Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 18

Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa

Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā

Devanagari script

पुष्पैर्हयारिजैर्वापि जुहुयान्मधुरान्वितैः । नवयोन्यात्मकं यंत्रं बहिरष्टदलावृतम् ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

puṣpairhayārijairvāpi juhuyānmadhurānvitaiḥ | navayonyātmakaṃ yaṃtraṃ bahiraṣṭadalāvṛtam || 18 ||

Translation

Qu’il verse aussi les oblations dans le feu avec des fleurs (ou des fleurs hayārīja), accompagnées de substances douces. Le yantra est de nature navayoni, aux neuf « matrices » d’origine, et il est, au dehors, entouré d’un enclos de lotus à huit pétales.

Word by Word

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• हयारिजैः: with (things) born of Hayāri
• हयारिजैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयारि + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हयारिणः जाः = born of Hayāri)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (particle of alternative)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (also/even)

• जुहुयात्: should offer (as oblation)
• जुहुयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मधुर-अन्वितैः: with sweet (ingredients)
• मधुर-अन्वितैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (करणे बहुवचन), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (मधुरेण अन्वितः = accompanied by sweetness)

• नव-योनि-आत्मकम्: having the nature of nine wombs/origins
• नव-योनि-आत्मकम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-तत्पुरुषसमासः (नवयोनिः यस्य आत्मा/स्वरूपम्)

• यन्त्रम्: yantra/diagram
• यन्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• अष्ट-दल-आवृतम्: covered by eight petals
• अष्ट-दल-आवृतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + दल (प्रातिपदिक) + आवृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), कर्मणि; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अष्टदलैः आवृतम् = covered by eight petals)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narada

FAQs

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

It links inner worship to precise outer ritual: sweet, auspicious offerings and a structured yantra (ninefold core with an eight-petalled enclosure) are presented as a disciplined method for invoking and stabilizing sacred power in worship.

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

Bhakti here is expressed through careful, reverent service—offering pure flowers and sweet substances while contemplating the deity through a yantra-form, showing devotion as both heartfelt and methodical.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It emphasizes ritual procedure (homa/offerings and prescribed substances) and technical yantra-design (ninefold internal structure with an eight-petalled lotus boundary), reflecting applied Vedic ritual science used alongside mantra practice.