Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

इति त्रिपुरसुंदर्या विद्या सरुमतसमीरिता । दाहभूमीरसाक्ष्मास्वैर्वशिनीबीजमीरितम् ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

iti tripurasuṃdaryā vidyā sarumatasamīritā | dāhabhūmīrasākṣmāsvairvaśinībījamīritam || 28 ||

Translation

如是，依娑卢摩多（Sarumata）传承，已宣说三城妙女（Tripurasundarī）之明咒（Vidyā）；并以“dāha”“bhūmī”“rasa”“akṣmā”等密语音节，揭示了瓦希尼种子音（Vaśinī-bīja）。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक अव्यय (quotative/closure particle)

• त्रिपुर-सुंदर्या: of Tripurasundarī
• त्रिपुर-सुंदर्या: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘त्रिपुरस्य सुन्दरी’

• विद्या: mantra-knowledge; vidyā
• विद्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सरु-मत-समीरिता: proclaimed according to the Saru doctrine
• सरु-मत-समीरिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरु (प्रातिपदिक) + मत (प्रातिपदिक) + समीरित (कृदन्त, √ईर्/ईरय्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘समीरिता’ = proclaimed; तत्पुरुष-समासः (मत-समीरिता = ‘opined/proclaimed in the doctrine’)

• दाह-भूमि-रस-अ-क्ष्मा-स्वैः: with the syllables/terms: dāha, bhūmi, rasa, a, kṣmā, sva
• दाह-भूमि-रस-अ-क्ष्मा-स्वैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाह (प्रातिपदिक) + भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक) + अ (अव्यय/अक्षर-नाम) + क्ष्मा (प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; अक्षर-समूहः (seed-syllables) as instrumental ‘by/with’; समाहार-द्वन्द्व/समुच्चयार्थ-समासः (list of elements)

• वशिनी-बीजम्: the Vaśinī seed-mantra
• वशिनी-बीजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘वशिन्याः बीजम्’

• ईरितम्: is stated/declared
• ईरितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईरित (कृदन्त, √ईर्/ईरय्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

Speaker

Narada (transmitting a technical mantra-vidya within the Vedanga/Mantra framework)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Tripurasundari
• Vashini

FAQs

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

It formally concludes a portion of Tripurasundarī-vidyā instruction and identifies a specific bīja (seed-syllable) tied to Vaśinī, indicating that mantra power is transmitted through precise, tradition-bound syllabic codes.

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

Here devotion is expressed as upāsanā—reverent, disciplined mantra-recitation—showing that bhakti in the Purāṇic setting can include exact mantra-vidyā received through an authorized lineage (mata).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights technical mantra-science: the use of coded terms to indicate syllables (akṣara-saṅketa) and the correct preservation of a tradition’s wording—closely aligned with Śikṣā (phonetics) and Vyākaraṇa (precision of forms) as applied to mantra.