Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 96

Mahāviṣṇu-Mantras: Aṣṭākṣarī, Sudarśana-Astra, Nyāsa Systems, Āvaraṇa-Pūjā, and Prayogas

Devanagari script

पुत्रान्पौत्रान्यशः कांतिं भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च विंदति । उत्तिष्टेति पदं पश्चाच्छ्रीकराग्निप्रियांतिमः ॥ ९६ ॥

Transliteration

putrānpautrānyaśaḥ kāṃtiṃ bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati | uttiṣṭeti padaṃ paścācchrīkarāgnipriyāṃtimaḥ || 96 ||

Translation

ಅವನು ಪುತ್ರರು, ಪೌತ್ರರು, ಯಶಸ್ಸು, ಕಾಂತಿ, ಭೋಗ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನೂ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ. ನಂತರ ಸಮಾಪನ ವಾಕ್ಯವಾಗಿ ‘ಉತ್ತಿಷ್ಠ’ (ಎದ್ದು ನಿಲ್ಲು) ಎಂಬ ಪದ ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ; ಅದು ಶ್ರೀಕರ ಮತ್ತು ಅಗ್ನಿಪ್ರಿಯರಿಗೆ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಿಯವಾಗಿದೆ।

Word by Word

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• पौत्रान्: grandsons
• पौत्रान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• यशः: fame
• यशः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (रूपम्: यशः)

• कान्तिम्: splendor/beauty
• कान्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भुक्तिम्: enjoyment/worldly prosperity
• भुक्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• विन्दति: obtains
• विन्दति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु; ‘to find/obtain’)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), एकवचन

• उत्तिष्ठ: rise up
• उत्तिष्ठ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+√स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person/मध्यम), एकवचन; (पाठे ‘उत्तिष्टेति’ इति उद्धरणरूपेण)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• पदम्: the word/phrase
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (the word/phrase)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence: afterwards)

• श्रीकर-अग्नि-प्रिय-अन्तिमः: the final (word/mantra) dear to Agni, bestower of prosperity
• श्रीकर-अग्नि-प्रिय-अन्तिमः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीकर + अग्नि + प्रिय + अन्तिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (पदं/मन्त्रः इत्यर्थे)

Speaker

Narada (teaching within a Vedanga/ritual-technical context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Narada
• Śrīkara
• Agnipriya

FAQs

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

It presents a graded fruit of disciplined sacred utterance—starting from family continuity and social glory, moving to prosperity, and culminating in moksha—showing how ritual-technical correctness can be oriented toward liberation.

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

By linking auspicious results to a prescribed concluding utterance, it implies that faithful, attentive performance (śraddhā with correct mantra) becomes a devotional act that can mature from worldly well-being (bhukti) into liberation (mukti).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Mantra-prayoga and proper closure of recitation: the verse points to the importance of the correct final ‘pada’ (concluding word) in a ritual/recitation sequence—an applied, technical concern aligned with Vedanga disciplines.