘japa/uccāra’ (prolonged/with long intonation)

• ṣaṭ-aṅgāni: the six limbs (sixfold parts)
• ṣaṭ-aṅgāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• samācaret: should perform / should practice
• samācaret: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-car (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative/Imperative sense), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; Parasmaipada

Speaker

Sanatkumāra (teaching Nārada in a Vedāṅga/technical context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Mṛtyuñjaya
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Bhṛgu (phonetic marker/tradition term)

FAQs

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

It identifies Mṛtyuñjaya Mahādeva as the presiding deity and stresses that spiritual efficacy depends on correct phonetics and complete auxiliary observances (ṣaḍaṅga), not merely on repeating words.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined reverence—worship of the deity with precision and wholeness—where careful recitation and prescribed auxiliaries become acts of devotional care rather than casual utterance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Śikṣā (Vedic phonetics): the rule of applying dīrgha/extended vowel sound correctly, along with the ritual-technical framework of ṣaḍaṅga auxiliaries used to support mantra practice.