Shloka 84

Puruṣottama-māhātmya

The Greatness of Puruṣottama Kṣetra

Devanagari script

यम उवाच । अस्मिन्नायतने पुण्ये विख्याते पुरुषोत्तमे । इंद्रिनीलमयी सृष्टा प्रतिमा सार्वकामिकी ॥ ८४ ॥

Transliteration

yama uvāca | asminnāyatane puṇye vikhyāte puruṣottame | iṃdrinīlamayī sṛṣṭā pratimā sārvakāmikī || 84 ||

Translation

ଯମ କହିଲେ—ଏହି ପୁଣ୍ୟ ଆୟତନରେ, ‘ପୁରୁଷୋତ୍ତମ’ ଭାବେ ବିଖ୍ୟାତ ସ୍ଥାନରେ, ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରନୀଳମଣିରେ ଗଢ଼ା ଏକ ପ୍ରତିମା ନିର୍ମିତ ହୋଇଥିଲା—ଯାହା ସର୍ବକାମନା ପୂରଣକାରୀ।

Word by Word

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• आयतने: sanctuary/abode
• आयतने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण of आयतने

• विख्याते: renowned
• विख्याते: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विख्यात (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्यय from ख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण of आयतने

• पुरुषोत्तमे: (in) Purushottama (the supreme person/place)
• पुरुषोत्तमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषोत्तम (प्रातिपदिक: पुरुष + उत्तम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/सप्तमी (Voc/Loc) एकवचन; here as locative epithet ‘in (the place of) Purushottama’ or address; context favors सप्तमी with preceding locatives

• इन्द्रनीलमयी: made of sapphire (indranīla)
• इन्द्रनीलमयी: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रनीलमयी (प्रातिपदिक: इन्द्रनील + मयी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण of प्रतिमा

• सृष्टा: created
• सृष्टा: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate: ‘was created’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन; predicate with प्रतिमा

• प्रतिमा: an image/idol
• प्रतिमा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सार्वकामिकी: fulfilling all desires
• सार्वकामिकी: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वकामिकी (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + काम + इक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण of प्रतिमा

Speaker

Yama

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Puruṣottama

FAQs

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

It highlights the exceptional sanctity of the Puruṣottama shrine by describing a rare indranīla (blue-sapphire) deity-image whose darśana and worship are portrayed as highly efficacious, capable of granting comprehensive worldly and spiritual aims.

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

By focusing on the pratimā in a famed holy abode, the verse reinforces temple-centered bhakti—approaching the Lord through consecrated form (mūrti), sacred space (kṣetra), and faith in the fruit-bearing power of worship.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Indirectly, it points to āgamic/ritual application (connected with Kalpa): the importance of pratimā and āyatana in structured worship—installation, sanctity of place, and prescribed acts that make a shrine a recognized tirtha.