Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 54

The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras

Kālī and Tārā Vidyās

Devanagari script

विन्यसेद्द्वादशदलेहृदयस्थे त्वनाहते । सदाशिवं शाकिनीं च षोडशस्वरपूर्वकम् ॥ ५४ ॥

Transliteration

vinyaseddvādaśadalehṛdayasthe tvanāhate | sadāśivaṃ śākinīṃ ca ṣoḍaśasvarapūrvakam || 54 ||

Translation

ഹൃദയസ്ഥ ദ്വാദശദള അനാഹത പദ്മത്തിൽ ന്യാസം ചെയ്ത്, ഷോഡശ സ്വരപൂർവകമായി സദാശിവനെയും ശാകിനിയെയും അവിടെ വിന്യസിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• vinyaset: should place/install
• vinyaset: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√nyas (धातु)
• Form: Optative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• dvādaśa-dale: in the twelve-petalled (one)
• dvādaśa-dale: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; द्विगु: ‘twelve-petalled’

• hṛdaya-sthe: in the heart-located (center)
• hṛdaya-sthe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; ‘located in the heart’

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• anāhate: in Anāhata (chakra)
• anāhate: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anāhata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular (chakra-name)

• sadāśivam: Sadāśiva
• sadāśivam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sadāśiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• śākinīm: Śākinī
• śākinīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• ṣoḍaśa-svara-pūrvakam: preceded by the sixteen vowels
• ṣoḍaśa-svara-pūrvakam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + svara (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुष: ‘preceded by sixteen vowels’ qualifying sadāśivam (and/or nyāsa)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical, ritual-yogic instruction sequence; traditionally within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue frame)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Sadāśiva
• Śākinī
• Anāhata

FAQs

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

It teaches inner worship through mantra-nyāsa: installing deity-consciousness (Sadāśiva) and the presiding śakti (Śākinī) within the Anāhata heart-lotus, using the sacred power of sound (the sixteen vowels) to sanctify the inner center.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as internalized pūjā—placing the divine in the heart and remembering the deity through mantra-sounds—so devotion becomes continuous inner contemplation rather than only external ritual.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-prayoga are implied: the verse specifies the ṣoḍaśa svaras (sixteen vowels) as the ordered sound-basis for nyāsa, showing precision in pronunciation and sequence as a technical requirement.