Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 76
Nirukta, Phonetic Variants, and Vedic Dhātu–Svara Taxonomy
सनाद्यंता धातवश्च तथा वै नामधातवः । एवमानंत्यमुद्भाव्यं धातूनामिह नारद । संक्षेपोऽयं समुद्दिष्टो विस्तरस्तत्र तत्र च ॥ ७६ ॥
sanādyaṃtā dhātavaśca tathā vai nāmadhātavaḥ | evamānaṃtyamudbhāvyaṃ dhātūnāmiha nārada | saṃkṣepo'yaṃ samuddiṣṭo vistarastatra tatra ca || 76 ||
سنادی لاحقوں والے دھاتُو اور اسی طرح ‘نام دھاتُو’ کہلانے والے دھاتُو بھی اسی شمار میں آتے ہیں۔ اے نارَد، اس طرح یہاں دھاتُوؤں کی بے پایاں وسعت کی طرف اشارہ کیا گیا ہے؛ یہ خلاصہ ہے، تفصیل جگہ جگہ بیان ہوئی ہے۔
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames Vedic grammar (Vyākaraṇa) as a disciplined śāstric map of language whose details are systematized across texts—showing that sacred knowledge is both vast and methodically teachable through proper summaries and authoritative expansions.
Indirectly: by emphasizing correct linguistic foundations (dhātu, pratyaya, nāmadhātu), it supports accurate recitation and understanding of mantras and scriptures—key supports for steady Vishnu-bhakti and scriptural listening (śravaṇa).
Vyākaraṇa: the classification of dhātus, including sanādi-derived forms and nāmadhātus, and the method of teaching—first a saṃkṣepa (summary), then vistaras (detailed treatment) in the proper grammatical contexts.