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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 23

The Exposition of the Ṣaṣṭhī-vrata Observed Through the Twelve Months

Devanagari script

गन्धपुष्पैस्तथाभ्यर्च्य गीतवाद्यपुरःसरैः । तच्च दद्याद्द्विजेन्द्राय नैवेद्यादि द्विजोत्तम ॥ २३ ॥

Transliteration

gandhapuṣpaistathābhyarcya gītavādyapuraḥsaraiḥ | tacca dadyāddvijendrāya naivedyādi dvijottama || 23 ||

Translation

香と花とをもって如法に供養し、歌と楽器の響きを先導として、ついでその供物を、ナイヴェーディヤ（供食）などと共に、二度生まれの長たる者に捧げよ。おお、最勝のバラモンよ。

Word by Word
गन्ध-पुष्पैःwith perfumes and flowers
गन्ध-पुष्पैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (गन्धाश्च पुष्पाणि च); Instrumental plural
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; manner adverb
अभ्यर्च्यhaving worshipped
अभ्यर्च्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + √अर्च् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having worshipped’
गीत-वाद्य-पुरःसरैःwith those leading (the procession) with song and music
गीत-वाद्य-पुरःसरैः:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगीत (प्रातिपदिक) + वाद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: गीतं च वाद्यं च येषां ते पुरःसराः (‘preceded by singing and instruments’); Instrumental plural
तत्that (offering/thing)
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular pronoun
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; ‘should give’
द्विजेन्द्रायto the best of the twice-born (chief Brahmin)
द्विजेन्द्राय:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: द्विजानाम् इन्द्रः; Dative singular
नैवेद्य-आदिfood-offering and the like
नैवेद्य-आदि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययार्थ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘naivedya etc.’ (आदि = ‘and the like’ as second member); Accusative singular
द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born
द्विजोत्तम:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: द्विजेषु उत्तमः; Vocative singular (address)
Speaker

Narada (in dialogue context of teachings transmitted among sages, commonly framed with Sanatkumara tradition in this section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
D
Dvijendra
D
Dvijottama

FAQs

It teaches that worship is completed not only by inner devotion but also by respectful upacāras—fragrance, flowers, sacred music—and by concluding with dāna/offerings to a worthy dvija, turning pūjā into lived dharma.

Bhakti is shown as joyful, participatory worship—sung praise and instruments—joined with tangible service (naivedya and giving), indicating devotion that becomes generosity and reverence toward sacred recipients.

It reflects kalpa (ritual procedure): the sequence of pūjā upacāras (gandha, puṣpa, gīta-vādya) and the proper conclusion through naivedya and offering to an eligible dvijendra.

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