Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 120

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

Devanagari script

वियत्सेंदुर्हनुमते ततो रुद्रात्मकाय च । वर्मास्त्रांतो महामंत्रो द्वादशार्णोऽष्टसिद्धिकृत् ॥ १२० ॥

Transliteration

viyatseṃdurhanumate tato rudrātmakāya ca | varmāstrāṃto mahāmaṃtro dvādaśārṇo'ṣṭasiddhikṛt || 120 ||

Translation

അടുത്തതായി ആകാശത്തിലെ സിന്ദൂരസദൃശ തേജസ്സുള്ള ഹനുമാനെയും, പിന്നെ രുദ്രാത്മക ദേവതയെയും അഭിമുഖീകരിച്ച്, ‘വർമ’ ‘അസ്ത്ര’ സമാപ്തിയോടുകൂടിയ ദ്വാദശാക്ഷര മഹാമന്ത്രം പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു; ഇത് അഷ്ടസിദ്ധി നൽകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• वियत्: sky/space (word-element)
• वियत्: Visheshya (विशेष्य/part of mantra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वियत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Singular (as mantra-element/word)

• सेन्दुः: with the moon / ‘sa-indu’ (word-element)
• सेन्दुः: Visheshya (विशेष्य/part of mantra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; उपसर्ग/उपपद ‘स-’ (with) + इन्दु ‘moon’

• हनुमते: to Hanumat (Hanuman)
• हनुमते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Desha-Kala (देश-काल/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अनन्तरार्थ (adverb: ‘then/thereafter’)

• रुद्रात्मकाय: to the Rudra-natured one
• रुद्रात्मकाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्र + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Dative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘of Rudra’ + ‘having the nature of’)

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

• वर्मास्त्रान्तः: ending with ‘varmāstra’
• वर्मास्त्रान्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्म + अस्त्र + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: वर्म-अस्त्र-अन्त (‘ending with “varma-astrā”/having “varmāstra” at the end’)

• महामन्त्रः: the great mantra
• महामन्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता/subject of description)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/वर्ण्य), एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; कर्मधारय (‘great mantra’)

• द्वादशार्णः: twelve-syllabled
• द्वादशार्णः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश + अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; द्विगु-समास (‘having twelve syllables/letters’)

• अष्टसिद्धिकृत्: bestowing the eight siddhis
• अष्टसिद्धिकृत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट + सिद्धि + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष: अष्ट-सिद्धि-कृत् (‘maker/bestower of eight siddhis’)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/vidya context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Hanuman
• Rudra

FAQs

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

It frames mantra-prayoga as both protective (varma/armor) and assertive (astra/weapon), indicating that disciplined mantra-vidya can safeguard the sādhaka and also generate higher yogic attainments (siddhis).

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

By directing the mantra toward Hanumān and a Rudra-natured deity, the verse emphasizes focused deity-orientation (īṣṭa-devatā-niṣṭhā): power is not merely technical, but arises through reverent invocation and surrender to the deity’s śakti.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights technical mantra-application (prayoga)—specifically the use of kavaca/varma and astra endings—reflecting a procedural, śāstra-based approach to recitation, protection, and ritual deployment.