Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 156

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

Devanagari script

दिव्यसिंहाय डेन्तः स्यात्स्वयम्भूः पुरुषाय हृत् । तारः स्वं बीजमित्येष महासाम्राज्यदायकः ॥ १५६ ॥

Transliteration

divyasiṃhāya ḍentaḥ syātsvayambhūḥ puruṣāya hṛt | tāraḥ svaṃ bījamityeṣa mahāsāmrājyadāyakaḥ || 156 ||

Translation

دیویہ سنگھ کے لیے ‘ڈینتَہ’ حرف مقرر ہے؛ سویمبھُو (برہما) اور پُرُش کے لیے دل میں وِنیاس بتایا گیا ہے۔ ‘تار’ کو اس کا اپنا بیج کہا گیا؛ یہ ترتیب عظیم سلطنت عطا کرتی ہے॥

Word by Word

• divyasiṃhāya: for the divine Lion (Nṛsiṃha)
• divyasiṃhāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divya-siṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: दिव्यः सिंहः (कर्मधारय), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• ḍentaḥ: ‘ḍenta’ (a stated syllabic element)
• ḍentaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ḍenta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; mantra-element/name (as stated)

• syāt: should be / is to be
• syāt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘may be/should be’

• svayambhūḥ: Svayambhū (self-born)
• svayambhūḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svayambhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• puruṣāya: for the Puruṣa
• puruṣāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• hṛt: heart
• hṛt: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Vedic/poetic form of hṛd ‘heart’

• tāraḥ: tāra (the syllable/‘Oṃ’ element)
• tāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• svam: own
• svam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of bījam

• bījam: seed (bīja-syllable)
• bījam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bīja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahāsāmrājyadāyakaḥ: giver of great sovereignty
• mahāsāmrājyadāyakaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-sāmrājya-dāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महत् + साम्राज्य + दायक (तत्पुरुष; ‘giver of great empire’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of eṣaḥ

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narayana/Vishnu
• Svayambhu (Brahma)
• Purusha

FAQs

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

It frames sovereignty as the fruit of disciplined mantra-vidhi: correct bīja identification (Tāra) and correct nyāsa (placing the mantra in the heart) align the practitioner with cosmic Puruṣa-power and orderly rule.

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

Even in a technical (Vedāṅga/mantra) setting, the verse points devotion inward: the deity is not only invoked externally but installed in the heart (hṛt-nyāsa), making power secondary to inner alignment with the Divine.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Mantra-śāstra procedure: identifying a bīja (seed mantra), assigning mantric parts to specific deities, and performing hṛdaya-nyāsa—ritual-technical steps used in structured recitation and worship.