Shloka 2
पित्रा नाम प्रकर्तव्यमपत्यानां जगत्पते । नाम पापहरं प्रोक्तं तत्कुरुष्व कुशध्वज ॥ २ ॥
pitrā nāma prakartavyamapatyānāṃ jagatpate | nāma pāpaharaṃ proktaṃ tatkuruṣva kuśadhvaja || 2 ||
ഹേ ജഗത്പതേ! മക്കൾക്കു നാമകരണം പിതാവുതന്നെ ചെയ്യേണ്ടതാണ്. നാമം പാപഹരമെന്നു പ്രസ്താവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ കുശധ്വജ, നീ അത് ചെയ്യുക.
Narrator (Purana dialogue context; instruction addressed to Kuśadhvaja)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"Moves from calm injunction (who should name the child) to a reassuring assertion of the purifying power of a properly given name."}
FAQs
It presents naming (nāma-karaṇa) as a dharmic act with spiritual potency—rightly given names are described as pāpa-hara (sin-dispelling), linking household duty with inner purification.
By stressing the sanctity of “name,” it supports the wider Purāṇic idea that sacred naming and remembrance orient the mind toward dharma and the divine—preparing the ground for nāma-smaraṇa (devotional remembrance).
It implies samskāra procedure and correct usage of names—touching Vyākaraṇa (proper linguistic form) and Kalpa/Smārta practice (ritual duty), emphasizing that the father traditionally performs the act.