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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43

Śrāddha-prayoga: Niyama, Brāhmaṇa-parīkṣā, Kutapa-kāla, Tithi-nyāya, and Vaiṣṇava-phala

Devanagari script

पात्राण्यासादयेत्त्रीणि ह्यर्घाथ पूर्ववद्द्विजः । शन्नोदेव्या जलं क्षिप्त्वा तिलोसीति तिलाक्षिपेत् ॥ ४३ ॥

Transliteration

pātrāṇyāsādayettrīṇi hyarghātha pūrvavaddvijaḥ | śannodevyā jalaṃ kṣiptvā tilosīti tilākṣipet || 43 ||

Translation

ଅର୍ଘ୍ୟ ପାଇଁ ଦ୍ୱିଜ ପୂର୍ବବତ୍ ତିନିଟି ପାତ୍ର ସଜାଇବ। ‘ଶଂ ନୋ ଦେବ୍ୟା…’ ମନ୍ତ୍ର ଉଚ୍ଚାରି ଜଳ ଢାଳି, ପରେ ‘ତିଲୋऽସି’ କହି ତିଳ ପକାଇବ॥

Word by Word
पात्राणिvessels
पात्राणि:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootपात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Plural
आसादयेत्should set/arrange
आसादयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ+सद् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular; ‘should place/arrange’
त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Plural; numeral adjective qualifying पात्राणि
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)
अर्घarghya-offering
अर्घ:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular (object understood with ‘(दद्यात्)’/ritual context)
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing adverb: then/now)
पूर्ववत्as before
पूर्ववत्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्ववत् (अव्यय)
Formतुलनार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: as before)
द्विजःthe twice-born (brāhmaṇa)
द्विजः:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
शन्-नः-देव्याwith (the mantra) ‘śam naḥ devī’ / by the Devī invoked for welfare
शन्-नः-देव्या:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument; mantra as means)
TypeNoun
Rootशम् (अव्यय/मन्त्रपद) + नः (सर्वनाम-अव्यय) + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formमन्त्रपद-उद्धरण; ‘देव्या’ स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; (with the mantra/through the Devī addressed as ‘śam naḥ’)
जलम्water
जलम्:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootजल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
क्षिप्त्वाhaving cast/sprinkled
क्षिप्त्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootक्षिप् (धातु) → क्षिप्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having thrown/sprinkled’
तिलोसि(saying) ‘you are sesame’
तिलोसि:
Kriyā (क्रिया; mantra-utterance)
TypeVerb
Rootतिल (प्रातिपदिक) + असि (अस् धातु, लट्)
Formमन्त्रपद; अस् (धातु) लट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, 2nd person, Singular; ‘you are’; with ‘tila’ as predicate: ‘you are sesame’
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
तिलान्sesame seeds
तिलान्:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootतिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural
क्षिपेत्should sprinkle/throw
क्षिपेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootक्षिप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular; ‘should throw/sprinkle’
Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities
S
Sanatkumara
N
Narada
D
Devi (as invoked in the mantra)

FAQs

It codifies a precise arghya-vidhi: arranging three ritual vessels, sanctifying water with a Devi-invoking mantra, and adding sesame with a dedicated mantra—turning a physical offering into a mantra-purified act of dharma.

Bhakti here is expressed as reverent, rule-guided worship: the practitioner honors the deity through arghya, using mantras to align intention, purity, and offering—devotion embodied in disciplined ritual.

Kalpa (ritual procedure) is primary: the verse specifies the sequence (three vessels → mantra → water → mantra → sesame), showing how correct ordering and mantra-application govern effective rites.

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