Shloka 16

The Greatness of Puruṣottama

Aṣṭākṣarī Maṇḍala-Pūjā and Nyāsa

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्नो हृदये पीतोऽनिरुद्धो मेहने स्थितः । सर्वांगे सर्वशक्तिश्च चतुर्व्यूहार्चितो हरिः ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

pradyumno hṛdaye pīto'niruddho mehane sthitaḥ | sarvāṃge sarvaśaktiśca caturvyūhārcito hariḥ || 16 ||

Translation

پرَدْیُمن کو سنہری رنگ والا جان کر دل میں دھیان کرو؛ انِرُدھ جنسی عضو میں قائم ہے۔ ساری دےہ میں پھیلی ہوئی سَرو شکتی کے ساتھ ہری چتُرویوہ روپ میں پوجا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• पीतः: imbibed/drunk
• पीतः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पीत’ = ‘drunk/imbibed’

• अनिरुद्धः: Aniruddha
• अनिरुद्धः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मेहने: in the organ of urination (genitals)
• मेहने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• स्थितः: situated
• स्थितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Active/Passive participial usage), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = ‘standing/placed’

• सर्व-अङ्गे: in the whole body / in every limb
• सर्व-अङ्गे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• सर्व-शक्तिः: all power / omnipotence
• सर्व-शक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्-व्यूह-अर्चितः: worshipped as the four Vyūhas
• चतुर्-व्यूह-अर्चितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of हरिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यूह (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्चित (कृदन्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative) ‘चतुर्व्यूहानाम् अर्चितः’; ‘अर्चित’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching the Sanatkumara brothers)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Pradyumna
• Aniruddha
• Caturvyuha

FAQs

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

It teaches inner worship (antar-yāga) by placing forms of Hari’s Caturvyūha within the body, turning the practitioner’s own limbs into a sacred field of meditation and surrender.

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

Bhakti here is practiced as constant remembrance: the devotee visualizes Pradyumna in the heart and Aniruddha in the generative center, recognizing Hari’s all-pervading śakti throughout the body as an object of worship.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse aligns most with ritual application (kalpa in practice) through nyāsa-like placement and mantra-based visualization, a disciplined method used in Vaiṣṇava worship traditions.