Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 49

The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras

Devanagari script

हृद्यघोरकुमारादिकंदर्प्पं तदनंतरम् । गुह्यदेशे प्रविन्यस्येद्वामदेवादिमन्मथम् ॥ ४९ ॥

Transliteration

hṛdyaghorakumārādikaṃdarppaṃ tadanaṃtaram | guhyadeśe pravinyasyedvāmadevādimanmatham || 49 ||

Translation

പിന്നീട് ഹൃദയത്തിൽ അഘോരകുമാരാദി രൂപമായ കന്ദർപ്പനെ ന്യാസം ചെയ്യണം. അതിനുശേഷം ഗുഹ്യദേശത്ത് വാമദേവാദി രൂപമായ മന്മഥനെ സ്ഥാപിക്കണം॥

Word by Word

• हृदि: in/on the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अघोर-कुमार-आदिकम्: Aghora-kumāra etc.
• अघोर-कुमार-आदिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोर (प्रातिपदिक) + कुमार (प्रातिपदिक) + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अघोरकुमारादि’ = ‘Aghora-kumāra etc.’

• दर्प्पम्: Darp(a) (name/form)
• दर्प्पम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: then
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/प्रयोगसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; अनुक्रमसूचक (then/thereafter)

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (immediately after)

• गुह्य-देशे: in the secret region (genitals)
• गुह्य-देशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘गुह्यः देशः’

• प्र-विन्यस्येत्: should place/arrange
• प्र-विन्यस्येत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वि-नि-√अस्/न्यस् (धातु; ‘विन्यस्’ प्रयोग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• वामदेव-आदि-मन्यमथम्: Manmatha beginning with Vāmadeva
• वामदेव-आदि-मन्यमथम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्मथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वामदेवादि’ = ‘Vāmadeva etc.’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical/ritual teaching sequence)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: shringara

Characters & Entities

• Aghora-kumara
• Kandarpa
• Vamadeva
• Manmatha

FAQs

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

It teaches internal worship through nyāsa—placing mantra-deity forms into specific bodily centers—so the practitioner’s body becomes a consecrated field for disciplined sādhanā rather than mere external ritual.

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

By prescribing devotional internalization: the deity is not only worshipped outwardly but installed within the heart and vital centers, aligning emotion (hṛd) and embodied life with sacred remembrance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects applied ritual-technology: precise nyāsa procedure (a technical prayoga) that relies on correct recitation and placement—closely tied to śikṣā (phonetics) and kalpa (ritual method) in practice.