Shloka 12

Nakṣatra-Devatā Enumeration and Muhūrta Rules for Travel, Rites, and Yogas

Devanagari script

षष्ठ्यां चैव चतुर्दश्यामिन्द्राणी पश्चिमे स्थिता / सप्तम्यां पौर्णमास्यां च चामुण्डा वायुगोचरे

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ caiva caturdaśyāmindrāṇī paścime sthitā / saptamyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ ca cāmuṇḍā vāyugocare

Translation

第六日および第十四日には、インドラーニー（Indrāṇī）が西方に鎮座する。第七日と満月日（パウルナマーシー）には、チャームンダー（Cāmuṇḍā）がヴァーユ（Vāyu）の領域、風の方処にある。

Word by Word

• षष्ठ्याम्: on the sixth (tithi)
• षष्ठ्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• चतुर्दश्याम्: on the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दश्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• इन्द्राणी: Indrāṇī
• इन्द्राणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्राणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पश्चिमे: in the west
• पश्चिमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; देशवाचक

• स्थिता: is situated
• स्थिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पर्व/तिथिवाचक (full-moon day)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• चामुण्डा: Cāmuṇḍā
• चामुण्डा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामुण्डा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वायु-गोचरे: in the region/direction of Vāyu (wind)
• वायु-गोचरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक) + गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वायोः गोचरे)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in dialogue with Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Ritual safety and efficacy through recognizing fierce/benign śakti presences across time-directions.

Vedantic Theme: Guṇa-dynamics in prakṛti: different śakti-forms preside over changing temporal conditions; wise action adapts to conditions.

Application: On Ṣaṣṭhī/Caturdaśī orient rites to Indrāṇī in the west; on Saptamī/Paurṇamāsī acknowledge Cāmuṇḍā in the Vāyu-region, emphasizing protection and restraint.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Geographic Context

Type: directional space (dik)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.59 (continuation of tithi-dik-devī schema)

Characters & Entities

• Indrāṇī
• Cāmuṇḍā
• Vāyu

FAQs

What is the importance of tithi-based deity placement in the Garuda Purana?

This verse maps specific lunar days (tithis) to particular deities and directional spheres, indicating that ritual timing and orientation were understood as spiritually consequential.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not directly describe the soul’s post-death journey; rather, it provides a calendrical-directional framework (tithi and direction) that can inform religious observances connected to protection, propitiation, or ritual correctness.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

If you follow traditional observances, use tithi-awareness to plan Devī-related worship or protective rites with attention to directionality—while keeping the primary focus on dharma, self-discipline, and sincerity.