Shloka 68

The Procedure for Offering Piṇḍa (Funerary Rice-balls) — Gayā-māhātmya

Devanagari script

उत्तरे नानसे स्नान करोम्यात्भविशुद्धये । सूर्यलोकादिसंप्राप्तिसिद्धये पितृमुक्तये ॥ ६८ ॥

Transliteration

uttare nānase snāna karomyātbhaviśuddhaye | sūryalokādisaṃprāptisiddhaye pitṛmuktaye || 68 ||

Translation

Ich werde im nördlichen Nānasa baden, um mein künftiges Geschick zu läutern; um die Siddhi zu erlangen, Welten wie die Sonnenwelt zu erreichen; und um die Befreiung meiner Pitṛ, der Ahnen, zu sichern.

Word by Word

• उत्तरे: in the north / on the northern side
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• नानसे: in the nostril (nasal passage)
• नानसे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नानस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th), एकवचन; locative singular

• स्नानम्: bath
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), एकवचन; accusative singular

• करोमि: I do / I perform
• करोमि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष?; actually उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; parasmaipada

• आत्म-विशुद्धये: for self-purification
• आत्म-विशुद्धये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आत्मनः विशुद्धिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/4th), एकवचन; dative singular

• सूर्य-लोक-आदि-संप्राप्ति-सिद्धये: for the attainment-success of reaching the Sun-world etc.
• सूर्य-लोक-आदि-संप्राप्ति-सिद्धये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + संप्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (सूर्यलोकादीनां संप्राप्तेः सिद्धिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/4th), एकवचन; dative singular

• पितृ-मुक्तये: for the liberation of the ancestors
• पितृ-मुक्तये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितॄणां मुक्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/4th), एकवचन; dative singular

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a tīrtha-māhātmya context, traditionally within Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Surya
• Pitrs

FAQs

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

The verse frames tīrtha-snāna as a multi-layered sādhana: it purifies one’s bhavi (future karmic trajectory), grants higher-loka attainment (like Sūryaloka), and supports pitṛ-mukti—benefitting both self and lineage.

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

While the verse is ritual-focused, its intent aligns with bhakti-dharma by treating sacred action (snāna at a tīrtha) as an offering that seeks divine-order blessings—purification, upliftment, and compassion toward ancestors.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights Kalpa (ritual procedure) through the act of tīrtha-snāna and the stated phala (results), and it indirectly touches Jyotiṣa-style cosmology via the mention of Sūryaloka as a karmic destination.