Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 147
Kṛṣṇādi-mantra-varga-varṇana
Classification of Krishna and Related Mantras
अप्रतिहतवर्णांते बलाय प्रहतेति च । शासनांते तथा हुं फट् स्वाहास्त्रमनुरीरितः ॥ १४७ ॥
apratihatavarṇāṃte balāya prahateti ca | śāsanāṃte tathā huṃ phaṭ svāhāstramanurīritaḥ || 147 ||
മന്ത്രത്തിന്റെ വർണ്ണാന്തത്തിൽ ‘അപ്രതിഹത’ ചേർക്കണം; കൂടാതെ ‘ബലായ’യും ‘പ്രഹത’യും ഉച്ചരിക്കണം. ആജ്ഞയുടെ അവസാനം ‘ഹും’, ‘ഫട്’, ‘സ്വാഹാ’ എന്നും—ഇതാണ് അസ്ത്രമന്ത്രമെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/ritual instruction sequence)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It codifies a protective “weapon-mantra” structure—showing how specific power-terms and bīja/exclamatory endings are appended to make a mantra ritually effective and spiritually ‘irresistible’ (apratihata) for safeguarding and removing obstacles.
Indirectly: it supports bhakti-practice by prescribing ritual safeguards (astra-mantra) that protect a sādhaka’s worship and japa from hindrances, aligning technical mantra-vidhi with devotional discipline.
Mantra-śāstra style application tied to Vedāṅga concerns of correct verbal formulation—how endings and prescribed utterances (huṃ, phaṭ, svāhā) are appended in ritual grammar to produce a specific liturgical function.