Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 105

The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras

Devanagari script

न्यासान्मंत्री तनौ कुर्याद्वक्ष्यमाणान्यथाक्रमम् । शिरोललाटभ्रूमध्ये तालुकण्ठगलोरसि ॥ १०५ ॥

Transliteration

nyāsānmaṃtrī tanau kuryādvakṣyamāṇānyathākramam | śirolalāṭabhrūmadhye tālukaṇṭhagalorasi || 105 ||

Translation

行完诸种安置法（nyāsa）后，持咒者当依次将其安置于自身：头顶、额、眉间、上腭、咽喉、颈项与胸前，次第如将述。

Word by Word

• न्यासात्: from/after the nyāsa (ritual placement)
• न्यासात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (ablative), एकवचन

• मन्त्री: the mantra-practitioner
• मन्त्री: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तनौ: on the body
• तनौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वक्ष्यमाणानि: the things that will be stated
• वक्ष्यमाणानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वक्ष्यमाण (वच् धातु-निष्पन्न भविष्यत्कालिक कर्मणि कृदन्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भविष्यत्कर्मणि कृदन्त (to be stated)

• यथा-क्रमम्: in proper sequence
• यथा-क्रमम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-क्रम (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (in due order)

• शिरः-ललाट-भ्रू-मध्ये: at the head/forehead/between the eyebrows
• शिरः-ललाट-भ्रू-मध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्-ललाट-भ्रू-मध्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (शिरसि/ललाटे/भ्रूमध्ये इत्यर्थे स्थानसमुच्चयः)

• तालु-कण्ठ-गल-उरसि: at the palate, throat, neck, and chest
• तालु-कण्ठ-गल-उरसि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तालु-कण्ठ-गल-उरस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (तालौ कण्ठे गले उरसि इत्यर्थे)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within a technical/ritual exposition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada

FAQs

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

It teaches disciplined internalization of mantra through nyāsa—sanctifying the practitioner’s own body as a fit vessel for mantra, in a precise and reverent sequence.

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

By directing the practitioner to ritually place mantra on key bodily centers, it frames worship as embodied devotion—making one’s own body an instrument of focused remembrance and reverence.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual procedure and correct sequencing (krama) in mantra-sādhana—an applied, technical discipline aligned with Vedāṅga-style precision in practice and recitation.