Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 68

Maṅgalācaraṇa, Naimiṣāraṇya-Sabhā, Sūta-Āhvāna, and Narada Purāṇa-Māhātmya

Devanagari script

यो नाम जात्यादिविकल्पहीनः परः पराणां परमः परस्मात् । वेदान्तवेद्यः स्वजनप्रकाशः समीड्यते सर्वपुराणवेदैः ॥ ६७ ॥

Transliteration

yo nāma jātyādivikalpahīnaḥ paraḥ parāṇāṃ paramaḥ parasmāt | vedāntavedyaḥ svajanaprakāśaḥ samīḍyate sarvapurāṇavedaiḥ || 67 ||

Translation

జన్మ, జాతి మొదలైన భేదవికల్పాల నుండి రహితమైన ఆయన నామమే; ఆయన పరాత్పరుడు, పరములలో పరముడు, పరమాతీతుడు; వేదాంతముచే జ్ఞేయుడు, తన భక్తులకు స్వయంప్రకాశుడు—ఆయనను సమస్త పురాణాలు, వేదాలు స్తుతించుచున్నవి।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• nāma: indeed/verily
• nāma: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (Emphasis)

• jātyādivikalpahīnaḥ: devoid of variations like birth/caste
• jātyādivikalpahīnaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jātyādivikalpahīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular. (jāti-ādi-vikalpa-hīna)

• paraḥ: superior/high
• paraḥ: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• parāṇām: of the high ones
• parāṇām: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• paramaḥ: supreme
• paramaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• parasmāt: than the high/beyond
• parasmāt: Apadana (Source/Comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular

• vedāntavedyaḥ: to be known by Vedanta
• vedāntavedyaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vedāntavedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• svajanaprakāśaḥ: shining for His own people
• svajanaprakāśaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svajanaprakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• samīḍyate: is praised/worshipped
• samīḍyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + īḍ (धातु)
• Form: Lat Lakara (Present), Prathama Purusha (3rd), Singular, Karmani (Passive)

• sarvapurāṇavedaiḥ: by all Puranas and Vedas
• sarvapurāṇavedaiḥ: Karta (Agent in Passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvapurāṇaveda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

Speaker

Suta (narrating the Narada Purana context; invocatory praise of the Supreme, identified as Vishnu/Narayana in Purāṇic usage)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Vedanta
• Vedas
• Puranas
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It establishes the Supreme Lord as beyond social and ontological categories (birth, caste, conceptual distinctions) and affirms that authentic knowledge of Him arises through Vedānta and devotional self-revelation, validated by both Veda and Purāṇa.

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

By calling Him “svajanaprakāśa”—self-manifest to His own—this verse teaches that the Lord is ultimately known not merely by argument but by grace and intimacy with devotees, a core Purāṇic principle of Vishnu-bhakti.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse points to Vedānta (Upaniṣadic culmination of Vedic study) as the decisive means of knowing the Supreme; it does not directly teach a specific Vedāṅga technique (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) but frames scriptural authority as Veda + Purāṇa.