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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 93

The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others

Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रो मुनिश्चास्यानुष्टुप्छंद उदाहृतम् । देवता रामभद्रोऽत्र बीजं स्वं शक्तिरिंदिरा ॥ ९३ ॥

Transliteration

viśvāmitro muniścāsyānuṣṭupchaṃda udāhṛtam | devatā rāmabhadro'tra bījaṃ svaṃ śaktiriṃdirā || 93 ||

Translation

此咒之仙圣（ṛṣi）为毗湿瓦密多（Viśvāmitra）；其韵律（chandas）宣说为阿努什图布（Anuṣṭubh）。此处主尊（devatā）为罗摩吉祥者（Rāmabhadra）；其种子（bīja）即其自身名号，而其神力（śakti）为因提罗（Indirā，即吉祥天女 Lakṣmī）。

Word by Word
विश्वामित्रःViśvāmitra
विश्वामित्रः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
मुनिःsage
मुनिः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: and)
अस्यof this (mantra)
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन
अनुष्टुप्-छन्दःthe Anuṣṭubh meter
अनुष्टुप्-छन्दः:
कर्म/विषय (Karma/Predicate complement)
TypeNoun
Rootअनुष्टुप् (छन्दस्-नाम, प्रातिपदिक) + छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘अनुष्टुप् एव छन्दः’
उदाहृतम्is declared
उदाहृतम्:
क्रिया (Verb/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + आ + हृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “is declared/has been stated” (passive sense)
देवताthe presiding deity
देवता:
कर्ता/विधेय (Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
रामभद्रःRāmabhadra (Rāma)
रामभद्रः:
विधेय (Predicate complement to देवता)
TypeNoun
Rootरामभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अत्रhere/in this (mantra)
अत्र:
देशाधिकरण (Locative adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: here/in this context)
बीजम्seed-syllable
बीजम्:
विधेय (Predicate complement)
TypeNoun
Rootबीज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
स्वम्one’s own
स्वम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival to बीजम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनामसदृश)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (own)
शक्तिःpower (śakti)
शक्तिः:
विधेय (Predicate complement)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इन्दिराIndirā (Lakṣmī)
इन्दिरा:
विधेय (Predicate complement to शक्तिः)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker

Narada (in a technical listing of mantra-vidhi/chandas details)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
V
Vishvamitra
R
Ramabhadra
I
Indira (Lakshmi)

FAQs

It gives the mantra’s formal identifiers—seer, metre, deity, seed, and power—showing that devotion is practiced with Vedic precision, where correct mantra-lakṣaṇa supports focused worship of Rāmabhadra with Lakṣmī as śakti.

Bhakti here is structured: the deity is Rāmabhadra, while Indirā (Lakṣmī) is stated as the mantra’s śakti, indicating auspicious, grace-filled devotion where divine power supports the devotee’s practice.

Chandas (Vedic metre) and mantra-lakṣaṇa: it specifies Anuṣṭubh as the metre and lists r̥ṣi/devatā/bīja/śakti—key technical details used in recitation, ritual application, and mantra assignment.

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