Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27

The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others

Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna

Devanagari script

परिक्षीणाधिपत्यो यः शाकाहारो जलांतरे । जपेल्लक्षं च जुहुयाद्विल्वपुष्पैर्दशांशतः ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

parikṣīṇādhipatyo yaḥ śākāhāro jalāṃtare | japellakṣaṃ ca juhuyādvilvapuṣpairdaśāṃśataḥ || 27 ||

Translation

من ضعفت سيادته فليقتصر على الخُضر وليقم في الماء؛ وليُكرّر المانترا مئةَ ألفِ مرة، ثم ليقدّم في الهَوما أزهارَ البِلفا (bilva) بعددٍ يساوي عُشرَ ذلك.

Word by Word

• परि-क्षीण-अधिपत्यः: one whose sovereignty has waned
• परि-क्षीण-अधिपत्यः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) + क्षी (धातु) → क्षीण (कृदन्त, क्त) + अधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; यस्य अधिपत्यं परिक्षीणम् (whose sovereignty is diminished)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• शाक-आहारः: vegetable-eater
• शाक-आहारः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक (प्रातिपदिक) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शाकेन आहारः (one whose diet is vegetables)

• जल-अन्तरे: in water
• जल-अन्तरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; जले अन्तरे (in water, within water)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• लक्षम्: a hundred thousand (times)
• लक्षम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• जुहुयात्: should offer (oblation)
• जुहुयात्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• विल्व-पुष्पैः: with bilva flowers
• विल्व-पुष्पैः: करण (Karaṇa/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विल्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विल्वस्य पुष्पैः (with bilva flowers)

• दश-अंशतः: as a tenth (portion)
• दश-अंशतः: परिमाण/प्रकार (Measure/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial), तद्धितान्त -तस्; दशांश-रूपेण (as a tenth part)

Speaker

Narada (teaching ritual observances within the Vedanga/kalpa-oriented section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Bilva

FAQs

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

It prescribes a disciplined remedial observance: austerity (diet and immersion in water), intensive mantra-japa (100,000), and a proportionate homa (10% oblations), presenting ritual effort as a means to restore diminished power and fortune.

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

Though framed as a technical rite, the core is sustained remembrance through japa and offering through homa—acts that cultivate single-pointed devotion and surrender by repeating the deity-mantra and dedicating results through ritual offering.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Kalpa/ritual procedure is highlighted: the lakṣa-japa standard and the daśāṃśa rule (one-tenth homa after japa), along with the specified offering substance (bilva flowers) and the accompanying austerity regimen.