Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 87

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

Devanagari script

यस्य सन्धारणादेव भवेयुः सर्वसम्पदः । श्वेतभूर्ज्जे लिखेत्पद्मं द्वात्रिंशत्सिंहसंयुतम् ॥ ८७ ॥

Transliteration

yasya sandhāraṇādeva bhaveyuḥ sarvasampadaḥ | śvetabhūrjje likhetpadmaṃ dvātriṃśatsiṃhasaṃyutam || 87 ||

Translation

Par le seul fait de le porter ou de le conserver, toutes les prospérités adviennent. Qu’on trace un lotus sur une écorce de bouleau blanche, pourvu de trente-deux lions.

Word by Word

• यस्य: of which/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (masc/neut), षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (singular)

• सन्धारणात्: from (its) wearing/holding
• सन्धारणात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्धारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘from/through the holding’

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भवेयुः: would arise / would be
• भवेयुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वसम्पदः: all prosperities
• सर्वसम्पदः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + सम्पद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन (plural); कर्मधारय ‘all (kinds of) prosperities’

• श्वेतभूर्जे: on white birch-bark
• श्वेतभूर्जे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत + भूर्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘white birch-bark’

• लिखेत्: should draw/write
• लिखेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिख् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पद्मम्: a lotus
• पद्मम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• द्वात्रिंशत्: thirty-two
• द्वात्रिंशत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वात्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (indeclinable-like numeral), here used as विशेषण to ‘siṃha’; ‘thirty-two’

• सिंहसंयुतम्: accompanied by lions
• सिंहसंयुतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिंह + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative) एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (joined with lions)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada within the Vedāṅga/ritual-technical discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It presents a dhāraṇā-based practice: a consecrated diagram (lotus with thirty-two lions) is to be written on white birch-bark and retained, symbolizing ordered sacred power that supports auspiciousness and prosperity (sarva-sampadā).

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

While primarily technical/ritual, it implies that prosperity is linked to faithful observance (śraddhā) of prescribed sacred methods; in the Narada Purana’s broader frame, such aids are ideally subordinate to devotion and right conduct rather than mere material gain.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual-technical procedure (lekhanā on bhūrja-patra and dhāraṇā), reflecting applied śāstra-prayoga typical of Vedāṅga-adjacent disciplines (kalpa/ritual methodology and protective rites).