Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 134

The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras

Devanagari script

सर्वांते शक्तिकमलासनाय नम इत्यथ । वाक्सत्यलक्ष्मी बीजाद्य उक्तः पीठार्चने मनुः ॥ १३४ ॥

Transliteration

sarvāṃte śaktikamalāsanāya nama ityatha | vāksatyalakṣmī bījādya uktaḥ pīṭhārcane manuḥ || 134 ||

Translation

次に、すべて（前段のマントラ部分）の末尾に「蓮華の座に坐すシャクティに帰命す」と付け加える。これが、ヴァーク・サティヤ・ラクシュミーのビージャより始まるピīṭhārcana（台座供養）のマントラである。

Word by Word

• sarva-ante: at the end (finally)
• sarva-ante: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound (अव्ययीभाव) used adverbially: ‘at the end of all/ finally’

• śakti-kamala-āsanāya: to the Śakti-lotus-seat
• śakti-kamala-āsanāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + kamala (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: śakti-kamala-āsana = ‘seat (lotus-seat) of Śakti’ (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Prayoga (सम्बोधन/प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय) interjection/particle of salutation (नमः)

• iti: thus
• iti: Vākyasaṃbandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति)

• atha: then/now
• atha: Vākyasaṃbandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) indicating sequence (अथ)

• vāk-satya-lakṣmī: (the formula) ‘Vāk–Satya–Lakṣmī’
• vāk-satya-lakṣmī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāk (प्रातिपदिक) + satya (प्रातिपदिक) + lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन) as a collective; dvandva compound (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व) naming three śaktis/mantra-elements: Vāk, Satya, Lakṣmī

• bīja-ādyaḥ: beginning with the bīja (seed syllable)
• bīja-ādyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bīja (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन) agreeing with manuḥ; समासः: bīja-ādi = ‘beginning with the seed-syllable’ (तत्पुरुष)

• uktaḥ: is stated/declared
• uktaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त, √vac (धातु))
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively: ‘is stated’

• pīṭha-arcane: in the worship of the pedestal
• pīṭha-arcane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक) + arcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: pīṭha-arcana = ‘worship of the pīṭha’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• manuḥ: the mantra-formula (manu)
• manuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Shakti
• Lakshmi
• Vak
• Satya

FAQs

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

It teaches that a mantra is completed by surrender (namaḥ) to the presiding Śakti, here visualized as lotus-seated, and that worship becomes effective when the mantra is properly formed with its bīja-elements and concluding salutation.

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

Even within technical ritual instruction, the core devotional act is “namaḥ”—humble offering of oneself—directed to the divine Power (Śakti) who grants auspiciousness (Lakṣmī), truthful alignment (Satya), and sanctified speech (Vāk).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights mantra-vidhi: how to append the concluding phrase, how bīja-syllables function as mantra-seeds, and how pīṭhārcana (worship of the ritual base/seat) uses precisely structured recitation.