Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 22

Manvantaras and Indras; Sudharmā’s Liberation through Viṣṇu-Pradakṣiṇā; Supremacy of Hari-Bhakti

Devanagari script

दशमो ब्रह्मसावर्णिर्द्धर्मसावर्णिकस्ततः । ततस्तु रुद्रसावर्णी रोचमानस्ततः स्मृतः ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

daśamo brahmasāvarṇirddharmasāvarṇikastataḥ | tatastu rudrasāvarṇī rocamānastataḥ smṛtaḥ || 22 ||

Translation

The tenth Manu is Brahma-sāvarṇi; after him is Dharma-sāvarṇika. Then comes Rudra-sāvarṇi, and after him is remembered the Manu Rocamāna.

Word by Word

• दशमः: tenth
• दशमः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• ब्रह्मसावर्णिः: Brahma-sāvarṇi (name of Manu)
• ब्रह्मसावर्णिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + सावर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('of Brahmā')

• धर्मसावर्णिकः: Dharma-sāvarṇika (name of Manu)
• धर्मसावर्णिकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + सावर्णिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('of Dharma')

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अनुक्रमसूचक निपात (but/and then)

• रुद्रसावर्णी: Rudra-sāvarṇi (name of Manu)
• रुद्रसावर्णी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + सावर्णी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ('of Rudra')

• रोचमानः: shining/illustrious (name: Rocamāna)
• रोचमानः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुच् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle, आत्मनेपद): 'shining/appearing'

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• स्मृतः: is said/remembered (as)
• स्मृतः: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त/क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle): 'is remembered/called'

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Brahma-sāvarṇi
• Dharma-sāvarṇika
• Rudra-sāvarṇi
• Rocamāna

FAQs

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

It preserves the Purāṇic map of cosmic time (manvantaras), showing that dharma and governance of the world proceed in ordered cycles under successive Manus.

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

Indirectly: by situating human religious life within manvantara cycles, it implies that bhakti and dharma are perennial and reappear across ages under different cosmic administrations.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Primarily Itihāsa–Purāṇa style chronology (useful for traditional calendrical and cosmological reckoning); it is not a direct teaching of a Vedāṅga like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa in this verse.