Shloka 5

Devanagari script

योजनानां दश द्वे च प्रभासपरिमंडलम् । मध्येऽस्य पीठिका प्रोक्ता पंचयोजनविस्तृता ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

yojanānāṃ daśa dve ca prabhāsaparimaṃḍalam | madhye'sya pīṭhikā proktā paṃcayojanavistṛtā || 5 ||

Translation

ວົງກົມແຫ່ງພຣະພາສາ (Prabhāsa) ກວ້າງໄປເຖິງ 12 ໂຍຊະນະ; ແລະໃນກາງສຸດມີເວທີ (pīṭhikā) ທີ່ກ່າວໄວ້ ກວ້າງ 5 ໂຍຊະນະ.

Word by Word

• yojanānām: of yojanas (units of distance)
• yojanānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Visheshana (विशेषण/quantifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), अव्ययवत्/अविकारी प्रयोग (indeclinable-like numeral), बहुवचनार्थे (denoting plural count)

• dve: two
• dve: Visheshana (विशेषण/quantifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), द्विवचन (Dual)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• prabhāsa-parimaṇḍalam: the Prabhāsa region/circuit
• prabhāsa-parimaṇḍalam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + parimaṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpuruṣa: 'of Prabhāsa')

• madhye: in the middle
• madhye: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• asya: of this/its
• asya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुं/नपुंसक (Masc./Neut.), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• pīṭhikā: a platform/seat
• pīṭhikā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭhikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• proktā: is declared/said
• proktā: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) → prokta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन (Sing.); 'is said/declared' (elliptic passive)

• pañca-yojana-vistṛtā: five-yojanas wide/extended
• pañca-yojana-vistṛtā: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of pīṭhikā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्या) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक) + vistṛta (√stṛ, कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (measure-determinative: 'extended to five yojanas')

Speaker

Suta (narrating the Tirtha-mahātmya tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa

FAQs

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

It frames Prabhāsa as a precisely defined sacred kṣetra; such measured description sanctifies the landscape and guides pilgrims to the central, most potent locus (the pīṭhikā) for worship and merit.

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

By highlighting the central platform within the holy field, the verse implicitly directs devotees toward a focal point for darśana, pūjā, and remembrance—core acts through which bhakti is practiced at a tīrtha.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects applied sacred geography and measurement (parimāṇa) used in tīrtha-yātrā planning—practical knowledge allied to ritual procedure and site-orientation, even though no single Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa) is explicitly taught here.