Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25

Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa

Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā

Devanagari script

योन्यन्तर्वह्निकोणादवंगान्यग्नेर्विदिक्ष्वपि । मध्ययोमेर्हहिः पूर्वादिषु चाग्रे स्मरानपि ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

yonyantarvahnikoṇādavaṃgānyagnervidikṣvapi | madhyayomerhahiḥ pūrvādiṣu cāgre smarānapi || 25 ||

Translation

یونی کے اندر واقع آتشیں کونے سے اگنی کے ذیلی اَنگوں کو درمیانی سمتوں میں بھی دھیان کرے۔ وسطی مقام میں ہری کا سمرن کرے، اور مشرق وغیرہ سمتوں میں پہلے سمر (کام) کو بھی یاد کرے۔

Word by Word

• yoni-antar-vahni-koṇāt: from the inner fire-corner of the yoni
• yoni-antar-vahni-koṇāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoni (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + vahni (प्रातिपदिक) + koṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Pañcamī (Ablative/पञ्चमी) Ekavacana; multi-member tatpuruṣa: yoni-antara-vahni-koṇa = 'fire-corner inside the yoni'

• avaṅgāni: the avaṅgas (subsidiary parts)
• avaṅgāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter/नपुंसक), Prathamā/Dvitīyā Bahuvacana; here as object-listing (elliptic)

• agneḥ: of Agni
• agneḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī (Genitive/षष्ठी) Ekavacana

• vidikṣu: in the intermediate directions
• vidikṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidiś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī Bahuvacana

• api: also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (निपात) = 'also/even'

• madhya-yoḥ: of/in the two central (positions)
• madhya-yoḥ: Sambandha/Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī/Dvivacana (Genitive Dual/षष्ठी द्विवचन) or Saptamī Dvivacana by form; used with ellipsis = 'of/in the two middles' (contextual)

• meḥ: my/to me (probable)
• meḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: me (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक uncertain)
• Form: Textual/reading issue: 'meḥ' not standard; possibly sandhi/variant for 'madhyayome' or 'madhyayor me' (= 'of the two middles, for me'). Treated as enclitic pronoun 'me' (अस्मद्) in gen./dat. singular with visarga by sandhi.

• hahiḥ: hahiḥ (uncertain term)
• hahiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hahi (प्रातिपदिक; uncertain)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā Ekavacana; reading uncertain (possibly 'ahiḥ' = serpent, or 'haviḥ' etc.). Kept as in provided IAST.

• pūrva-ādiṣu: in the directions beginning with the east
• pūrva-ādiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: pūrva-ādi = 'east etc.'

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

• agre: in front
• agre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb/locative-usage = 'in front'

• smarān: the Smaras (love-deities/emanations)
• smarān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: smara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā Bahuvacana

• api: also
• api: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (निपात) = 'also'

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a Vedāṅga/ritual-visualization context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Hari (Vishnu)
• Smara (Kama)

FAQs

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

It teaches a structured contemplative mapping of divine forces—Agni in directional divisions, Hari at the center, and Smara in the fore-directions—so that ritual visualization becomes an ordered inner worship rather than a scattered act.

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

Even within technical ritual placement, the verse prioritizes remembrance of Hari in the central position, implying that Vishnu-centered recollection stabilizes and sanctifies all auxiliary ritual elements.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects applied ritual science—dik-vinyāsa/nyāsa (placing deities by directions) and disciplined smaraṇa (remembrance) used in mantra-prayoga, aligning inner visualization with prescribed spatial order.