Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 106

The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī

Index/Summary

Devanagari script

गोमती वामनं कुंडो विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम् । वीरेश्वरसरः कालभैरवस्य च तीर्थकम् ॥ १०६ ॥

Transliteration

gomatī vāmanaṃ kuṃḍo viṣṇornāmasahasrakam | vīreśvarasaraḥ kālabhairavasya ca tīrthakam || 106 ||

Translation

Sont aussi mentionnés : la rivière Gomati, le sanctuaire de Vāmana, le bassin sacré (kuṇḍa), le Viṣṇu-nāma-sahasra —les Mille Noms de Viṣṇu—, le lac de Vīreśvara et le tīrtha de Kālabhairava.

Word by Word

• gomatī: Gomatī (a river/tīrtha)
• gomatī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gomatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• vāmanam: Vāmana (name/title)
• vāmanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāmana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• kuṃḍaḥ: a pond (kuṇḍa)
• kuṃḍaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• nāma-sahasrakam: the thousand names (lit. ‘name-thousand’)
• nāma-sahasrakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• vīreśvara-saraḥ: Vīreśvara lake
• vīreśvara-saraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• kāla-bhairavasya: of Kālabhairava
• kāla-bhairavasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6 विभक्ति), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• tīrthakam: a tīrtha (sacred place)
• tīrthakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2 विभक्ति), एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (in an anukramanika-style enumeration within the Narada Purana’s Fourth Pada context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Gomati
• Vamana
• Vishnu
• Vishnu Sahasranama
• Vireśvara
• Kalabhairava

FAQs

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

It functions as a catalog of sanctifying supports for dharma—tīrthas (Gomatī, Kuṇḍa, Vīreśvara-saras, Kālabhairava-tīrtha) and devotional recitation (Viṣṇu-nāma-sahasra)—showing that both pilgrimage and nāma-bhakti are recognized as purifying means.

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

By explicitly naming “Viṣṇor nāma-sahasrakam,” it highlights nāma-japa/stotra-pāṭha as a direct bhakti practice—devotion expressed through repeating and contemplating the divine names of Viṣṇu.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is ritual practice—tīrtha-yātrā, snāna at sacred waters, and stotra-recitation as prescribed purāṇic dharma.