Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50

Devapūjā-krama: Ārghya-saṃskāra, Maṇḍala–Nyāsa, Mudrā-pradarśana, Āvaraṇa-arcana, Homa, Japa, and Kṣamāpaṇa

Devanagari script

अवच्छिष्टोऽप्यशुचिर्वापि यस्य स्मरणमात्रतः । शुद्धिमाप्नोति तस्मै ते पुनराचमनीयकम् ॥ ५० ॥

Transliteration

avacchiṣṭo'pyaśucirvāpi yasya smaraṇamātrataḥ | śuddhimāpnoti tasmai te punarācamanīyakam || 50 ||

Translation

ولو كان المرءُ قد تلطّخ ببقايا الطعام أو كان غير طاهر، فإن مجرّد تذكّرِه ينال به الطهارة؛ فلذلك، لأجل هذا، أَدِّ طقس الآچامانا مرةً أخرى.

Word by Word

• avacchiṣṭaḥ: one who has (food) remnants
• avacchiṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava-śiṣ (अव-शिष् धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘leftover/with remnants (of food)’

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), concessive ‘even’

• aśuciḥ: impure
• aśuciḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), disjunctive ‘or’

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), additive/emphatic

• yasya: of whom/whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• smaraṇa-mātrataḥ: merely by (his) remembrance
• smaraṇa-mātrataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: smaraṇa + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिल्-अर्थे अव्ययीभाव): ‘from/merely by remembrance alone’; components: smaraṇa (remembrance) + mātra (mere) + -tas (ablatival)

• śuddhim: purity
• śuddhim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• āpnoti: attains
• āpnoti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• te: to you / your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी) / Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic form

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• ācamanīyakam: (another) ācamana-water/ācamana offering
• ācamanīyakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācamanīyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) / Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); contextually object of implied ‘(I offer)’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It teaches that remembrance of the Lord has intrinsic purifying power, yet ritual discipline is still maintained by re-performing ācamana to align inner purity with outer śauca.

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

By stating that smaraṇa (remembrance) alone brings purity, it highlights a core bhakti principle: mental recollection of the divine transforms the practitioner even amid ordinary impurities.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects śauca-vidhi and ācamana-prayoga—procedural ritual knowledge used in Vedic rites, showing when a repeat ācamana is prescribed after avacchiṣṭa/aśauca conditions.