Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 111

Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas

Devanagari script

एकदंष्ट्राय हृदयं व्योमोल्कायग शिरः स्मृतम् । शिखा तेजोऽधिपतये विश्वरूपाय वर्म च ॥ १११ ॥

Transliteration

ekadaṃṣṭrāya hṛdayaṃ vyomolkāyaga śiraḥ smṛtam | śikhā tejo'dhipataye viśvarūpāya varma ca || 111 ||

Translation

พึงกำหนดหัวใจแด่ ‘เอกทัมษฏระ’; ส่วนศีรษะกล่าวว่าเป็นของ ‘วยโมลกายคะ’. จุกผม (ศิขา) พึงถวายแด่ ‘เตโชऽธิปติ’ และเกราะคุ้มกัน (วรฺมะ) แด่ ‘วิศวรูป’

Word by Word

• eka-daṃṣṭrāya: to the one-tusked (one)
• eka-daṃṣṭrāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + daṃṣṭrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन; epithet ‘to the one-tusked (Varāha)’

• hṛdayam: heart (mantra-part)
• hṛdayam: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन

• vyoma-ulkāyaga: to Vyomolkāyaga (epithet/name)
• vyoma-ulkāyaga: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyoma (प्रातिपदिक) + ulkā (प्रातिपदिक) + yaga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन; mantra-epithet; reading as a compound ‘to (him) whose sacrifice/going is like a sky-meteor’ (textual form uncertain)

• śiraḥ: head (mantra-part)
• śiraḥ: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन

• smṛtam: is stated/remembered
• smṛtam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त); Neuter, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate ‘is remembered/said to be’

• śikhā: topknot/crest (mantra-part)
• śikhā: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन

• tejaḥ: splendor/energy
• tejaḥ: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन

• adhipataye: to the lord
• adhipataye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhipati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• viśva-rūpāya: to the universal-formed (one)
• viśva-rūpāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन; epithet ‘to the universal-formed’

• varma: armor/protective formula
• varma: Karta/Viṣaya (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

Speaker

Narada (teaching a technical mantra-application/nyasa procedure, in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Ekadaṃṣṭra
• Vyomolkāyaga
• Tejo’dhipati
• Viśvarūpa

FAQs

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

It teaches a nyāsa-style inner consecration: assigning specific divine forms to the heart, head, crown, and protective armor so the practitioner’s body becomes a sanctified vessel for mantra-power and spiritual protection.

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

Bhakti is expressed here as embodied remembrance—devotion is not only emotional but ritualized through placing the Lord’s forms in one’s vital centers, cultivating constant recollection and surrender under divine protection.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects applied ritual-technology (prayoga) connected to Vedāṅga-style discipline—precise assignment (vinyāsa/nyāsa) of mantra-deities to body locations, akin to procedural correctness emphasized in Śikṣā and Kalpa traditions.