Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 69

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

Devanagari script

अथोच्यते ध्यानमन्यन्मुखरोगहरं शुभम् । स्वर्णवर्णसुपर्णस्थं विद्युन्मालासटान्वितम् ॥ ६९ ॥

Transliteration

athocyate dhyānamanyanmukharogaharaṃ śubham | svarṇavarṇasuparṇasthaṃ vidyunmālāsaṭānvitam || 69 ||

Translation

Voici maintenant une autre méditation, propice et bénéfique, qui dissipe les maladies de la bouche : contemple le Seigneur à la teinte d’or, assis sur Garuḍa (Suparṇa), paré d’une guirlande semblable à l’éclair et d’une crinière rayonnante.

Word by Word

• अथ: now/then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (discourse particle: 'now/then')

• उच्यते: is described
• उच्यते: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): 'is said'

• ध्यानम्: meditation (form)
• ध्यानम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्यत्: another
• अन्यत्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjectival)

• मुख-रोग-हरम्: removing mouth/face diseases
• मुख-रोग-हरम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + हर (प्रातिपदिक; from √हृ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मुखस्य रोगान् हरति इति (removing diseases of the mouth/face)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjectival)

• स्वर्ण-वर्ण-सुपर्ण-स्थम्: situated on Garuḍa, golden-hued
• स्वर्ण-वर्ण-सुपर्ण-स्थम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + सुपर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्था)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg; agreeing with ध्यानम्); तत्पुरुष-समास: स्वर्णवर्णः (golden-colored) सुपर्णे (Garuda) स्थम् (situated)

• विद्युत्-माला-सटा-अन्वितम्: endowed with a lightning-like garland/mane
• विद्युत्-माला-सटा-अन्वितम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक) + सटा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त; √इ 'to go' in sense 'endowed with')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (Nom./Acc. sg; agreeing with ध्यानम्); तत्पुरुष: विद्युतः माला इव सटा यस्य तेन अन्वितम् (endowed with a mane like a garland of lightning)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue frame)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa (Suparṇa)
• Vishnu (implied as the meditated deity)

FAQs

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

It presents a specific Vishnu-centered dhyāna as both auspicious and therapeutically protective, showing how devotion and visualization are integrated with well-being in the Purana’s technical (Book 1.3) instructions.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as focused contemplation of the Lord’s divine form—golden, Garuḍa-borne, brilliantly adorned—using loving attention (dhyāna) as a direct means to invoke grace and relief from affliction.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights applied upāsanā/dhyāna methodology—iconographic precision for visualization—typical of technical guidance associated with Vedāṅga-adjacent ritual science and mantra practice.