Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 143

Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana

Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras

Devanagari script

गरुडेति पदस्यांते चूडाननशुचिप्रिया । शिरोमन्त्रो गरुडतः शिखे स्वाहा शिखा मनुः ॥ १४३ ॥

Transliteration

garuḍeti padasyāṃte cūḍānanaśucipriyā | śiromantro garuḍataḥ śikhe svāhā śikhā manuḥ || 143 ||

Translation

Al final de la fórmula, añádase la palabra «garuḍa». El mantra «cūḍānana-śuci-priyā» debe colocarse en la cabeza como mantra de la cabeza. Desde «garuḍa» en adelante—hasta concluir con «svāhā»—es el mantra de la śikhā, para aplicarse en el moño (śikhā) durante el nyāsa.

Word by Word

• गरुड: Garuḍa (the word ‘garuḍa’)
• गरुड: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद-रूपेण (as mantra-word stem)

• इति: thus/‘…’ (end-quote marker)
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यर्थे (quotative particle)

• पदस्य: of the word/pada
• पदस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (locative of place)

• चूडा-अनन-शुचि-प्रिया: (the mantra/word) ‘cūḍānanāśucipriyā’
• चूडा-अनन-शुचि-प्रिया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चूडा (प्रातिपदिक) + अनन (प्रातिपदिक) + शुचि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• शिरः-मन्त्रः: the head-mantra
• शिरः-मन्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गरुडतः: from/starting with ‘garuḍa’
• गरुडतः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• शिखे: in/at the tuft (śikhā)
• शिखे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• स्वाहा: svāhā (oblation exclamation)
• स्वाहा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (अव्यय/मन्त्रपद)
• Form: मन्त्र-निपात (mantric exclamation), अव्यय

• शिखा: the śikhā-(mantra)
• शिखा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मनुः: the mantra (manu)
• मनुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मन्त्रविशेषः (name of a mantra)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa

FAQs

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

It teaches mantra-nyāsa: sanctifying the practitioner’s body by assigning specific mantra-parts to the head and śikhā, establishing protection and ritual readiness through Garuḍa-linked formulae.

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

By prescribing precise remembrance and placement of Garuḍa-mantras, it turns devotion into embodied practice—bhakti expressed through disciplined ritual attention (upāsanā with nyāsa).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Śikṣā/ritual phonetics and prayoga: how mantra segments are delimited (“from garuḍa onward… ending with svāhā”) and applied in nyāsa to specific body points (śiras and śikhā).