Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 53

Devapūjā-krama: Ārghya-saṃskāra, Maṇḍala–Nyāsa, Mudrā-pradarśana, Āvaraṇa-arcana, Homa, Japa, and Kṣamāpaṇa

Devanagari script

गन्धपुष्पादिकैरीश मनुनां चाभिषिंचेत् ॥ ५३ ॥

Transliteration

gandhapuṣpādikairīśa manunāṃ cābhiṣiṃcet || 53 ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระอีศะ ควรกระทำอภิเษกสรงสนานแก่เหล่ามนูด้วยเครื่องหอม ดอกไม้ และสิ่งอื่นๆ เช่นนั้นด้วย

Word by Word

• गन्ध-पुष्प-आदिकैः: with perfumes, flowers, etc.
• गन्ध-पुष्प-आदिकैः: Karana (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (आदिक-शब्दः), Instrumental (3rd), Plural (बहुवचन); समासः तत्पुरुषः (गन्धपुष्पादयः)

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

• मनुनाम्: of the Manus
• मनुनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

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

• अभिषिञ्चेत्: should anoint/sprinkle
• अभिषिञ्चेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+√सिच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a prescriptive, ritual-instruction mode within the dialogue tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Isha (Lord)

FAQs

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

It emphasizes sanctifying sacred figures through respectful offerings—fragrance and flowers—so that ritual purity and devotion (bhakti expressed as upacāra) become the means of honoring cosmic order (dharma).

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

Bhakti is shown as reverent service through tangible upacāras—offering gandha and puṣpa and performing abhiṣeka—where devotion is enacted as careful worship rather than only as sentiment.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual procedure (prayoga): the use of specific upacāras like gandha-puṣpa and the act of abhiṣeka as a formal consecration step within worship practice.