Shloka 68

Yama’s Journey to Brahmaloka

Ekadashi–Dvadashi Mahatmya in the Rukmangada Cycle

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणोत्तरे भागे यमस्य ब्रह्मलोकगमनं नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottare bhāge yamasya brahmalokagamanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 3 ||

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀବୃହନ୍ନାରଦୀୟପୁରାଣର ଉତ୍ତରଭାଗରେ “ଯମଙ୍କ ବ୍ରହ୍ମଲୋକଗମନ” ନାମକ ତୃତୀୟ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା ॥୩॥

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), quotative particle (इति-प्रयोगः)

• श्री-बृहन्-नारदीय-पुराण-उत्तरे: in the later part of the Śrī Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa
• श्री-बृहन्-नारदीय-पुराण-उत्तरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + बृहन् (प्रातिपदिक) + नारदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; adjective qualifying 'भागे'; समासः: (श्री) + (बृहन्नारदीयपुराणस्य) उत्तर-भागः → 'पुराणोत्तर' (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) with honorific 'श्री' as upapada

• भागे: in the section/part
• भागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• ब्रह्म-लोक-गमनम्: the going to Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्म-लोक-गमनम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject as title-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः: ब्रह्मणः लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + तत्र गमनम् (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थ)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/title marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), nomen-indicator (नाम-शब्दः)

• तृतीयः: third
• तृतीयः: Visheshana (विशेषण/adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying 'अध्यायः'

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Narrator (colophon/end-of-chapter formula; traditionally Sūta-style redactional voice)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"none","emotional_journey":"A calm, formal closure that seals the preceding narrative with a sense of completion and textual authority."}

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

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

This is the chapter-colophon: it marks completion of Adhyaya 3 and preserves the chapter’s title, anchoring the narrative focus on Yama’s movement toward Brahmaloka and the karmic–cosmic order implied by such a journey.

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

Direct bhakti-instruction is not stated here; as a colophon it functions structurally—signaling the end of a teaching unit that, in context, supports dharma and right understanding, which in the Purāṇic framework culminate in devotion to the Supreme.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No Vedāṅga technique is taught in this line; it reflects Purāṇic textual convention (anukrama/colophon style) used to catalog chapters—useful for recension, citation, and ritual reading sequences.