Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25

Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas

Devanagari script

विष्णुं चैवांशुना युक्तं भगेन मधुसूदनम् । न्यसेद्विवस्वता युक्तं त्रिविक्रममतः परम् ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

viṣṇuṃ caivāṃśunā yuktaṃ bhagena madhusūdanam | nyasedvivasvatā yuktaṃ trivikramamataḥ param || 25 ||

Translation

One should place (by nyāsa) Viṣṇu together with Aṃśu, and Madhusūdana together with Bhaga. Thereafter one should place Trivikrama together with Vivasvat (the Sun).

Word by Word

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), restrictive/emphatic

• अंशुना: by Aṃśu
• अंशुना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• युक्तम्: joined/associated
• युक्तम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine agreeing with 'विष्णुम्'

• भगेन: by Bhaga
• भगेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• मधुसूदनम्: Madhusūdana
• मधुसूदनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'slayer of Madhu'

• न्यसेत्: should place
• न्यसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + अस् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• विवस्वता: by Vivasvat
• विवस्वता: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• युक्तम्: associated
• युक्तम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन), Masculine agreeing with 'त्रिविक्रमम्'

• त्रिविक्रमम्: Trivikrama
• त्रिविक्रमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + विक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'three-strider'

• अतः: thereafter/then
• अतः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (अव्यय), 'thereafter/from this'

• परम्: next/further
• परम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative used as indeclinable (क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण द्वितीया)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada within the Vedanga/ritual-technical discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Madhusudana
• Trivikrama
• Amsu
• Bhaga
• Vivasvat (Surya)

FAQs

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

It teaches a nyāsa-based contemplative placement where Viṣṇu’s forms are harmonized with solar Āditya powers, integrating devotion with ordered ritual cognition.

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

Bhakti is expressed here as precise, reverent worship: the devotee meditatively “places” Viṣṇu (as Madhusūdana and Trivikrama) along with auspicious solar forces, making devotion structured and focused.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual-technical application (nyāsa/vidhi) with deity correspondences—typical of Vedāṅga-aligned practice—showing how mantra-worship is organized through specific divine associations.