Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 68

Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning

Devanagari script

शितशीघ्रस्य यष्णसत्रियमाश्विस्वभूधराः । शनेर्भुजगषट्पचरसवेदनिशाकराः ॥ ६८ ॥

Transliteration

śitaśīghrasya yaṣṇasatriyamāśvisvabhūdharāḥ | śanerbhujagaṣaṭpacarasavedaniśākarāḥ || 68 ||

Translation

ശിത (ശുക്രൻ)യും ശീഘ്ര (ബുധൻ)യും സംബന്ധിച്ച് ‘യഷ്ണ, സത്രിയ, ആശ്വി, സ്വ, ഭൂധര’ എന്ന ഗണങ്ങൾ പറയപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; ശനിയ്ക്ക് ‘ഭുജഗ, ഷട്പചര, സവേദ, നിശാകര’ എന്ന ഗണങ്ങൾ നിർദ്ദിഷ്ടമാണ്।

Word by Word

• शित-शीघ्रस्य: of Venus (the bright/white swift one)
• शित-शीघ्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शित (प्रातिपदिक) + शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; Genitive singular; epithet ‘cold/white and swift’ (Venus)

• यष्ण-सत्रि-यम-आश्वि-स्व-भूधराः: (values) marked by ‘yaṣṇa-satri-yama-āśvi-sva-bhūdhara’ (coded)
• यष्ण-सत्रि-यम-आश्वि-स्व-भूधराः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + यम (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्वि (प्रातिपदिक) + स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; nominative plural; coded-number bahuvrīhi epithet

• शनेः: of Saturn
• शनेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; Genitive singular

• भुजग-षट्-पचर-स-वेद-निशाकराः: (values) marked by ‘serpent-six-pacara-sa-veda-moon’ (coded)
• भुजग-षट्-पचर-स-वेद-निशाकराः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजग (प्रातिपदिक) + षट् (संख्या) + पचर (प्रातिपदिक) + स (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + निशाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; nominative plural; coded compound

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-Dharma context, using Vedanga-style technical enumeration)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Shukra (Venus)
• Budha (Mercury)
• Shani (Saturn)

FAQs

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

It preserves a traditional, technical mapping of planetary (graha) categories—showing that even worldly sciences like Jyotiṣa are catalogued within Dharma/Mokṣa teaching as structured knowledge to be understood and transcended correctly.

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

Indirectly: by organizing cosmic/planetary knowledge, it supports disciplined living and right understanding, which in the Purāṇic framework becomes supportive (anukūla) to steady devotion rather than superstition.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa Vedāṅga—specifically, technical classification/nomenclature related to grahas (Venus, Mercury, Saturn) used for traditional calendrical/astrological reference.