Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 97

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

वह्निप्रियांतो मंत्रोऽयं मालासंज्ञोऽखिलेष्टदः ॥ ९७ ॥

Transliteration

vahnipriyāṃto maṃtro'yaṃ mālāsaṃjño'khileṣṭadaḥ || 97 ||

Translation

มนตร์นี้ซึ่งลงท้ายด้วยวลี “วหฺนิปฺริยา (vahnipriyā)” เป็นที่รู้จักว่า “มาลา” (พวงมาลัย) และประทานความปรารถนาทั้งปวงให้สำเร็จ॥๙๗॥

Word by Word

• वह्निप्रियान्तः: ending with ‘vahni-priyā’
• वह्निप्रियान्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वह्नि + प्रिय + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; qualifies mantraḥ; ‘ending with vahni-priyā’

• मन्त्रः: the mantra
• मन्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• मालासंज्ञः: named ‘Mālā’
• मालासंज्ञः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माला + संज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘having the designation “mālā”’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with mantraḥ

• अखिलेष्टदः: granting all desired things
• अखिलेष्टदः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल + इष्ट + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘giver of all desired [things]’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with mantraḥ

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Vahni (Agni)

FAQs

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

It identifies a specific mantra-type—the “Mālā” mantra—by its concluding phrase and states its phala (fruit): the capacity to grant the practitioner’s desired aims when applied with proper vidhi.

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

By emphasizing mantra-upāsanā as a focused devotional discipline: the devotee holds to a defined mantra-form and trusts its divinely ordained fruit, aligning intention and worship through repetition and observance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Mantra-lakṣaṇa and prayoga: the verse gives a technical marker (the mantra’s ending) for correct identification and use—an applied, ritual-technical instruction consistent with Vedāṅga-style precision.