Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 93

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

Devanagari script

आवाह्याङ्गारकं तत्र रक्तपुष्पादिभिर्यजेत् । अङ्गानि पूर्वमाराध्य मङ्गलादीन्प्रपूजयेत् ॥ ९३ ॥

Transliteration

āvāhyāṅgārakaṃ tatra raktapuṣpādibhiryajet | aṅgāni pūrvamārādhya maṅgalādīnprapūjayet || 93 ||

Translation

അവിടെ അങ്കാരകനെ (മംഗളനെ) ആവാഹനം ചെയ്ത് ചുവന്ന പുഷ്പാദികളാൽ ആരാധിക്കണം. ആദ്യം അങ്കപൂജ നടത്തി, പിന്നെ മംഗളാദി ഗ്രഹങ്ങളെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജിക്കണം॥९३॥

Word by Word

• आवाह्य: having invoked
• आवाह्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable), उपसर्ग: आ-; ‘having invoked’

• अङ्गारकम्: Mars (Aṅgāraka)
• अङ्गारकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• रक्त-पुष्प-आदिभिः: with red flowers and the like
• रक्त-पुष्प-आदिभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन; समास: ‘रक्तपुष्प’ (कर्मधारय) + ‘आदि’ (तत्पुरुष: -आदि)

• यजेत्: should worship
• यजेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अङ्गानि: the limbs/parts (subsidiary deities/sections)
• अङ्गानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन

• पूर्वम्: first/beforehand
• पूर्वम्: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• आराध्य: having worshipped
• आराध्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्ग: आ-; ‘having propitiated/worshipped’

• मङ्गल-आदीन्: Maṅgala and others
• मङ्गल-आदीन्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन; -आदि तत्पुरुष (‘Mangal and others’)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should duly worship
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka
• Maṅgala
• Grahas (planetary deities)

FAQs

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

It teaches that graha-devatās are approached through orderly ritual—invocation (āvāhana), appropriate offerings, and completion of ancillary steps—so that cosmic influences are harmonized within dharmic worship.

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

Even in technical rites like graha-pūjā, devotion is expressed through respectful invitation, fitting symbols (red offerings for Maṅgala), and careful, reverent completion of the ritual limbs—bhakti shown as disciplined service (sevā).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa-oriented ritual method is implied: identifying the graha (Aṅgāraka/Maṅgala), matching offerings by traditional correspondences (red flowers), and performing aṅgas (ancillary rites) before the main worship—key features of applied Vedāṅga practice.