Shloka 3

Tithi-vicara

Determination of Tithi for Fasts, Parana, and Pitri Rites

Devanagari script

तद्वाक्यं सूतपुत्रस्य श्रुत्वा द्विजवरोत्तमाः । माहात्म्यं चक्रिणश्चापि सर्वपापौघ शांतिदम् ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

tadvākyaṃ sūtaputrasya śrutvā dvijavarottamāḥ | māhātmyaṃ cakriṇaścāpi sarvapāpaugha śāṃtidam || 3 ||

Translation

સૂતપુત્રના તે વચનો સાંભળી શ્રેષ્ઠ દ્વિજોએ ચક્રધારી (વિષ્ણુ)નું મહાત્મ્ય પણ શ્રવણ કર્યું, જે સર્વ પાપપ્રવાહને શાંત કરે છે ॥૩॥

Word by Word

• tat-vākyam: that statement
• tat-vākyam: Karma (कर्म/object of 'śrutvā')
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष (सर्वनाम-पूर्वपद) 'that statement'

• sūta-putrasya: of Sūta’s son
• sūta-putrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष 'of the son of Sūta' (i.e., of Sūta)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/gerundial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु) (श्रु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त), gerund; 'having heard'

• dvija-vara-uttamāḥ: the best of the twice-born
• dvija-vara-uttamāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject implied for subsequent intent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष with gradation 'the best among the excellent twice-born'

• māhātmyam: the greatness
• māhātmyam: Karma (कर्म/object, ellipsis)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); (object understood with an implied verb like 'to hear/know')

• cakriṇaḥ: of the discus-bearer (Viṣṇu)
• cakriṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); 'of the wielder of the discus' (Viṣṇu)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle 'also/even'

• sarva-pāpa-ogha-śānti-dam: that which grants the cessation of all heaps of sins
• sarva-pāpa-ogha-śānti-dam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक) + śānti (प्रातिपदिक) + da (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्राय from √dā)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष 'giving the pacification of the flood of all sins', qualifying 'māhātmyam'

Speaker

Suta (Sūta-putra), as narrator to assembled sages

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu (Cakrin)

FAQs

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

It highlights śravaṇa (devotional hearing) of Viṣṇu’s māhātmya as a direct purifier—capable of calming and dissolving even a “flood of sins” (sarva-pāpaugha).

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

By emphasizing attentive listening to the Lord’s greatness (māhātmya), it presents bhakti as beginning with hearing: receptivity to sacred discourse leads to inner peace and moral purification.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught here; the practical takeaway is the discipline of śravaṇa—regular hearing of Purāṇic recitation as a recognized sādhana within dharma practice.