Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50

The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras

Kālī and Tārā Vidyās

Devanagari script

आधारादिषु चक्रेषु स्वचक्रवर्णपूर्वकान् । ब्रह्माणं डाकिनीयुक्तं वादिसांतार्णपूर्वकम् ॥ ५० ॥

Transliteration

ādhārādiṣu cakreṣu svacakravarṇapūrvakān | brahmāṇaṃ ḍākinīyuktaṃ vādisāṃtārṇapūrvakam || 50 ||

Translation

Dans les roues (cakra) à partir de l’Ādhāra, qu’on place d’abord les lettres propres à chaque cakra selon leur ordre juste ; puis qu’on contemple Brahmā uni à Ḍākinī, précédé de la série de bīja allant de « va » à « sa ».

Word by Word

• ādhāra-ādiṣu: in the (chakras) beginning with Ādhāra
• ādhāra-ādiṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; अव्ययीभाव 'in/among (those) beginning with ādhāra'

• cakreṣu: in the chakras
• cakreṣu: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural

• sva-cakra-varṇa-pūrvakān: preceded by the letters of one’s own chakra
• sva-cakra-varṇa-pūrvakān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; तत्पुरुष (स्वचक्रस्य वर्णाः पूर्वकाः येषाम्)

• brahmāṇam: Brahmā
• brahmāṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• ḍākinī-yuktam: associated with Ḍākinī
• ḍākinī-yuktam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ḍākinī (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुष (ḍākinyā युक्तम्)

• vādi-sāṃtārṇa-pūrvakam: preceded by (the mantra/letters) vādi-sāṃtārṇa
• vādi-sāṃtārṇa-pūrvakam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vādi (प्रातिपदिक) + sāṃtārṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; used adverbially/qualifying the nyāsa; तत्पुरुष (vādi-sāṃtārṇa-पूर्वक)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Brahma
• Dakini

FAQs

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

It teaches an inner-ritual (nyāsa/dhyāna) method: sanctifying the subtle body by installing chakra-specific letters and then meditating on a presiding deity-with-śakti form, making the practitioner’s body a fit altar for mantra-sādhana.

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

Bhakti here appears as disciplined reverence expressed through precise contemplative worship—placing sacred syllables and visualizing the deity (Brahmā with śakti) as an act of focused devotional meditation rather than mere external ritual.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights mantra-vidhi grounded in varṇa (phoneme/letter) ordering and correct syllabic sequencing—skills tied to Śikṣā (phonetics) and Vyākaraṇa (sound/letter discipline) as applied to ritual and meditation.