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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6

Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana

Devanagari script

तृतीयं पुंसि सिद्धाख्यं तुरीयमरिसंज्ञकम् । द्वयोर्वर्णावेककोष्ठे सिद्धसिद्धेति तन्मतम् ॥ ६ ॥

Transliteration

tṛtīyaṃ puṃsi siddhākhyaṃ turīyamarisaṃjñakam | dvayorvarṇāvekakoṣṭhe siddhasiddheti tanmatam || 6 ||

Translation

男性形における第三の類は「シッダ（Siddha）」と呼ばれ、第四は「アリ（Ari）」と名づけられる。二つの字が同一の区画（koṣṭha）を共有するとき、その公認の呼称は「シッダ—シッダ（Siddha–Siddha）」である。

Word by Word
तृतीयम्the third
तृतीयम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ordinal adjective
पुंसिin the masculine (gender)
पुंसि:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootपुम्स्/पुंस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative
सिद्धाख्यम्called ‘siddha’
सिद्धाख्यम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसिद्ध + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सिद्ध’ इति आख्या यस्य/यत्
तुरीयम्the fourth
तुरीयम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुरीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ordinal adjective
अरिसंज्ञकम्designated as ‘ari’
अरिसंज्ञकम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरि + संज्ञक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘अरि’ इति संज्ञा यस्य/यत्
द्वयोःof the two
द्वयोः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), द्विवचन; genitive dual
वर्णौtwo letters
वर्णौ:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन
एककोष्ठेin one cell/compartment
एककोष्ठे:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootएक + कोष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘एकः कोष्ठः’
सिद्धसिद्धा(they are) siddha and siddha
सिद्धसिद्धा:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध + सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वः—‘सिद्धः च सिद्धः च’ (two items both termed siddha)
इतिthus
इति:
सम्बन्ध (Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/निदर्शनार्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)
तत्that
तत्:
विशेष्य/सम्बन्ध (Referent)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun
मतम्is the view/opinion
मतम्:
विधेय (Predicate nominal)
TypeNoun
Rootमत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘opinion/doctrine’
Speaker

Sanatkumāra (teaching Nārada in a Vedāṅga/technical section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara

FAQs

It preserves the precision of Vedic recitation by defining technical labels for sound/letter categories—an essential support (Vedāṅga) for maintaining the purity of mantra and śruti transmission.

Indirectly: correct phonetic and grammatical understanding safeguards accurate mantra-japa and Vedic chanting, which in turn strengthens disciplined worship and devotional practice.

A technical rule of Śikṣā/Vyākaraṇa-style classification: naming the 3rd and 4th categories (“Siddha,” “Ari”) and specifying how two varṇas placed in one koṣṭha receive a combined designation (“Siddha–Siddha”).

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