Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 92

Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa

Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā

Devanagari script

मंदगापि च भोगस्था भाविका षोडशी स्मृता । भूगृहस्य चतुर्दिक्षु पूर्वादिषु यजेत्क्रमात् ॥ ९२ ॥

Transliteration

maṃdagāpi ca bhogasthā bhāvikā ṣoḍaśī smṛtā | bhūgṛhasya caturdikṣu pūrvādiṣu yajetkramāt || 92 ||

Translation

Mandagā, Bhogasthā, Bhāvikā et Ṣoḍaśī sont aussi rappelées (comme formes désignées). Dans le bhūgṛha (enceinte rituelle/temple de terre), qu’on les adore aux quatre directions—en commençant par l’Est—selon l’ordre prescrit.

Word by Word

• maṃdagā: Maṃdagā (name)
• maṃdagā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃdagā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; feminine, nominative singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: ‘also’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• bhoga-sthā: Bhogasthā (abiding in enjoyment)
• bhoga-sthā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga + sthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (locative/determinative sense) ‘भोगे स्थिता’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; feminine, nominative singular

• bhāvikā: Bhāvikā (name)
• bhāvikā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāvikā (प्रातिपदिक; from bhū धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; feminine, nominative singular

• ṣoḍaśī: Ṣoḍaśī (the sixteenth; name)
• ṣoḍaśī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣoḍaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; feminine, nominative singular

• smṛtā: is remembered/called
• smṛtā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) → smṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past participle, feminine nominative singular = ‘is said/considered’

• bhū-gṛhasya: of the earth-house/ground (structure)
• bhū-gṛhasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative) ‘भूगृह’ = earth-house/ground-structure; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; neuter, genitive singular

• catur-dikṣu: in the four directions
• catur-dikṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur + diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (numerical) ‘चतस्रः दिशः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; feminine, locative plural

• pūrva-ādiṣu: in the eastern etc. (directions)
• pūrva-ādiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (enumerative with ādi ‘etc.’) ‘पूर्वादयः’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; masculine, locative plural

• yajet: should worship
• yajet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yaj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; optative, 3rd person singular

• kramāt: in sequence
• kramāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb) = ‘in order/stepwise’

Speaker

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

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Mandagā
• Bhogasthā
• Bhāvikā
• Ṣoḍaśī
• Bhūgṛha

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that sacred power is approached through order (krama) and orientation (dik): worship aligned to the directions disciplines the mind and makes the rite conform to śāstric harmony.

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

Bhakti here takes a procedural form: reverence is expressed by honoring the prescribed deities/śaktis in the correct directional sequence, showing obedience and attentiveness as offerings of devotion.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual-technical knowledge of worship order and spatial arrangement—directional placement and sequential invocation—reflecting applied Kalpa (ritual procedure) and allied vastu-like layout discipline.