Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 184

The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

तमःप्रकाशक पुरमथनान्ते तु सर्व च । मन्त्रे राजेश्वरपदाद्विहायसगतिप्रद ॥ १८४ ॥

Transliteration

tamaḥprakāśaka puramathanānte tu sarva ca | mantre rājeśvarapadādvihāyasagatiprada || 184 ||

Translation

ఈ మంత్రం తమస్సును ప్రకాశింపజేసేది, అంధకారనాశకము; ‘పురమథన’ కర్మాంతంలో ఇది సమస్తంగా ప్రయోగించవలెను. మంత్రంలో ‘రాజేశ్వర’ పదం నుండి ప్రారంభమయ్యే భాగం ‘విహాయసగతి’ అనే దివ్యగతిని ప్రసాదిస్తుంది।

Word by Word

• तमः-प्रकाशक: (the term) ‘darkness-dispeller’
• तमः-प्रकाशक: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमः (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकाशक (कृदन्त; √काश् ‘to shine’ with प्र-; ण्वुल्/क-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (मन्त्रपद-रूपेण); तत्पुरुष: ‘तमसः प्रकाशकः’ = dispeller/illuminator of darkness

• पुर-मथन-अन्ते: at the end of ‘destroyer of the cities’
• पुर-मथन-अन्ते: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक) + मथन (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √मथ् ‘to churn/destroy’) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘पुरमथनस्य अन्ते’ = at the end of (the word) ‘puramathana’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• सर्व: all/entire
• सर्व: विशेषण (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (सामान्य-रूप); विशेषण-प्रयोग

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• मन्त्रे: in the mantra
• मन्त्रे: अधिकरण (Adhikarana/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• राज-ईश्वर-पदात्: from (the term) ‘Lord of kings’
• राज-ईश्वर-पदात्: अपादान (Apadana/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘राजेश्वरस्य पदात्’ = from the word/term ‘rājeśvara’

• विहायस-गति-प्रद: (the term) ‘giver of passage in the sky’
• विहायस-गति-प्रद: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विहायस (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (कृदन्त; √दा ‘to give’ with प्र-; ‘giver’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (मन्त्रपद-रूपेण); तत्पुरुष: ‘विहायसः गतिं प्रददाति’ = giver of movement/way in the sky

Speaker

Narada (teaching within a Vedanga/Mantra-vidya passage, traditionally framed in Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Rajeśvara

FAQs

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

It presents mantra as a ‘dispeller of darkness’ (tamaḥprakāśaka), emphasizing that correct placement and recitation—especially at a rite’s conclusion—yields a defined spiritual result, here described as an elevated heavenly attainment (vihāyasa-gati).

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

By highlighting a divine epithet (rājeśvara) within mantra, the verse implies that devotion expressed through sacred names and prescribed ritual sequencing becomes a vehicle for spiritual ascent and divine grace.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Mantra-prayoga (applied mantra science): the verse points to the importance of mantra-pada selection and ritual placement (especially ‘at the end’ of a rite) to obtain the stated phala, reflecting technical discipline akin to Vedanga-linked ritual procedure.