Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

परमानंदबोधाब्धिनिमग्ननिजमूर्तये । सांगोपांगमिदं स्नानं कल्पयाम्यहमीश ते । सहस्रं वा शतं वापि यथाशक्त्यादरेण च ॥ ५२ ॥

Transliteration

paramānaṃdabodhābdhinimagnanijamūrtaye | sāṃgopāṃgamidaṃ snānaṃ kalpayāmyahamīśa te | sahasraṃ vā śataṃ vāpi yathāśaktyādareṇa ca || 52 ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระอีศะ ผู้มีพระรูปดำรงจมอยู่ในมหาสมุทรแห่งปรมานันทะและจิตรู้ตื่น ข้าพเจ้าจัดถวายพิธีสรงสนานอย่างครบพร้อมด้วยองค์ประกอบทั้งปวงแด่พระองค์ จะทำพันครั้งหรือร้อยครั้งก็ได้ ตามกำลังและด้วยความเคารพภักดี

Word by Word

• परम-आनन्द-बोध-अब्धि-निमग्न-निज-मूर्तये: to (you) whose own form is immersed in the ocean of supreme bliss-consciousness
• परम-आनन्द-बोध-अब्धि-निमग्न-निज-मूर्तये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + बोध (प्रातिपदिक) + अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + निमग्न (कृदन्त; √मज्ज् धातु) + निज (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन); समासः बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (विशेषण-विशेष्यसम्बन्धः)

• स-अङ्ग-उप-अङ्गम्: with its limbs and subsidiary parts
• स-अङ्ग-उप-अङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म/object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) with स- (उपसर्ग/समासपूर्वक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः तत्पुरुषः (सहितार्थः: अङ्गैः उपाङ्गैः च सहितम्)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म/object-determiner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; demonstrative pronoun (सर्वनाम)

• स्नानम्: bath/ablution
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• कल्पयामि: I arrange/offer
• कल्पयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ईश: O Lord
• ईश: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Dative (4th) Singular (ते) / also Genitive possible; here Dative with implied 'for you'

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma (कर्म/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; numeral used as count

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (कर्म/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; numeral

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (विकल्पार्थक)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक)

• यथा-शक्ति: according to (my) ability
• यथा-शक्ति: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; adverbial usage (क्रियाविशेषण)

• आदरेण: with reverence
• आदरेण: Karana (करण/instrument-manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

Speaker

Narada (as a devotee addressing the Lord in a ritual context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Isha (Lord)
• Paramananda
• Bodha

FAQs

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

It teaches that ritual acts like ceremonial bathing become spiritually potent when offered to the Lord with completeness (sāṅgopāṅga), reverence, and the inner vision of the Divine as supreme bliss-consciousness.

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

Bhakti is shown as loving service expressed through worship: the devotee offers even repeated acts (hundreds or thousands) not for display, but as heartfelt dedication, measured by sincerity and capacity (yathāśakti).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects ritual discipline and procedure—performing an act with its auxiliaries (aṅga-upāṅga) and maintaining correct, attentive execution—an applied, technical aspect of Vedic ritual practice.