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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 101

The Explanation of Sandhyā and Related Daily Observances

Saṅdhyā-ādi Nitya-karma-Vidhi

Devanagari script

वदेत्तद्विष्णुशक्तिभ्यां हृदयं प्रणवादिकम् । त्वगसृङ्मांसमेदोऽस्थिमज्जाशुक्राण्यसून्वदेत् ॥ १०१ ॥

Transliteration

vadettadviṣṇuśaktibhyāṃ hṛdayaṃ praṇavādikam | tvagasṛṅmāṃsamedo'sthimajjāśukrāṇyasūnvadet || 101 ||

Translation

Qu’il prononce le mantra du Cœur (hṛdaya), commençant par le Praṇava (Oṃ), en l’assignant à Viṣṇu avec Ses Śaktis. Qu’il récite aussi les formules correspondantes pour la peau, le sang, la chair, la graisse, l’os, la moelle, le sperme et les souffles vitaux.

Word by Word
वदेत्should utter/recite
वदेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)
विष्णु-शक्तिभ्याम्by (the two) powers of Viṣṇu
विष्णु-शक्तिभ्याम्:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine) (शक्ति), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), द्विवचन (Dual); तत्पुरुष-समासः: विष्णोः शक्तिः (Viṣṇu’s power)
हृदयम्the heart (mantra ‘hṛdaya’)
हृदयम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
प्रणव-आदिकम्beginning with the praṇava (Om)
प्रणव-आदिकम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रणव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः: प्रणवः आदिः यस्य (beginning with praṇava/Om)
त्वक्skin
त्वक्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
असृक्blood
असृक्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअसृज्/असृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
मांसflesh
मांस:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमांस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
मेदःfat
मेदः:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
अस्थिbone
अस्थि:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
मज्जाmarrow
मज्जा:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
शुक्राणिsemen (vital fluid)
शुक्राणि:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
असून्life-breaths/vital airs
असून्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअसु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
वदेत्should utter
वदेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्
Speaker

Narada (teaching in a Vedāṅga/ritual-technical context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
V
Vishnu
S
Shakti
P
Pranava (Om)

FAQs

It teaches internal consecration: the Praṇava-led heart-mantra is installed with Viṣṇu and His Śaktis, and the practitioner sanctifies the body’s constituents and prāṇas, aligning the microcosm with the deity.

Bhakti here is expressed as embodied remembrance—reciting Viṣṇu’s mantra not only verbally but by dedicating one’s very body and life-breaths to Viṣṇu-Śakti through nyāsa-like contemplation.

It reflects ritual-technical application of mantra (prayoga): Praṇava usage, hṛdaya-mantra recitation, and body-part/inner-element mapping typical of disciplined sādhana instructions found in Vedāṅga-adjacent practice.

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