Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 163

Pañca-prakṛti-nirūpaṇa and Mantra-vidhi: Rādhā, Mahālakṣmī, Durgā, Sarasvatī, Sāvitrī; plus Sāvitrī-Pañjara

Devanagari script

नानापापनृशंसघ्नी षट्पदी वज्रिणी रणी । योगिनी वमला सत्या अबला बलदा जया ॥ १६३ ॥

Transliteration

nānāpāpanṛśaṃsaghnī ṣaṭpadī vajriṇī raṇī | yoginī vamalā satyā abalā baladā jayā || 163 ||

Translation

Elle détruit maints péchés et actes de cruauté; elle est Ṣaṭpadī, la « six-pattes » semblable à l’abeille; elle est Vajriṇī, porteuse du vajra; elle est Raṇī, guerrière au combat. Elle est Yoginī; Vimalā, sans tache; Satyā, véridique; Abalā, douce sans être faible; Baladā, dispensatrice de force; et Jayā, toujours victorieuse.

Word by Word

• नानापापनृशंसघ्नी: destroyer of many sins and cruelties
• नानापापनृशंसघ्नी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना + पाप + नृशंस + घ्नी (प्रातिपदिक; -घ्निन् from √हन्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नानाविधानि पापानि नृशंसानि च घ्नन्ती (destroying various sins and cruelties)

• षट्पदी: six-footed (bee); Ṣaṭpadī
• षट्पदी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + पदिन्/पदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound): ‘six-footed’ (bee) / epithet

• वज्रिणी: wielder of the thunderbolt
• वज्रिणी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वज्रधारिणी (bearing a thunderbolt)

• रणी: warlike
• रणी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रणी (प्रातिपदिक; from रणिन्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; रणसमर्था/युद्धशीला (warlike)

• योगिनी: yoginī; female adept
• योगिनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वमला: pure, spotless
• वमला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पाठभेद/सन्ध्यभाव: वमला = विमला (stainless, pure)

• सत्या: true
• सत्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘true’

• अबला: not weak; Abalā
• अबला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अबला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; न बला (not weak / or ‘a woman’ as conventional sense)

• बलदा: giver of strength
• बलदा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बल + दा (प्रातिपदिक; agent from √दा धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बलं ददाति (giver of strength)

• जया: victory; Jayā
• जया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवी-नाम/‘victory’

Speaker

Narada (in a recitational/technical listing of divine epithets within the Vedanga-oriented section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It presents a sequence of powerful epithets used for remembrance and recitation, emphasizing purification (destroying sins), inner truth and purity, yogic attainment, and the granting of strength and victory—core outcomes traditionally associated with nāma-japa and stotra practice.

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

By concentrating devotion through repeated divine names and qualities—purity (vimalā), truth (satyā), and victory (jayā)—it trains the mind to dwell on the deity’s auspicious attributes, a standard bhakti method alongside ritual and study.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse functions like a nāma-list used in regulated recitation, aligning with Chandas (meter) and the disciplined use of sacred vocabulary typical of Vedanga-informed stotra/ mantra practice.