Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

सर्वमंगलिका चापि ज्वालामालिनिसंज्ञिता । चित्रा चेति क्रमान्नित्याः षोडशपीष्टविग्रहाः ॥ ४२ ॥

Transliteration

sarvamaṃgalikā cāpi jvālāmālinisaṃjñitā | citrā ceti kramānnityāḥ ṣoḍaśapīṣṭavigrahāḥ || 42 ||

Translation

അതുപോലെ സർവമംഗലികാ, ‘ജ്വാലാമാലിനി’ എന്ന സംജ്ഞയുള്ളവൾ, ചിത്രാ—ഇങ്ങനെ ക്രമത്തിൽ ഈ നിത്യകൾ പതിനാറ്; ഇവ പീഷ്ടവിഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ (ആചാരവിധിയിൽ നിർമ്മിത രൂപങ്ങൾ) ആകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सर्वमङ्गलिका: Sarvamaṅgalikā
• सर्वमङ्गलिका: Karta (कर्ता/subject—name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + मङ्गलिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) compound: सर्व (all) + मङ्गलिका (auspicious); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (अपि=also)

• ज्वालामालिनि-संज्ञिता: called ‘Jvālāmālinī’
• ज्वालामालिनि-संज्ञिता: Visheshana (विशेषण/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वाला + मालिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (√ज्ञा/√ज्ञप्, क्त-कृदन्त as adjective)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound: ज्वालामालिनी-नाम्ना संज्ञिता; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective ‘called …’

• चित्रा: Citrā
• चित्रा: Karta (कर्ता/subject—name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)

• क्रमात्: in sequence
• क्रमात्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/adverbial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial ablative ‘in order/serially’

• नित्याः: the Nityās
• नित्याः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• षोडश-पीठ-विग्रहाः: embodiments of the sixteen seats (pīṭhas)
• षोडश-पीठ-विग्रहाः: Karta (कर्ता/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षोडश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + पीठ (प्रातिपदिक) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound: षोडश-पीठानां विग्रहाः; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); in apposition to नित्याः

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Sarvamangalikā
• Jvālāmālinī
• Citrā

FAQs

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

It preserves a precise, sequential list of sacred, ‘eternal’ devatā-forms used in ritual practice, emphasizing that auspiciousness and correct order (krama) are integral to efficacious worship.

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

Bhakti here is expressed through disciplined, name-based worship—honoring specific divine forms (Sarvamaṅgalikā, Jvālāmālinī, Citrā) as concrete supports for devotion and focused remembrance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects applied ritual-technical knowledge: the use of prescribed materials (piṣṭa) and ordered enumeration (krama) for forming and worshiping icons—an applied, procedural dimension aligned with kalpa-type ritual method.