Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 87

The Classification and Explanation of Yakṣiṇī Mantras

Kālī and Tārā Vidyās

Devanagari script

तुरीयं चंद्रकुंदाभं बीजं ध्यात्वाललाटतः । तदुत्थसुधयादे हं स्वयं वै देवतानिभम् ॥ ८७ ॥

Transliteration

turīyaṃ caṃdrakuṃdābhaṃ bījaṃ dhyātvālalāṭataḥ | tadutthasudhayāde haṃ svayaṃ vai devatānibham || 87 ||

Translation

自额间观想第四种子音，皎洁如月、素馨如茉莉；由其所生甘露，使此身自然而然光耀如天神。

Word by Word

• तुरीयम्: the fourth (one)
• तुरीयम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: ‘the fourth (seed/mantra)’)

• चन्द्र-कुन्द-आभम्: having the lustre of the moon and jasmine
• चन्द्र-कुन्द-आभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण of ‘बीजम्/तुरीयम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कुन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + आभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुष: ‘चन्द्रस्य कुन्दस्य च आभा यस्य’ (moon-and-jasmine-like lustre)

• बीजम्: the seed (mantra)
• बीजम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय-प्रयोग; ‘having meditated’

• ललाटतः: from the forehead
• ललाटतः: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तसिल्-अर्थ: ‘from the forehead’

• तद्-उत्थ-सुधया: with the nectar arisen from that
• तद्-उत्थ-सुधया: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + सुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘तस्मात् उत्था सुधा’ (nectar arisen from that)

• देहम्: the body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: oneself
• स्वयम्: Karta-vishesana (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘oneself’

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (निपात/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) बलार्थ/निश्चयार्थ

• देवता-निभम्: deity-like
• देवता-निभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण of ‘देहम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुष: ‘देवताया निभम्’ (like a deity)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It teaches that focused meditation on a luminous seed-mantra at the forehead generates an inner “nectar” (sudhā) whose effect is the refinement and divinization of one’s embodied state.

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

While primarily yogic and mantric, it supports bhakti by describing the devotee’s inner purification—meditative absorption on a sacred bija produces sanctifying grace-like nectar, making the practitioner fit for higher devotional realization.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects a technical, practice-oriented approach aligned with mantra discipline—how a bija is contemplated (dhyāna), where attention is placed (lalāṭa), and what experiential result is expected (sudhā and transformation).