Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
अष्टादशार्णः कामांतो मनुः सुतधनप्रदः । नारदोऽस्य मुनिश्छंदो गायत्री देवता मनोः ॥ १६ ॥
aṣṭādaśārṇaḥ kāmāṃto manuḥ sutadhanapradaḥ | nārado'sya muniśchaṃdo gāyatrī devatā manoḥ || 16 ||
This mantra is of eighteen syllables; it is the “Kāmānta” mantra, a Manu that grants sons and wealth. For this mantra, the sage is Nārada, the metre is Gāyatrī, and the presiding deity is the Deity of the mantra itself.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It preserves the standard Vedic mantra-framework—ṛṣi (seer), chandas (metre), devatā (presiding deity), and phala (result)—showing that mantra practice in the Narada Purana is grounded in Vedāṅga-based technical correctness, not merely recitation.
By specifying the mantra’s devatā and its disciplined structure, the verse implies that devotion is strengthened through properly directed worship—bhakti becomes focused when the deity, metre, and seer are known and honored in japa and ritual.
Chandas (Vedic prosody) and mantra-lakṣaṇa: the verse identifies the Gāyatrī metre and records the mantra’s syllable-count (eighteen), along with its ṛṣi and intended fruit, which are key components of mantra-vidhi.