Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 60

Dharmopadeśa-Śānti: Rules of Impurity, Expiations, and Ancestor Rites

Devanagari script

सुवर्णमानिकं दद्यात्ततः शुद्धिर्विधीयते । चाण्डालश्वपचैः स्पृष्टे निशि स्नानं विधीयते ॥ ६० ॥

Transliteration

suvarṇamānikaṃ dadyāttataḥ śuddhirvidhīyate | cāṇḍālaśvapacaiḥ spṛṣṭe niśi snānaṃ vidhīyate || 60 ||

Translation

定められた量の黄金を施せば、清浄が定められる。もしチャンダーラ（caṇḍāla）や犬を煮る者（賤民）に触れられたなら、夜に沐浴することが規定される。

Word by Word

• suvarṇa-mānikam: a mānika (measure) of gold
• suvarṇa-mānikam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa + mānika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa (Tatpurusha): suvarṇasya mānikam (‘a measure/weight of gold’); Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (Singular); parasmaipada

• tataḥ: then/thereupon
• tataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: Avyaya; apādāna/hetu-artha adverb (‘thereupon/therefrom’)

• śuddhiḥ: purification
• śuddhiḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• vidhīyate: is prescribed/is done
• vidhīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (Singular); ātmanepada; karmaṇi-prayoga (passive)

• cāṇḍāla-śvapacaiḥ: by outcastes and dog-cookers
• cāṇḍāla-śvapacaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāṇḍāla + śvapaca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa (Dvandva): cāṇḍālāś ca śvapacāś ca; Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• spṛṣṭe: when touched
• spṛṣṭe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: spṛṣṭa (स्पृष्ट, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √spṛś् धातु)
• Form: Bhūta-kṛdanta (past passive participle), Saptamī (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular); used as locative absolute (saptamī-samāsa/locative absolute): ‘when (one is) touched’

• niśi: at night
• niśi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• vidhīyate: is prescribed
• vidhīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (Present/लट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (Singular); ātmanepada; karmaṇi-prayoga (passive)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a dharma-śāstra style passage; dialogue context traditionally framed with Sanatkumara)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

FAQs

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

It frames purification (śuddhi) as both an inner and outer discipline: charity (dāna) and ritual bathing (snāna) are prescribed as corrective acts to restore ritual fitness after impurity.

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

Indirectly: by emphasizing śauca and dāna, it supports the devotional life by keeping the practitioner eligible for worship, japa, and temple/household rites that are central to Vaiṣṇava bhakti practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Kalpa (ritual procedure) is implied: the verse gives a rule-based prescription for śuddhi—using dāna as prāyaścitta and specifying snāna timing (night-bath) after certain contacts.