Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27

Hayagrīva-pūjā-vyākhyāna

Worship Procedure and Mantra-Siddhi of Hayagrīva

Devanagari script

शेषयुग्मार्णांत्यपत्रं द्वादशाक्षरवेष्टितम् । तद्बहिर्मातृकावर्णैर्यंत्रं सम्पत्प्रदं नृणाम् ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

śeṣayugmārṇāṃtyapatraṃ dvādaśākṣaraveṣṭitam | tadbahirmātṛkāvarṇairyaṃtraṃ sampatpradaṃ nṛṇām || 27 ||

Translation

Le pétale le plus extérieur, formé des lettres finales des paires de syllabes restantes, doit être ceint du mantra à douze syllabes. Au-delà, avec les lettres de la Mātṛkā (l’alphabet sanskrit), qu’on dispose un yantra qui confère la prospérité aux êtres humains.

Word by Word

• शेषयुग्मार्णान्त्यपत्रम्: the petal at the end with the remaining paired syllables
• शेषयुग्मार्णान्त्यपत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष-युग्म-अर्ण-अन्त्य-पत्र (प्रातिपदिक; शेष + युग्म + अर्ण + अन्त्य + पत्र)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समासः: शेषस्य युग्मम् + अर्ण(=अक्षर) + अन्त्य + पत्रम्

• द्वादशाक्षरवेष्टितम्: encircled by twelve syllables
• द्वादशाक्षरवेष्टितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश-अक्षर-वेष्टित (प्रातिपदिक; द्वादश + अक्षर + वेष्टित)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; past passive participle (कृदन्त/क्त) from √वेष्ट् ‘to wrap’; ‘wrapped by twelve syllables’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• मातृकावर्णैः: with the mātṛkā letters
• मातृकावर्णैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृका-वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; मातृका + वर्ण)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; ‘by the letters (वर्णैः) of the mātṛkā’

• यन्त्रम्: yantra/diagram
• यन्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• सम्पत्प्रदम्: bestowing prosperity
• सम्पत्प्रदम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पत्-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; सम्पत् + प्रद)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘giver of prosperity’

• नृणाम्: of men/for people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

Speaker

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

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara
• Matrika

FAQs

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

It presents a technical mantra–yantra method where sacred sound (the twelve-syllabled mantra) and sacred letters (Mātṛkā) are ritually arranged to channel auspiciousness and prosperity (sampat) in a dharmic way.

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

By prescribing the dvādaśākṣara mantra as the protective encircling power of the yantra, it places mantra-japa and reverent ritual focus at the center—treating devotion expressed through mantra as the energizing principle of the practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights technical ritual sciences connected with mantra-śāstra and letter-arrangement (Mātṛkā-varṇa), including precise placement/encircling rules used in yantra-vidhi and related nyāsa-style applications.