Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7

Bhuvaneśī (Nidrā-Śakti) Mantra-vidhi, Nyāsa–Āvaraṇa Worship, Padma-homa Prayogas, and the Opening of Śrī-Mahālakṣmī Upāsanā

Devanagari script

षड्दीर्घयुक्तबीजेन कुर्यादंगानि षट् क्रमात् । संहारसृष्टिमार्गेण मातृकान्यस्तविग्रहः ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

ṣaḍdīrghayuktabījena kuryādaṃgāni ṣaṭ kramāt | saṃhārasṛṣṭimārgeṇa mātṛkānyastavigrahaḥ || 7 ||

Translation

Avec le bīja joint aux six voyelles longues, qu’il accomplisse, dans l’ordre prescrit, les six aṅga-nyāsa ; puis, après avoir installé les mātṛkā sur le corps, qu’il avance selon la méthode de résorption (saṃhāra) et d’émanation (sṛṣṭi).

Word by Word

• षट्: six
• षट्: विशेषण (numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-शब्दः; अत्र समासपूर्वपदत्वेन ‘षड्-’ रूपम्

• दीर्घयुक्तबीजेन: with the seed (bīja) joined with long vowels
• दीर्घयुक्तबीजेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ + युक्त + बीज (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instr./तृतीया), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः—‘दीर्घैः युक्तं बीजम्’ (seed furnished with long vowels)

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकारः (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• अङ्गानि: limbs/parts (nyāsa-locations)
• अङ्गानि: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Acc.), बहुवचनम्

• षट्: six
• षट्: विशेषण (of ‘aṅgāni’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या-शब्दः; द्वितीया/प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (six in number)

• क्रमात्: in sequence
• क्रमात्: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्तम्; ‘क्रमात्’ = क्रमशः (adverbial: in order/stepwise)

• संहारसृष्टिमार्गेण: by the path of dissolution and creation
• संहारसृष्टिमार्गेण: करण (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहार + सृष्टि + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instr.), एकवचनम्; द्वन्द्वः—‘संहारः च सृष्टिः’ (as a pair) ततः ‘तयोः मार्गः’ इति समासार्थः; करणत्वेन प्रयोगः

• मातृकान्यस्तविग्रहः: one whose body/form has the mātṛkās placed (installed)
• मातृकान्यस्तविग्रहः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मातृका + न्यस्त + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nom.), एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः—‘मातृकाः न्यस्ताः (यत्र) विग्रहे’ इति, ‘यस्य सः’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada a technical nyāsa/mantra procedure)

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 frames the body as a mantra-field: by installing mātṛkā letters and performing aṅga-nyāsa, the practitioner sacralizes the limbs and aligns inner dissolution (saṃhāra) and inner manifestation (sṛṣṭi) as a disciplined yogic-ritual process.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as embodied worship: the devotee internalizes the deity’s presence through nyāsa, making the body a temple where remembrance and reverence are stabilized by precise mantra practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-application are emphasized—specifically the use of long vowels (dīrgha-svaras) with a bīja and the ordered performance of six aṅga-nyāsas as a technical ritual discipline.