Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 99

The Account of the Lalitā Hymn, the Protective Armor

Kavaca), and the Thousand Names (Sahasranāma

Devanagari script

दूरसिद्धा तथा प्रोक्ताथो विग्रहवती मता । नादा मनोन्मनी प्राणप्रतिष्ठारुणवैभवा ॥ ९९ ॥

Transliteration

dūrasiddhā tathā proktātho vigrahavatī matā | nādā manonmanī prāṇapratiṣṭhāruṇavaibhavā || 99 ||

Translation

她亦被称为“远成就者”（Dūrasiddhā），并被认为是“具形者”（Vigrahavatī，具显现之身）。她是“Nādā（音流）”、 “Manonmanī（超越心念者）”、 “Prāṇapratiṣṭhā（安立生命气息者）”、以及 “Aruṇavaibhavā（赤辉威德者）”——以这些圣名而被称述。

Word by Word

• दूरसिद्धा: Dūrasiddhā (name/epithet)
• दूरसिद्धा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूर + सिद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (दूरा सिद्धा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• प्रोक्ता: is said/called
• प्रोक्ता: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अथ: then/also
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/आरम्भार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• विग्रहवती: having a form/embodiment
• विग्रहवती: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विग्रह + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विग्रहः अस्याः अस्ति), वत्-प्रत्ययान्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मता: is considered
• मता: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘considered’

• नादा: Nādā (name/epithet)
• नादा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नादा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मनोन्मनी: Manonmanī (name/epithet)
• मनोन्मनी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् + उन्मनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मनसि उन्मनी/मनः-उन्मनी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्राणप्रतिष्ठारुणवैभवा: Prāṇapratiṣṭhāruṇavaibhavā (name/epithet)
• प्राणप्रतिष्ठारुणवैभवा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण-प्रतिष्ठा + अरुण + वैभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (प्राणप्रतिष्ठायाः अरुणं वैभवम्/वैभवा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/vedanga-oriented context, as preserved in Book 1.3)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

The verse lists specialized epithets describing mantra/devī-śakti in terms of power (siddhi), embodiment (vigraha), and inner yogic principles—sound (nāda), mind-transcendence (manonmanī), and life-force establishment (prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā)—showing that spiritual efficacy is tied to both ritual form and inner realization.

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

By calling the power ‘vigrahavatī’ (with form) and ‘nāda’ (sound), it supports devotional upāsanā through deity-form and mantra-recitation—devotion expressed as worship of form and sound—while also pointing to the culmination in manonmanī (mind-transcending absorption).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights mantra-śāstra style technical classification: understanding mantra as nāda (phonetic/sound principle) and prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā (ritual ‘infusion/establishment’ of life-force), which connects to Śikṣā (phonetics) and Kalpa (ritual procedure) in applied practice.