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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

वेदशाखाप्रणयनं मार्कंडेयतपःक्रिया । सौरी विभूतिरुदिता सात्वती च ततः परम् ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

vedaśākhāpraṇayanaṃ mārkaṃḍeyatapaḥkriyā | saurī vibhūtiruditā sātvatī ca tataḥ param || 20 ||

Translation

ได้พรรณนาการรวบรวมสาขาแห่งพระเวท การบำเพ็ญตบะของมารกัณฑेय และพระฤทธิ์เดชของพระสุริยะ แล้วจึงแสดงหลักคำสอนสาตวตะอันเป็นไวษณวะต่อจากนั้น

Word by Word
वेदVeda
वेद:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक — ‘Veda’ (समासपूर्वपद)
शाखाbranch
शाखा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootशाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक — ‘branch’ (समासपूर्वपद)
प्रणयनम्arrangement/compilation
प्रणयनम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रणयन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (वेद-शाखा-प्रणयनम् = ‘arrangement/compilation of Vedic branches’)
मार्कण्डेयMārkaṇḍeya
मार्कण्डेय:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक — ‘Mārkaṇḍeya’ (समासपूर्वपद)
तपःausterity
तपः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक — ‘austerity’ (समासपूर्वपद; रूपम्: तपः)
क्रियाpractice/observance
क्रिया:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular; समासः: तत्पुरुष (मार्कण्डेय-तपः-क्रिया = ‘practice of Mārkaṇḍeya’s austerities’)
सौरीSaurī (section/topic)
सौरी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (नाम/विषय-शीर्षक)
विभूतिःmanifestation/glory
विभूतिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविभूति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular
उदिताhas been stated/declared
उदिता:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउदित (कृदन्त, √उद्/√वद्?; here √उद् ‘to arise/appear’)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, Feminine, Nominative, Singular; (अर्थः: ‘has been stated/has arisen’)
सात्वतीSātvātī (section/topic)
सात्वती:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसात्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular (नाम/विषय-शीर्षक)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
ततःthereafter/then
ततः:
Desha/Kala-adhikarana (देश/काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)
परम्further/next
परम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative/Nominative, Singular (अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः: ‘further/next’)
Speaker

Suta (narrating the chapter’s topic-sequence in Anukramanika style)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
V
Veda
M
Markandeya
S
Surya
S
Satvata

FAQs

It functions as an Anukramanika marker: after outlining Vedic transmission and exemplary tapas (Mārkaṇḍeya), the text pivots toward devotional theology—Sātvata/Vaiṣṇava doctrine—showing a movement from Vedic foundations to bhakti-centered teaching.

By explicitly naming the “Sātvata” teaching as the next subject, the verse signals that the Purana will proceed to a Vaiṣṇava framework (often aligned with Pāñcarātra/Sātvata traditions), where devotion to Viṣṇu is systematized as doctrine and practice.

The verse points to veda-śākhā-praṇayana—organization/recensioning of Vedic branches—which connects to śākhā-based ritual application and preservation of textual lineages (a practical prerequisite for correct recitation and rite-performance).

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