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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 85

Dhvaja-Dhāraṇa Mahātmyam: Sumati–Satyamatī, Humility, and Deliverance by Hari’s Messengers

हरिपूजापराणां तु हरिरेव सनातनः । ददाति परमं श्रेयः सर्वकामफलमप्रदः ॥ ८५ ॥

haripūjāparāṇāṃ tu harireva sanātanaḥ | dadāti paramaṃ śreyaḥ sarvakāmaphalamapradaḥ || 85 ||

ہری کی پوجا میں منہمک لوگوں کو ازلی و ابدی ہری ہی اعلیٰ ترین بھلائی عطا کرتا ہے؛ وہ جائز خواہشات کے پھل کو کبھی روکنے والا نہیں۔

हरिपूजापराणाम्of those devoted to worship of Hari
हरिपूजापराणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि-पूजा-पर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); समास: हरिपूजायां पराः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष) ‘devoted to Hari-worship’
तुindeed
तु:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अवधारण (indeed)
हरिःHari (Vishnu)
हरिः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
एवalone/indeed
एव:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (Emphasis/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle), अवधारण (only/indeed)
सनातनःeternal
सनातनः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); ‘हरिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
ददातिgives
ददाति:
क्रिया (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) → ददाति
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
परमम्supreme
परमम्:
कर्म (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘श्रेयः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
श्रेयःthe highest good
श्रेयः:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
सर्वकामफलम्the fruit of all desires
सर्वकामफलम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-काम-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समास: सर्वेषां कामानां फलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
अप्रदःnot-giving (i.e., not withholding; lit. ‘non-giver’)
अप्रदः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्रद’ from प्र-दा)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग ‘अ’ (negation); ‘हरिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Hari-bhakti/dharma instruction flow)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

H
Hari (Vishnu)

FAQs

It asserts Hari as the sole, eternal giver of both the highest spiritual good (parama śreyas) and the legitimate fruits of human aims, placing Vishnu-bhakti at the center of welfare and liberation.

Bhakti is presented as single-pointed dedication to Hari’s worship, where the devotee relies on Hari alone as the responsive bestower—linking devotion with both inner uplift and fulfilled aims.

No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is directly taught in this shloka; the practical takeaway is the ritual-principle of phala (results) being rooted in the deity—here, Hari as the assured giver of worship’s outcome.