Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 198

The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

फट् तारोहं विश्वरूपिन्नस्त्रं च तदनन्तरम् । तारौह्रैपरमान्ते तु ह्रंसफट्प्रणवस्ततः ॥ १९८ ॥

Transliteration

phaṭ tārohaṃ viśvarūpinnastraṃ ca tadanantaram | tārauhraiparamānte tu hraṃsaphaṭpraṇavastataḥ || 198 ||

Translation

« (Qu’on prononce) “phaṭ”, puis la syllabe “tārohaṁ” ; ensuite, le mantra-arme du “viśvarūpin” (Celui à la Forme universelle). Après cela, à la fin du suprême “tāra-uhrai”, qu’on récite “hraṁsa”, “phaṭ”, puis le praṇava (Oṁ). »

Word by Word

• फट्: phaṭ
• फट्: मन्त्राङ्ग (Mantra element)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: फट् (अव्यय/मन्त्रबीज)
• Form: मन्त्रनिपात (बीज)

• तार-ओहम्: tāra + oham (mantric sound)
• तार-ओहम्: मन्त्राङ्ग (Mantra element)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तार (प्रातिपदिक) + ओहम् (मन्त्रध्वनि/अव्यय)
• Form: मन्त्रपद (mantric syllable cluster); ‘ओहम्’ treated as mantra-sound

• विश्व-रूपिन्: O universal-formed one
• विश्व-रूपिन्: सम्बोधन (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा एकवचन (stem रूपिन्); ‘one whose form is universal’

• अस्त्रम्: astra (weapon-mantra)
• अस्त्रम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया एकवचन

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

• तत्-अनन्तरम्: immediately after that
• तत्-अनन्तरम्: कालाधिकरण (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; नपुंसकलिङ्गे अव्ययवत्—‘thereafter/immediately after that’

• तार-उह्रै-परम-अन्ते: at the end of tāra-uhrai-parama
• तार-उह्रै-परम-अन्ते: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तार (प्रातिपदिक) + उह्रै (मन्त्रध्वनि) + परम (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी एकवचन; mantra-instruction ‘at the end of …’ (reading uncertain)

• तु: indeed/then
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषणार्थक निपात (particle ‘but/indeed’)

• ह्रंस-फट्-प्रणवः: the praṇava with ‘hraṃs’ and ‘phaṭ’
• ह्रंस-फट्-प्रणवः: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रंस (मन्त्रध्वनि/प्रातिपदिकवत्) + फट् (अव्यय) + प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा एकवचन; mantra-name cluster

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: अपादान/काल (Ablatival/Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘thereupon/from that’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical mantra-vidhi)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Om (Praṇava)
• Viśvarūpin (epithet of the Deity)

FAQs

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

It gives a precise mantra-sequence used to invoke protection and completeness in a rite—ending with the praṇava (Oṁ) to seal the practice in the highest spiritual principle.

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

Even when teaching technical mantra-vidhi, the verse centers the practice on a divine epithet (viśvarūpin) and concludes with Oṁ, showing that disciplined ritual supports devotion by safeguarding and focusing the mind on the Lord.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights procedural precision in mantra application—sequence, placement, and ‘astra’ usage—aligned with Śikṣā (correct utterance) and Kalpa-style ritual method (vidhi).