Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4
Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga
पंचमं भगचंद्राढ्यावियद्भृगुस्वकाग्नयः । मन्विंद्वाढ्यौ हसौ षष्टं ङेंतः स्याद्धनुमांस्ततः ॥ ४ ॥
paṃcamaṃ bhagacaṃdrāḍhyāviyadbhṛgusvakāgnayaḥ | manviṃdvāḍhyau hasau ṣaṣṭaṃ ṅeṃtaḥ syāddhanumāṃstataḥ || 4 ||
അഞ്ചാം സമുച്ചയം—‘ഭഗ’ ‘ചന്ദ്ര’യുക്തമായി, പിന്നെ ‘വിയത്’, ‘ഭൃഗു’, ‘സ്വ’, ‘അഗ്നി’। ആറാം—‘മന്വിൻ’, ‘ദ്വാഢ്യ’, ‘ഹസു’। തുടർന്ന് ‘ങേം’ അന്ത്യമുള്ളത് ഹനുമാനെന്ന് പറയുന്നു.
Narada (teaching in a technical Vedanga-style enumeration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It preserves a technical, Vedanga-like catalog of sacred name-units and markers, showing that correct knowledge of terms and forms supports accurate mantra-recitation and ritual clarity.
Indirectly: Bhakti is strengthened when worship and japa are performed with correctness; this verse contributes to that correctness by listing and identifying specific sacred name-forms, including Hanumān as a recognized designation.
Vedanga-style technical classification—especially a Vyakarana/Nighantu-like method of grouping name-units and identifying a form by its ending (the “ṅem” ending), useful for precise recitation and textual indexing.