Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 110

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

तप्तचामीकरनिभं भीघ्नसंविहिताञ्जलिम् । चलत्कुंडलदीप्तास्यं पद्मक्षं मारुतिं स्मरेत् ॥ ११० ॥

Transliteration

taptacāmīkaranibhaṃ bhīghnasaṃvihitāñjalim | calatkuṃḍaladīptāsyaṃ padmakṣaṃ mārutiṃ smaret || 110 ||

Translation

തപ്ത സ്വർണ്ണസദൃശമായ കാന്തിയോടെ ദീപ്തനായ, വിഘ്നനാശകൻ, കൈകൂപ്പി നമസ്കരിച്ച നിലയിൽ; ചലിക്കുന്ന കുണ്ഡലങ്ങളാൽ മുഖം പ്രകാശിക്കുന്ന, പദ്മനേത്രനായ മാരുതിയെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• तप्त-चामीकर-निभम्: like heated gold
• तप्त-चामीकर-निभम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्त (कृदन्त, क्त) + चामीकर (प्रातिपदिक) + निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः: ‘तप्तचामीकरस्य निभः’ = like heated gold

• भी-घ्न-संविहित-अञ्जलिम्: with joined palms, destroyer of fear
• भी-घ्न-संविहित-अञ्जलिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भी (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (कृदन्त, घञ्/कृदन्त-प्रत्ययः) + संविहित (कृदन्त, क्त) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘भीघ्नः’ (fear-destroying) + ‘संविहितः अञ्जलिः यस्य’ (hands joined)

• चलत्-कुण्डल-दीप्त-आस्यम्: whose face shines with moving earrings
• चलत्-कुण्डल-दीप्त-आस्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चलत् (कृदन्त, शतृ) + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + दीप्त (कृदन्त, क्त) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: ‘चलत्कुण्डलैः दीप्तम् आस्यम् यस्य’

• पद्म-अक्षम्: lotus-eyed
• पद्म-अक्षम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः: ‘पद्ममिव अक्षी यस्य’

• मारुतिम्: Māruti (Hanumān)
• मारुतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• स्मरेत्: should meditate/remember
• स्मरेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: Optative/Potential (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual-application context within Book 1.3)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Maruti
• Hanuman
• Vayu

FAQs

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

It prescribes Māruti-smaraṇa (meditative remembrance of Hanumān) as a vighna-nāśaka practice—invoking a sattvic, protective presence that steadies the mind and clears impediments in sādhana and ritual.

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

By directing the devotee to visualize Hanumān with reverent añjali and auspicious features, it emphasizes personal devotion expressed through dhyāna and smṛti—bhakti that becomes a focused, repeatable discipline.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects ritual-technical application: a prescribed dhyāna-lakṣaṇa (iconographic meditation cue-set) used as an ancillary aid to mantra/pujā procedure—supporting correct mental formation (bhāvanā) and concentration.