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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8

Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi

Devanagari script

सूर्यं च मूर्ध्नि वदने हृदि गुह्ये च पादयोः । सद्यादिपञ्च ह्रस्वाद्यान् न्यसेन्ङे हृदयोंऽतिमान् ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

sūryaṃ ca mūrdhni vadane hṛdi guhye ca pādayoḥ | sadyādipañca hrasvādyān nyasenṅe hṛdayoṃ'timān || 8 ||

Translation

行者はニヤーサ（nyāsa）によって、スーリヤ（Sūrya、太陽神）を頭頂・口・心臓・秘所・両足に安置し、さらに「sadya…」に始まる五つの真言を短母音および他の音とともに順次に置いて、規定の次第でハリダヤ・ニヤーサ（心のニヤーサ）を成就すべきである。

Word by Word
सूर्यम्the Sun (solar syllable/mandala)
सूर्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
मूर्ध्निon the head
मूर्ध्नि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
वदनेin the mouth/face
वदने:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
हृदिin the heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
गुह्येin the secret part (genitals)
गुह्ये:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
पादयोःon the two feet
पादयोः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), द्विवचन
सद्यादि-पञ्चthe five (syllables) beginning with ‘sadya’
सद्यादि-पञ्च:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘सद्यादि’ इति विशेषणपूर्वकं ‘पञ्च’ (the five beginning with ‘sadya’)
ह्रस्व-आद्यान्(those) beginning with the short vowels
ह्रस्व-आद्यान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootह्रस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the set to be placed)
न्यसेत्should place/assign
न्यसेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + अस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ङेthe syllable ‘ṅe’
ङे:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootङे (अव्यय/बीजाक्षर)
Formबीजाक्षर-रूप अव्यय (mantric syllable)
हृदयःin the heart
हृदयः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (पाठभेद/सन्ध्यन्तरात् ‘हृदये’ अपेक्षितम्)
अन्तिमान्the last (one)/finally
अन्तिमान्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्तिम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the agent/one who places)
Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Vedanga/ritual context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
S
Surya

FAQs

It teaches nyāsa—sacralizing the practitioner’s body by assigning divine power (here, Sūrya and a pentad of mantras) to specific loci, making the body a fit support for mantra-japa and ritual contemplation.

By prescribing embodied worship: devotion is expressed not only as feeling but as disciplined ritual remembrance, where the deity is invoked and honored in the very limbs and vital centers before further practice.

Ritual-technical practice linked to Vedāṅga application—precise mantra placement (nyāsa), phonetic elements like short vowels (hrasva), and ordered limb-mapping used in formal worship and mantra-sādhana.

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