Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 46

The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

अङ्गा न्यादौ समाराध्यदिक्पत्रेषु यजेत्पुनः । गरुडादीन् श्रीमुखांश्च विदिक्षु लोकपान्बहिः ॥ ४६ ॥

Transliteration

aṅgā nyādau samārādhyadikpatreṣu yajetpunaḥ | garuḍādīn śrīmukhāṃśca vidikṣu lokapānbahiḥ || 46 ||

Translation

ក្រោយពេលធ្វើអង្គ-ញាស (aṅga-nyāsa) និងបូជាព្រះដ៏គួរគោរពដោយត្រឹមត្រូវហើយ គួរបូជាម្ដងទៀតលើក្រដាសផ្កាឈូកដែលកំណត់តាមទិសទាំងឡាយ; នៅទិសរង (វិទិក) គួរបូជាគរុឌ និងអ្នកបម្រើមុខមង្គល; ហើយខាងក្រៅ (មណ្ឌល/ផ្កាឈូក) គួរបូជាអ្នកអភិបាលលោក (លោកបាល)។

Word by Word

• अङ्गानि: the (mantra-)limbs/ancillaries
• अङ्गानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (पाठे ‘अङ्गा’ इति सन्ध्यादि/छन्दसि)

• न्यादौ: in (the rites) beginning with nyāsa
• न्यादौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यास + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे सप्तमी (locative) ‘न्यास-आदि’ = in nyāsa etc.; तत्पुरुषः

• समाराध्य: having duly worshipped
• समाराध्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having duly worshipped/propitiated’

• दिक्-पत्रेषु: on the directional petals/sections
• दिक्-पत्रेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिशां पत्रेषु = on the directional ‘petals’/sections)

• यजेत्: should worship
• यजेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• गरुड-आदीन्: Garuḍa and others
• गरुड-आदीन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गरुडः आदिः येषाम् = Garuḍa and others)

• श्री-मुखान्: the Śrīmukhas
• श्री-मुखान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् मुखः/श्रीमुखः = auspicious-faced/holy-faced ones; here a class of deities)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विदिक्षु: in the intermediate directions
• विदिक्षु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (locative); ‘in the intermediate directions’

• लोकपान्: the world-guardians (Lokapālas)
• लोकपान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (सन्धौ ‘लोकपान्’)

• बहिः: outside
• बहिः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहिः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

Speaker

Narada (teaching within a technical/ritual instruction section traditionally framed as Narada’s transmission in dialogue context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Lokapālas

FAQs

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

It sacralizes space: by worshipping the directional petals, Garuḍa and attendants in the intermediate quarters, and the Lokapālas outside, the sādhaka establishes protection and cosmic order around the main deity-worship.

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

Bhakti here is shown as orderly upacāra: devotion is expressed through precise offerings—beginning with aṅga-nyāsa (making the body a fit seat for worship) and extending reverence to Vishnu’s associates like Garuḍa and to the guardians who uphold dharma in the directions.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual-technical knowledge: nyāsa (mantric placement), dik-vinyāsa (directional arrangement), and maṇḍala/lotus-petal worship sequencing—procedural principles used in applied liturgy (kalpa-style practice).