Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14

Pañca-prakṛti-nirūpaṇa and Mantra-vidhi: Rādhā, Mahālakṣmī, Durgā, Sarasvatī, Sāvitrī; plus Sāvitrī-Pañjara

Devanagari script

वैकुंठे स्थापयामास शश्वत्पालनकर्मणि । अथ गोलोकनाथस्य लोम्नां विवरतो मुने ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

vaikuṃṭhe sthāpayāmāsa śaśvatpālanakarmaṇi | atha golokanāthasya lomnāṃ vivarato mune || 14 ||

Translation

Il les établit en Vaikuṇṭha pour l’éternel devoir de protection. Puis, ô muni, des pores parmi les poils du Seigneur de Goloka…

Word by Word

• वैकुण्ठे: in Vaikuṇṭha
• वैकुण्ठे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

• स्थापयामास: established/placed
• स्थापयामास: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् causative; periphrastic perfect (लिट्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/periphrastic), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शश्वत्: always/eternally
• शश्वत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पालनकर्मणि: in the duty of protection
• पालनकर्मणि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पालन (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; (पालनस्य कर्मणि) locative in the act/duty of protection

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/beginning particle)

• गोलोकनाथस्य: of the Lord of Goloka
• गोलोकनाथस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; Genitive singular (of the lord of Goloka)

• लोम्नाम्: of the hairs
• लोम्नाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; Genitive plural

• विवरतः: from the pore/opening
• विवरतः: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; Ablative singular (from the pore/opening)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta (narrating to the assembled sages, addressing a muni)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Vaikuntha
• Goloka
• Golokanatha

FAQs

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

It links divine governance with Vaikuṇṭha: beings are ‘stationed’ for śaśvat-pālana (perpetual protection), presenting the cosmos as sustained by an ordered, sacred duty under the Supreme’s domain.

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

By foregrounding Vaikuṇṭha and the Lord’s protective function, it encourages reverence for the Lord as the refuge and sustainer—an essential bhakti attitude of surrender to divine protection.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Primarily Vyākaraṇa-style precision: compounds like goloka-nātha and technical terms like pālana-karma indicate how meaning is carried through grammatical construction, even in Purāṇic cosmological narration.