Shloka 32

Dharmāṅgada’s Conquest of the Directions

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणोत्तरभागे धर्मांगददिग्विजयो नाम विंशोऽध्यायः ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge dharmāṃgadadigvijayo nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 20 ||

Translation

આ રીતે શ્રી બૃહન્નારદીય પુરાણના ઉત્તરભાગમાં ‘ધર્માંગદનો દિગ્વિજય’ નામનો વીસમો અધ્યાય સમાપ્ત થયો।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative/end marker)

• श्री-बृहन्-नारदीय-पुराण-उत्तर-भागे: in the Uttara (latter) section of the Śrī Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa
• श्री-बृहन्-नारदीय-पुराण-उत्तर-भागे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + बृहन् (प्रातिपदिक) + नारदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-समासपद; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘श्रीमत् बृहन्नारदीयपुराणस्य उत्तरभागे’

• धर्म-अंगद-दिग्विजयः: (the chapter titled) “Dharmaṅgada’s conquest of the quarters”
• धर्म-अंगद-दिग्विजयः: Karta/Viśeṣya (कर्ता/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अंगद (प्रातिपदिक) + दिग्विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (title): ‘धर्मांगदस्य दिग्विजयः’

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-शब्दः—संज्ञासूचक-अव्यय (indeclinable indicating name/title)

• विंशः: twentieth
• विंशः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal)

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

Speaker

Sūta (compiler/narrator voice implied by the colophon)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Dharmāṅgada
• Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa

FAQs

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

This is a colophon verse marking the completion of Adhyaya 20, preserving the textual structure and confirming the chapter’s theme—Dharmāṅgada’s dharmic conquest across the directions.

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

It does not teach bhakti directly; instead, it frames the narrative unit in the Uttara-bhāga, where pilgrimage themes and dharma-oriented episodes commonly support Vishnu-bhakti through sacred geography and exemplary conduct.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No Vedāṅga instruction is presented; the verse functions as an anukramaṇikā-style marker (chapter title/ending), useful for archival indexing, citation, and manuscript collation.