Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3

The Description of the Index/Summary of the Garuḍa

Purāṇa

Devanagari script

सूर्यादिपूजनविधिर्दीक्षाविधिरतः परम् । श्राद्धपूजा ततः पश्चान्नवव्यूहार्चनं द्विज ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

sūryādipūjanavidhirdīkṣāvidhirataḥ param | śrāddhapūjā tataḥ paścānnavavyūhārcanaṃ dvija || 3 ||

Translation

यानंतर सूर्य इत्यादी देवतांच्या पूजेची विधी, मग दीक्षाविधी आहे। पुढे श्राद्धसंबंधी पूजा आणि मग, हे द्विजा, नव-व्यूहांची अर्चना (विधी) आहे।

Word by Word

• सूर्यादिपूजनविधिः: the procedure for worship of the Sun and others
• सूर्यादिपूजनविधिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + आदि + पूजन + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘सूर्यादीनां पूजनस्य विधिः’

• दीक्षाविधिः: the initiation procedure
• दीक्षाविधिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षा + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘दीक्षायाः विधिः’

• अतः: then/thereafter
• अतः: Discourse marker (अनुक्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदम्/अदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/क्रमार्थ ‘thereupon/therefore/then’ (context: sequence)

• परम्: next/further
• परम्: Discourse marker (अनुक्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverbial) ‘further/next’; मूलतः विशेषणम्, अत्र क्रियाविशेषणवत्

• श्राद्धपूजा: Śrāddha worship/rites
• श्राद्धपूजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध + पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘श्राद्धस्य पूजा’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Discourse marker (अनुक्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्) ‘thereafter’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Discourse marker (अनुक्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• नवव्यूहार्चनम्: worship of the nine Vyūhas
• नवव्यूहार्चनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नव + व्यूह + अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘नवव्यूहानाम् अर्चनम्’

• द्विज: O twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (संबोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Surya
• Vyuhas

FAQs

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

It outlines a deliberate ritual progression—deity-worship (starting with Sūrya), formal initiation (dīkṣā), ancestral rites (śrāddha), and finally higher Vaiṣṇava worship through Vyūha-arcana—showing how dharma is practiced in ordered stages.

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

By culminating in nava-vyūhārcana, it points devotion toward structured Vaiṣṇava worship of emanational forms (Vyūhas), implying that bhakti is supported by proper rites, purification, and lineage duties such as śrāddha.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual procedure (kalpa) is central: the verse is a compact index of vidhi—how worship, initiation, and śrāddha are to be sequenced and performed according to prescribed rules.