Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 31
Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna
Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata
सर्षपारिष्टलशुनकार्पासैर्मार्यते रिपुः । धत्तूरैः स्तभ्यते निम्बैर्द्वेष्यते वश्यतेंऽबुजैः ॥ ३१ ॥
sarṣapāriṣṭalaśunakārpāsairmāryate ripuḥ | dhattūraiḥ stabhyate nimbairdveṣyate vaśyateṃ'bujaiḥ || 31 ||
കടുക്, അരിഷ്ടം, വെളുത്തുള്ളി, പരുത്തി എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് ശത്രുവിനെ പ്രഹരിക്കുന്നു; ധത്തൂരകൊണ്ട് അവനെ സ്തംഭിപ്പിക്കുന്നു; വേപ്പുകൊണ്ട് ദ്വേഷം ഉളവാക്കുന്നു; താമരകൊണ്ട് വശീകരിക്കുന്നു.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical rites/remedial procedures)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It reflects the Purana’s technical (śāstra-prayoga) strand: specific substances are assigned specific ritual effects, showing how material means were cataloged within dharmic remedial rites rather than presented as abstract philosophy alone.
This verse is primarily procedural rather than devotional; in the broader Narada Purana frame, such rites are secondary supports within dharma, while bhakti to Viṣṇu is upheld elsewhere as the higher, purifying path beyond coercive aims.
It highlights applied ritual know-how—classification of substances by intended effect (e.g., stambhana, vaśīkaraṇa)—a technical layer often associated with auxiliary ritual sciences and prayoga traditions within the Vedāṅga-oriented sections.