Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 104

The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras

Kālī and Tārā Vidyās

Devanagari script

मूलमंत्रो विपद्ध्वंसमनुसर्गसमन्वितम् । अष्टकृत्वोऽमुना मंत्री मंत्रयेत्प्रयतो जलम् ॥ १०४ ॥

Transliteration

mūlamaṃtro vipaddhvaṃsamanusargasamanvitam | aṣṭakṛtvo'munā maṃtrī maṃtrayetprayato jalam || 104 ||

Translation

وِپَدھونْس (آفت دور کرنے والے) ضمیمے اور مقررہ اَنُسَرگ کے ساتھ مُول منتر کو آٹھ بار جپ کر کے، باانضباط سادھک پانی کو منتر سے سنسکار کرے۔

Word by Word

• मूलमन्त्रः: the root-mantra
• मूलमन्त्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विपत्-ध्वंस: destruction of calamities
• विपत्-ध्वंस: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपत् + ध्वंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (समासार्थः) विपदां ध्वंसः

• अनुसर्ग-समन्वितम्: accompanied by the anusarga (anusvāra)
• अनुसर्ग-समन्वितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुसर्ग + समन्वित (सम् + अन्वि/इ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मूलमन्त्रः/मूलमन्त्रम्) — ‘endowed with anusvāra/appendage’

• अष्टकृत्वः: eight times
• अष्टकृत्वः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अष्टन् + कृत्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); ‘eight times’

• अमुना: by/with this (mantra)
• अमुना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• मन्त्री: the mantra-practitioner
• मन्त्री: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्त्रयेत्: should recite/chant (as mantra)
• मन्त्रयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• प्रयतः: being attentive/purified
• प्रयतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मन्त्री) — disciplined/pure

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual context within Book 1.3)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

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

It teaches that sacred water becomes a protective medium when empowered by correct mantra-prayoga—root-mantra plus prescribed adjuncts—done with purity and disciplined attention.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as careful, reverent service to the mantra—reciting it with purity and prescribed method—so that divine protection and auspiciousness may manifest through consecrated water.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights prayoga-precision: using the correct mantra components (mūla-mantra with anusarga) and a fixed japa-count (eight recitations) to ritually charge water for a specific protective purpose.