Shloka 105

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

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणोत्तरभागे मोहिनीवसुसंवादे गयामाहात्म्ये पिंडदानविधिर्नाम पञ्चचत्वारिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge mohinīvasusaṃvāde gayāmāhātmye piṃḍadānavidhirnāma pañcacatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 45 ||

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le quarante-cinquième chapitre, intitulé « La procédure de l’offrande des piṇḍa (boules de riz funéraires) », dans le Gayā-māhātmya, au sein de l’Uttara-bhāga du Śrī Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa, dans le dialogue entre Mohinī et Vasu.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative/closing particle)

• श्री: holy, revered
• श्री: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; honorific prefix ‘holy/auspicious’ (used as upasarga-like title)

• बृहन्-नारदीय-पुराण-उत्तर-भागे: in the latter part of the Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa
• बृहन्-नारदीय-पुराण-उत्तर-भागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहन् (प्रातिपदिक) + नारदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-श्रृंखला; ‘in the latter part of the Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa’

• मोहिनी-वसु-संवादे: in the dialogue of Mohinī and Vasu
• मोहिनी-वसु-संवादे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहिनी (प्रातिपदिक) + वसु (प्रातिपदिक) + संवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘in the dialogue of Mohinī and Vasu’

• गया-माहात्म्ये: in the Gaya Māhātmya
• गया-माहात्म्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘in the Gaya-māhātmya section’

• पिण्ड-दान-विधिः: the procedure of piṇḍa-offering
• पिण्ड-दान-विधिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘the procedure for piṇḍa-offering’

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपातः ‘named/called’

• पञ्च-चत्वारिंशत्तमः: forty-fifth
• पञ्च-चत्वारिंशत्तमः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + चत्वारिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral) ‘forty-fifth’

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (colophon/closing formula summarizing the textual unit; within the Mohinī–Vasu dialogue frame)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Mohinī
• Vasu
• Gayā

FAQs

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

This is the chapter-colophon marking completion of the Gayā-māhātmya unit on piṇḍa-dāna, emphasizing that ancestral rites at the tīrtha of Gayā are treated as a distinct, authoritative dharma-procedure within the Uttara-bhāga.

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

Direct bhakti teaching is not stated here; however, by framing piṇḍa-dāna as part of Gayā-māhātmya, the text places ritual duty (pitṛ-dharma) within a sacred pilgrimage context—where faith in the tīrtha and its presiding divinity supports devotional orientation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It signals a structured ritual topic—piṇḍa-dāna-vidhi—belonging to kalpa/prayoga-style procedural knowledge (ritual application), indicating that the chapter contains step-by-step śrāddha performance details rather than grammar or astrology.