Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 115

Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi

Devanagari script

एवमावत्सरं कुर्यात्प्रतिमंगलवासरम् । तिलैर्होमं विधायाथ शतार्द्धं भोजयोद्द्विजान् ॥ ११५ ॥

Transliteration

evamāvatsaraṃ kuryātpratimaṃgalavāsaram | tilairhomaṃ vidhāyātha śatārddhaṃ bhojayoddvijān || 115 ||

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പൂർണ്ണ ഒരു വർഷം, ഓരോ ചൊവ്വാഴ്ചയും ഈ വ്രതം ആചരിക്കണം. തുടർന്ന് എള്ളുകൊണ്ട് ഹോമം നടത്തി, അമ്പതിന്റെ ഇരട്ടിയായ നൂറ് ദ്വിജന്മാർക്ക് (ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്ക്) ഭോജനദാനം ചെയ്യണം।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• आ-वत्सरम्: for a year
• आ-वत्सरम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपसर्गपूर्वक अव्ययीभावार्थे (आ-), कालवाचक अव्यय (for a year/throughout the year)

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform
• कुर्यात्: Vidhi-kriyā (विधेयक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रति-मङ्गल-वासरम्: on every auspicious day
• प्रति-मङ्गल-वासरम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; द्वितीया-एकवचन-रूपेण (accusative singular in form) क्रियाविशेषण (on each auspicious day)

• तिलैः: with sesame seeds
• तिलैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• होमम्: homa (fire-offering)
• होमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• विधाय: having performed
• विधाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having performed/arranged)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• शत-अर्द्धम्: half of a hundred (fifty)
• शत-अर्द्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्द्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/निर्धारणभाव: शतस्य अर्द्धम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक (fifty)

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Vidhi-kriyā (विधेयक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः—भोजयति (causes to eat/feeds)

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Bhauma-vrata (Mars/Tuesday observance)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Mangala (Mars)

FAQs

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

It emphasizes sustained discipline (a year-long vrata), purification through tilahoma (sesame oblations), and merit through annadāna—feeding the twice-born—showing that ritual and charity together complete the observance.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as steady, time-bound worship and service: repeating the observance every Tuesday and concluding with offerings and feeding brāhmaṇas as a devotional act that honors sacred duty.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Kalpa (ritual procedure) is foregrounded: specifying the ritual schedule (every Maṅgalavāsara), the material for homa (tila), and the concluding dāna/ भोज्य-दान component (feeding dvijas).