Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 60
Bhakti-Śraddhā-Ācāra-Māhātmya and the Commencement of the Mārkaṇḍeya Narrative
नमो ज्येष्टाय शुद्धाय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने । अरुपाय स्वरुपाय बहुरुपाय ते नमः ॥ ६० ॥
namo jyeṣṭāya śuddhāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane | arupāya svarupāya bahurupāya te namaḥ || 60 ||
顶礼于您——最古老者、至清净者；超越一切德性（guṇa），却又为诸德性之精髓。无相而具真相；一而现多相——顶礼于您。
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It reconciles the Lord’s transcendence (nirguṇa, arūpa) with His immanence and worship-worthy manifestation (guṇātmā, bahurūpa), teaching that the same Supreme is both beyond attributes and present through all forms.
By offering repeated salutations to the One who can be approached as formless truth or as many divine forms, the verse validates multiple bhakti approaches—meditation on the nirguṇa Brahman and loving worship of the saguna Lord.
The verse mainly functions as a stuti (hymn) rather than a technical Vedanga lesson; its practical takeaway is disciplined japa and contemplative worship using precise epithets (nāma/guṇa-smaraṇa) to steady the mind on the Supreme.