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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ऋषिं शिरसि वक्रे तु छन्दश्च हृदि देवताम् । गुह्ये बीजं पदोः शक्तिं न्यसेत्साधकसत्तमः ॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration

ṛṣiṃ śirasi vakre tu chandaśca hṛdi devatām | guhye bījaṃ padoḥ śaktiṃ nyasetsādhakasattamaḥ || 6 ||

Translation

至善的修持者当行安置法（nyāsa）：将圣见者（ṛṣi）安于头顶；韵律（chandas）安于口；本尊安于心；种子音（bīja）安于隐秘处；并将真言之力（śakti）安于双足。

Word by Word
ऋषिम्the sage (ṛṣi)
ऋषिम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
शिरसिon the head
शिरसि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन
वक्रेon the face/mouth area
वक्रे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootवक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अत्र ‘वक्रे’ = मुखे/वदने इत्यर्थे, body-location)
तुindeed; and (contrast/emphasis)
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (particle: ‘but/indeed’)
छन्दःthe meter
छन्दः:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
हृदिin the heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद्/हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
देवताम्the deity
देवताम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गुह्येin the secret part (groin)
गुह्ये:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
बीजम्seed-syllable
बीजम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootबीज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पदोःon the two feet
पदोः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Gen/Loc), द्विवचन (Dual); अत्र सप्तमी-द्विवचनार्थे (locative dual sense): ‘at/on the feet’
शक्तिम्power (śakti)
शक्तिम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
न्यसेत्should place (nyasa)
न्यसेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√अस्/न्यस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should place/assign’
साधक-सत्तमःthe best practitioner
साधक-सत्तमः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसाधक (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘साधकानां सत्तमः’ = best among practitioners
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada the technical procedure of mantra-nyasa)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

It teaches nyāsa—sanctifying the body by installing the mantra’s seer, metre, deity, seed, and power in specific loci—so the practitioner’s body becomes a fit support for mantra-japa and worship.

By prescribing disciplined mantra-vidhi, it supports bhakti as a practiced devotion: devotion is strengthened when worship is performed with correct internal consecration (nyāsa) and focused remembrance of the mantra’s deity.

It highlights technical mantra-lakṣaṇa—especially chandas (metre) and devatā (presiding deity)—and their ritual application through nyāsa, a procedural knowledge used in japa and pūjā.

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