Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 159

Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules

Devanagari script

लंकोदयात्स्याद्वारादिस्तस्मादूर्ध्वमधोऽपिवा । देशांतरस्वचरार्द्धनाडीभिरपरे भवेत् ॥ १५९ ॥

Transliteration

laṃkodayātsyādvārādistasmādūrdhvamadho'pivā | deśāṃtarasvacarārddhanāḍībhirapare bhavet || 159 ||

Translation

انطلاقًا من شروق الشمس في لَنْكا (Laṅkā) يُحدَّد الوقت في دْوَارَكا (Dvārakā) وسائر المواضع—إمّا متقدّمًا (أكثر) أو متأخّرًا (أقل). وفي الأقاليم الأخرى تُحسَب الفروق بأنصاف النّادي (nāḍī) بحسب انزياح الطول المحلي (sva-cara).

Word by Word

• लङ्क-उदयात्: from (the reference of) Lanka’s rising
• लङ्क-उदयात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लङ्का (प्रातिपदिक) + उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान—‘लङ्कायाः उदयात्’ (from the rising at Lanka)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वार-आदिः: the beginning of the day/weekday
• वार-आदिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘आदि’ = beginning; ‘वारस्य आदिः’

• तस्मात्: from that (point)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-तस्मात् (ablatival adverb); अर्थः ‘ततः/तस्मात् कारणात्’

• ऊर्ध्वम्: upwards/above
• ऊर्ध्वम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अधः: below/downwards
• अधः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपि = also/even

• वा: or
• वा: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• देश-अन्तर-स्व-चर-अर्ध-नाडीभिः: by half-nāḍīs of one’s own movement across other regions (time-difference units)
• देश-अन्तर-स्व-चर-अर्ध-नाडीभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + नाडी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; करण—समाससमूहः (instrumental)

• अपरे: in another (place)
• अपरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषण—(देशान्तरे/स्थाने) निहितम्

• भवेत्: would occur/become
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Laṅkā
• Dvārakā

FAQs

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

It safeguards dharma by ensuring worship, vrata, and daily rites are performed at the correct time; accurate kāla (time) is treated as a support for right practice.

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

Bhakti in the Purāṇic tradition is expressed through timely japa, pūjā, and vrata; this verse gives the technical method to align devotional observances with proper astronomical time.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa (astronomical time-reckoning): using Laṅkā as a reference meridian and applying deśāntara corrections in half-nāḍī units to compute local time for different places.