Shloka 27

The Description of the Glory of Dvādaśī

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणोत्तरभागे द्वादशीमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम प्रथमोऽध्यायः ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge dvādaśīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ || 1 ||

Translation

এইদৰে শ্ৰী বৃহন্নাৰদীয় পুৰাণৰ উত্তৰভাগত ‘দ্বাদশী-মাহাত্ম্য-বৰ্ণন’ নামৰ প্ৰথম অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল ॥১॥

Word by Word

• iti: thus; end-quote
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोगः)

• śrī: holy; revered
• śrī: Visheshana (विशेषण/ honorific qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Indeclinable honorific usage (अव्ययवत् उपसर्ग-प्रायः), used as auspicious prefix

• bṛhat-nāradīya-purāṇa-uttara-bhāge: in the later part of the Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa
• bṛhat-nāradīya-purāṇa-uttara-bhāge: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative setting)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhat (प्रातिपदिक) + nāradīya (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttara (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: तत्पुरुष (निर्धारण/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषादि), overall meaning 'in the later part of the Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa'

• dvādaśī-māhātmya-varṇanam: the description of the greatness of Dvādaśī
• dvādaśī-māhātmya-varṇanam: Karta (कर्ता/subject complement in colophon)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvādaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध) 'description of the greatness of Dvādaśī'

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya-like usage (अव्ययवत्), colophon marker meaning 'named/called'

• prathamaḥ: first
• prathamaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ordinal adjective qualifying 'adhyāyaḥ'

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject in colophon)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Narrator/Redactor (Colophon)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Dvādaśī

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter and formally identifying the topic—Dvādaśī-māhātmya—thereby framing the teaching as a vrata-centered, merit-bestowing section within the Uttara-bhāga.

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

Indirectly: by naming the chapter as the “glory of Dvādaśī,” it signals that devotion to Viṣṇu is to be cultivated through disciplined observance (vrata) and reverential remembrance associated with the sacred lunar day.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Kalā/ritual timekeeping is implied through “Dvādaśī” (a tithi), pointing to practical calendrical observance used in vrata practice (aligned with Jyotiṣa-based lunar reckoning), though no technical Vedāṅga rule is stated in this colophon.