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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 105

Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa

Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā

मनुना मन्त्रयेल्लक्षं लिंपेत्तेनाखिलां तनुम् । अदृश्यः स्यान्नृणामेष आश्चर्य्यं दृश्यतामिदम् ॥ १०५ ॥

manunā mantrayellakṣaṃ liṃpettenākhilāṃ tanum | adṛśyaḥ syānnṛṇāmeṣa āścaryyaṃ dṛśyatāmidam || 105 ||

منو کے ساتھ الکت کو ایک لاکھ بار منتر سے مَنتریت کر کے، اسے پورے بدن پر ملے؛ تب وہ لوگوں کی نگاہ سے اوجھل ہو جاتا ہے—یہ عجیب نتیجہ دیکھو۔

manunāwith (the) Manu (mantra)
manunā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
mantrayetshould recite
mantrayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√mantr (मन्त्र् धातु)
FormOptative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
lakṣamone lakh (times)
lakṣam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootlakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
liṃpetshould smear/anoint
liṃpet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√lip (लिप् धातु)
FormOptative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
tenawith that (paste)
tena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम); Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
akhilāmentire
akhilām:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootakhila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tanumbody
tanum:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
adṛśyaḥinvisible
adṛśyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootadṛśya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
syātwould become
syāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
FormOptative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
nṛṇāmof men/people
nṛṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
eṣaḥthis (person)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
āścaryyama wonder
āścaryyam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; impersonal)
TypeNoun
Rootāścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
dṛśyatāmlet it be seen
dṛśyatām:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश् धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); Passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (कर्म/Object; of dṛśyatām)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Vedanga/ritual-technical discourse)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara

FAQs

It illustrates the Purana’s technical view that mantra, when properly applied, can transform a material substance and produce extraordinary results—highlighting mantra-śakti and disciplined ritual procedure.

Indirectly: it emphasizes faith and precision in sacred utterance. While not a bhakti-verse itself, it reflects the broader Narada Purana theme that sacred sound (mantra) is potent when approached with reverence and correct practice.

Mantra-prayoga (applied ritual technique): consecrating a substance through recitation and using it in a prescribed bodily application—an example of procedural, practice-oriented knowledge associated with Vedic ritual science.