Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 22

Kūrmāpurāṇa-Anukramaṇikā

Index/Summary of the Kūrma Purāṇa

Devanagari script

ताः क्रमात्षट्चतुर्द्वीषुसाहस्राः परिकीर्तिताः ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

tāḥ kramātṣaṭcaturdvīṣusāhasrāḥ parikīrtitāḥ || 22 ||

Translation

สิ่งเหล่านี้ตามลำดับได้ประกาศว่าเป็นหกพัน สี่พัน และสองพัน

Word by Word

• tāḥ: those (saṃhitās)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kramāt: in sequence
• kramāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative used adverbially (पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययवत्); ‘in order/ क्रमशः’

• ṣaṭ-catur-dvi-sahasrāḥ: (numbering) six, four, and two thousand (respectively)
• ṣaṭ-catur-dvi-sahasrāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या) + catur (संख्या) + dvi (संख्या) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu (द्विगु) numerical compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying tāḥ

• parikīrtitāḥ: are declared
• parikīrtitāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृदन्त); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); predicate adjective with tāḥ

Speaker

Suta (narrator) summarizing/numbering contents in an Anukramanika section

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

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

Its value is structural rather than doctrinal: it preserves the ordered reckoning of the text’s units, helping transmit the Purana accurately through tradition.

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

It does not directly teach bhakti; instead, it functions as an index-like enumeration that supports locating the devotional teachings elsewhere in the Purana.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects chandas-style precision and traditional textual cataloguing—an applied discipline of preserving counts and order for reliable recitation and study.