Shloka 3

Śrāddha-Kāla-Nirṇaya: Proper Times, Nakṣatra Fruits, Tīrtha Merit, and Offerings for Ancestral Rites

Devanagari script

प्रतिपत्प्रभृति ह्यन्यास्तिथयः कृष्णपक्षके / चतुर्दशीं वर्जयित्वा प्रशस्ता ह्युत्तरोत्तराः

Transliteration

pratipatprabhṛti hyanyāstithayaḥ kṛṣṇapakṣake / caturdaśīṃ varjayitvā praśastā hyuttarottarāḥ

Translation

پرَتیپَد سے لے کر کرشن پکش کی دوسری تِتھیاں—چتُردشی کو چھوڑ کر—مستحسن ہیں؛ اور وہ بتدریج ایک کے بعد ایک زیادہ مبارک ہوتی جاتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• प्रतिपत्-प्रभृति: starting from pratipat
• प्रतिपत्-प्रभृति: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रतिपद् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), अव्ययीभाव-समास; अर्थः—'from pratipat onwards' (प्रभृत्यर्थे)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphatic/causal sense

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; adjective qualifying तिथयः

• तिथयः: lunar days (tithis)
• तिथयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• कृष्ण-पक्षके: in the dark fortnight
• कृष्ण-पक्षके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + पक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative—'in the dark fortnight'

• चतुर्दशीम्: the fourteenth (tithi)
• चतुर्दशीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• वर्जयित्वा: having excluded
• वर्जयित्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having excluded/omitted'

• प्रशस्ताः: are commendable
• प्रशस्ताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशस्त (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; predicate adjective to तिथयः

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; emphasis

• उत्तर-उत्तराः: successively later (ones)
• उत्तर-उत्तराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; comparative-iterative sense 'each succeeding (one)'; qualifies तिथयः

Speaker

Suta (narrator) relaying the Kurma Purana’s dharma-teaching context to the sages

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Krishna Paksha
• Pratipat
• Chaturdashi
• Tithi

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it frames dharma as disciplined alignment with cosmic order (kāla/tithi). In the Kurma Purana’s larger synthesis, such ordered observance supports inner purity that enables knowledge of the Self.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

The verse focuses on vrata-timing (tithi selection) rather than a specific technique. In Kurma Purana praxis, correct observance of time-bound vows functions as preparatory discipline (niyama-like restraint) supporting higher yoga and devotion.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

Not explicitly; it teaches a shared dharma framework of sacred time. In the Kurma Purana’s Shaiva–Vaishnava synthesis, such calendrical observances are common supports for both Shiva- and Vishnu-oriented worship leading toward one supreme reality.