Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 91

Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana

Devanagari script

सदाशिवाय गुरवे पराशक्तियुताय वै । सहस्रारे महापद्मे नादबिन्दुद्वयान्विते ॥ ९१ ॥

Transliteration

sadāśivāya gurave parāśaktiyutāya vai | sahasrāre mahāpadme nādabindudvayānvite || 91 ||

Translation

सदाशिवस्वरूप, पराशक्तियुक्त गुरुवरांना नमस्कार—जे सहस्रारातील महापद्मात नाद-बिंदूच्या द्वयतत्त्वाने युक्त विराजमान आहेत।

Word by Word

• सदाशिवाय: to Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदाशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान-कारक (dative)

• गुरवे: to the Guru
• गुरवे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; दत्त-प्राप्तव्य (dative)

• पराशक्ति-युताय: endowed with the Supreme Power
• पराशक्ति-युताय: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा-शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; ‘युत’ = युज् (धातु) + क्त, ‘युक्त/समन्वित’ अर्थे; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; एव/खलु इत्यर्थे (indeed)

• सहस्रारे: in the Sahasrāra (thousand-petalled)
• सहस्रारे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• महापद्मे: in the great lotus
• महापद्मे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘महत् पद्मम्’ इति कर्मधारय; अधिकरण (locative)

• नाद-बिन्दु-द्वय-अन्विते: endowed with the pair (two) of nāda and bindu
• नाद-बिन्दु-द्वय-अन्विते: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाद (प्रातिपदिक) + बिन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘अन्वित’ = अन्वि-इ (धातु) + क्त, ‘युक्त’ अर्थे; अधिकरणस्थ-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narada (in a mantric/invocatory teaching context within the Vedanga/technical section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Sadashiva
• Parashakti
• Guru
• Sahasrara
• Nada
• Bindu

FAQs

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

It frames the Guru as the highest divine principle—Sadāśiva inseparable from Parāśakti—and directs meditation to the Sahasrāra, where liberation-oriented contemplation culminates through the subtle realities of Nāda (inner vibration) and Bindu (seed-essence).

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

Bhakti is expressed as reverent surrender to the Guru as God (Sadāśiva), recognizing Śiva-Śakti unity; such devotion becomes a focused contemplative practice, placing the heart-mind at the Sahasrāra as the seat of supreme presence.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects mantra-śāstra and yogic technical vocabulary used in applied practice—invocation (namaskāra), precise symbolic loci (Sahasrāra/mahāpadma), and doctrinal terms (Nāda/Bindu) that guide meditation and ritual visualization.