Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 99

Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa

Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā

Devanagari script

गरुतो गृध्रकाकानां कटुतैलं विभीतकम् । गृहधूमं चितावह्नौ हुत्वा प्रोच्चाटयेद्रिपून् ॥ ९९ ॥

Transliteration

garuto gṛdhrakākānāṃ kaṭutailaṃ vibhītakam | gṛhadhūmaṃ citāvahnau hutvā proccāṭayedripūn || 99 ||

Translation

En offrant dans le feu du bûcher funéraire les plumes de vautours et de corbeaux, une huile âcre, le bibhītaka (fruit bahedā) et la suie du foyer, on chasse les ennemis par le rite de proccāṭana.

Word by Word

• गरुतः: of Garuḍa
• गरुतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• गृध्र-काकानाम्: of vultures and crows
• गृध्र-काकानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक) + काक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गृध्राश्च काकाश्च)

• कटु-तैलम्: pungent oil
• कटु-तैलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटु (प्रातिपदिक) + तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (कटुं तैलम्)

• विभीतकम्: bibhītaka (Terminalia bellirica)
• विभीतकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गृह-धूमम्: house-smoke
• गृह-धूमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक) + धूम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्य धूमः)

• चिता-अह्नौ: in the pyre-fire
• चिता-अह्नौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिता (प्रातिपदिक) + वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चितायाः वह्निः)

• हुत्वा: having offered
• हुत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• प्रोच्चाटयेत्: should drive away/expel
• प्रोच्चाटयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + उत् + चाटय् (धातु; णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• रिपून्: enemies
• रिपून्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada the technical procedure of an aggressive ritual act)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It illustrates a technical, results-oriented rite (proccāṭana) within the Purana’s Vedāṅga/ritual-science section, showing how specific substances and a defined fire-offering context are prescribed for protective or aggressive outcomes.

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

This verse is not primarily bhakti-centered; it belongs to technical ritual instruction. In the Narada Purana framework, such rites are secondary and instrumental, whereas bhakti is presented elsewhere as the higher, purifying path.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Practical ritual-application knowledge: selection of dravya (offerings), the homa act (hutvā), and the specified ritual goal (proccāṭana), reflecting applied karmakāṇḍa procedure rather than grammar or metrics.