Shloka 6

श्राद्ध-योग्य द्रव्य, निषेध, तथा गयाश्राद्ध-माहात्म्य (Śrāddha Materials, Prohibitions, and the Glory of Gayā)

Devanagari script

यवाः प्रियंगवो मुद्गा गोधूमा व्रीहयस् तिलाः निष्पावाः कोविदाराश् च सर्षपाश् चात्र शोभनाः

Transliteration

yavāḥ priyaṃgavo mudgā godhūmā vrīhayas tilāḥ niṣpāvāḥ kovidārāś ca sarṣapāś cātra śobhanāḥ

Translation

ఇక్కడ యవాలు, ప్రియంగు, ముద్గాలు, గోధూమాలు, వ్రీహులు, తిలాలు—అలాగే నిష్పావ, కోవిదార మరియు శోభనమైన సర్షపాలు కూడా సమృద్ధిగా ఉంటాయి।

Word by Word

• यवाः: barley grains
• यवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• प्रियंगवः: priyaṅgu grains (a millet)
• प्रियंगवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियङ्गु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• मुद्गाः: mung beans
• मुद्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• गोधूमाः: wheat
• गोधूमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-धूम (प्रातिपदिक; गो + धूम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (traditional name for wheat)

• व्रीहयः: rice grains
• व्रीहयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• तिलाः: sesame seeds
• तिलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• निष्पावाः: niṣpāva beans (a kind of pulse)
• निष्पावाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्पाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• कोविदाराः: kovidāra (buds/plant)
• कोविदाराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोविदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सर्षपाः: mustard seeds
• सर्षपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्षप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• शोभनाः: excellent, auspicious
• शोभनाः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

FAQs

What is the significance of listing grains and crops in the Vishnu Purana?

It maps sacred geography through tangible signs of prosperity, showing how an ordered world is maintained—fertility and abundance functioning as markers of dharmic and cosmic stability.

How does Sage Parāśara explain universal order in this context?

By describing the region’s natural produce, Parāśara presents order not as abstraction but as lived reality—regular seasons, dependable harvests, and sustaining resources within the world-structure he is outlining.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Even without naming Vishnu directly, the verse belongs to a cosmological account where the world’s coherence and prosperity ultimately rest on Vishnu as the sustaining Supreme principle behind creation’s functioning.