Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 73

Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning

Devanagari script

प्रागातेः सूर्यमंदस्य कल्पेसप्ताष्टवह्नयः । कौजस्य वेदस्वयमा बौधस्याष्टर्तुवह्नयः ॥ ७३ ॥

Transliteration

prāgāteḥ sūryamaṃdasya kalpesaptāṣṭavahnayaḥ | kaujasya vedasvayamā baudhasyāṣṭartuvahnayaḥ || 73 ||

Translation

سورْیَمَند کے کَلپ میں ‘پراگاتے’ (پیشین آمد کے ضابطے) کے مطابق سات اور آٹھ مقدس آگیں مقررہ طریقے سے قائم ہیں۔ کَوج کَلپ میں وید خود بخود ظاہر ہوتے ہیں۔ اور بَودھ کَلپ میں رِتُوؤں کے مطابق آٹھ رِتُو-اگنیاں جاری رہتی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• prāk: formerly/before
• prāk: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāk (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: before/earlier)

• āteḥ: of Āti (name)
• āteḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप (uncertain proper name)

• sūrya-maṃdasya: of Sūryamanda
• sūrya-maṃdasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Sūryamanda = name/epithet)

• kalpe: in the kalpa
• kalpe: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• sapta-aṣṭa-vahnayaḥ: seven, eight, fires (as number-words)
• sapta-aṣṭa-vahnayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्या) + aṣṭa (संख्या) + vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; गणनापद-समाहार (enumerative list; vahni=fire)

• kaujasya: of Kauja
• kaujasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तद्धित-सम्भव (patronymic/derived name)

• veda-svayamā: Veda itself / self-evident Veda (as a name/term)
• veda-svayamā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (svayam- as qualifier)

• baudhasya: of Baudha
• baudhasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• aṣṭa-ṛtu-vahnayaḥ: eight, seasons, fires (as number-words)
• aṣṭa-ṛtu-vahnayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या) + ṛtu (प्रातिपदिक) + vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; गणनापद-समाहार (enumerative list)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Agni
• Kalpa
• Ritu

FAQs

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

It frames cosmic time (kalpa) as inseparable from dharma-practice: different kalpas are characterized by distinct ritual-fire (agni) arrangements and modes of Vedic manifestation, showing that sacred order is structured and cyclical.

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

Indirectly: by grounding religious life in divinely ordered cycles, it supports bhakti as disciplined worship performed in harmony with cosmic and ritual law (agni/ṛtu/kalpa), even when the verse itself is technical rather than devotional.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Vedāṅga Kalpa (ritual science): the verse points to classifications of sacred fires and season-based ritual structuring (ṛtu), a core principle for organizing yajña-related observances.