Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 118

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Devanagari script

सिंहार्के सितपक्षस्याष्टम्यां गव्येषु पञ्चसु । शिलां शुद्धां विनिक्षिप्य स्पृष्ट्वा तामयुतं जपेत् ॥ ११८ ॥

Transliteration

siṃhārke sitapakṣasyāṣṭamyāṃ gavyeṣu pañcasu | śilāṃ śuddhāṃ vinikṣipya spṛṣṭvā tāmayutaṃ japet || 118 ||

Translation

เมื่อดวงอาทิตย์สถิตในราศีสิงห์ ในวันอัษฏมีแห่งปักษ์สว่าง ให้นำศิลาที่ชำระแล้ววางลงในปัญจคัวยะ แล้วแตะต้องและสวดมนต์หนึ่งหมื่นจบ

Word by Word

• सिंह: Leo (sign)
• सिंह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• अर्के: in the sun (i.e., when Sun is in Leo)
• अर्के: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘when the sun is in…’

• सित: bright; white
• सित: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (समासाङ्ग; qualifies पक्ष)

• पक्षस्य: of the fortnight
• पक्षस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (lunar day)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative of time

• गव्येषु: in/among cow-products (gavya)
• गव्येषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; locative ‘among/in’

• पञ्चसु: in five
• पञ्चसु: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (सर्वलिङ्ग), सप्तमी, बहुवचन; numeral used adjectivally

• शिलाम्: a stone/slab
• शिलाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शुद्धाम्: pure
• शुद्धाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with शिलाम्

• विनिक्षिप्य: having placed
• विनिक्षिप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नि + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having placed’

• स्पृष्ट्वा: having touched
• स्पृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having touched’

• ताम्: that (stone)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; refers to शिला

• अयुतम्: ten thousand (times)
• अयुतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; numeral ‘ten-thousand’ used adverbially with जपेत् (count)

• जपेत्: should recite (japa)
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual-vedic sciences context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Surya

FAQs

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

It teaches that mantra-japa becomes more efficacious when performed with proper śauca (purity) and precise kāla (astrological timing), using pañcagavya as a sanctifying medium.

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

While framed as a technical rite, it supports bhakti by prescribing disciplined japa—steady repetition with purity and sacred timing—so the devotee’s mind becomes focused and devotional.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects Jyotiṣa (timing: Sun in Leo, bright Aṣṭamī) and Kalpa (ritual procedure: pañcagavya purification and fixed japa count of 10,000).