Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6

Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi

Devanagari script

नेत्रो ज्वाला मनो हुं फट्स्वाहांता मनवो गणाः । पुनः षडर्णैर्ह्री लक्ष्म्याः कृत्वांतः स्थैः षडंगकम् ॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration

netro jvālā mano huṃ phaṭsvāhāṃtā manavo gaṇāḥ | punaḥ ṣaḍarṇairhrī lakṣmyāḥ kṛtvāṃtaḥ sthaiḥ ṣaḍaṃgakam || 6 ||

Translation

“เนตร”, “ชวาลา”, “มโน” พร้อมมนต์ที่ลงท้ายด้วย “หุṃ”, “ผฏ”, “สวาหา” เรียกว่าเป็นหมู่มนต์ แล้วอีกครั้งหนึ่ง ด้วย “หรีṃ” อันเป็นษฑรณของพระลักษมี ให้ประกอบพิธีษฑังคะโดยตั้งไว้ภายในตน

Word by Word

• netraḥ: (the) eye
• netraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: netra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana (netro = netraḥ by sandhi)

• jvālā: flame
• jvālā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā, Ekavacana (mano = manaḥ by sandhi)

• huṃ: huṃ (seed syllable)
• huṃ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/mantric element)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: huṃ (अव्यय/बीजाक्षर)
• Form: Avyaya; bīja-mantra syllable (बीजाक्षर)

• phaṭ-svāhā-antāḥ: ending with ‘phaṭ’ and ‘svāhā’
• phaṭ-svāhā-antāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phaṭ (अव्यय/बीजाक्षर) + svāhā (अव्यय/मन्त्रपद) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; बहुव्रीहि: ‘those whose ending is “phaṭ svāhā”’

• manavaḥ: Manus
• manavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• gaṇāḥ: groups/hosts
• gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb ‘again/further’

• ṣaḍ-arṇaiḥ: with six syllables
• ṣaḍ-arṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + arṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana; द्विगु: ‘six-syllables/letters’; ‘by/with six syllables’

• hrīḥ: hrī (seed syllable)
• hrīḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrī (प्रातिपदिक/बीजाक्षर)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; bīja-syllable used as name

• lakṣmyāḥ: of Lakṣmī
• lakṣmyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive/6th), Ekavacana

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया/gerundial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta; absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय) avyaya; ‘having done/made’

• antaḥ-sthaiḥ: by those placed within
• antaḥ-sthaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय) + stha (प्रातिपदिक from √sthā)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Bahuvacana; अव्ययीभाव: ‘standing within/innerly placed’; instrumental ‘by those placed within’

• ṣaḍ-aṅgakam: the sixfold set (six limbs)
• ṣaḍ-aṅgakam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana; द्विगु: ‘six-limbed (set)’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical Vedanga/ritual-vidhi context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Lakshmi

FAQs

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

It teaches that mantra is not merely recited outwardly: it is to be organized into specific groups and then internalized through ṣaḍaṅga (sixfold) nyāsa, making the practitioner’s body-mind a consecrated seat of Lakṣmī’s power (Hrīṃ).

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

Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined upāsanā: reverence for Lakṣmī is enacted by careful mantra-application and inward fixation (antaḥ-sthāpanā), aligning devotion with purity, protection, and focused remembrance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights technical ritual procedure—mantra classification (gaṇa), use of bīja syllables (huṃ/phaṭ/svāhā), and ṣaḍaṅga-nyāsa as a structured, repeatable method of consecration and protection used in applied Vedic/Tantric practice.