Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 114

The Explanation of Sandhyā and Related Daily Observances

Saṅdhyā-ādi Nitya-karma-Vidhi

Devanagari script

वारुण्या त्वर्द्धनारीशो उमाकान्तो मुनीश्वरः । काकोदर्या तथाषाढी पूतनासंयुतो मतः ॥ ११४ ॥

Transliteration

vāruṇyā tvarddhanārīśo umākānto munīśvaraḥ | kākodaryā tathāṣāḍhī pūtanāsaṃyuto mataḥ || 114 ||

Translation

وارُنی کے نَکشتر/دَور میں وہ اَردھناریشور کے روپ میں مانے جاتے ہیں؛ اُماکانتا میں مُنییشور کے روپ میں۔ اسی طرح کاکودری اور آषاڑھی میں وہ پوتنا سے وابستہ قرار دیے گئے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• वारुण्या: with Vāruṇī
• वारुण्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/पदार्थ-भेदक (particle, adversative/emphatic)

• अर्द्धनारीशः: Ardhanārīśa (the Lord who is half woman)
• अर्द्धनारीशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्द्ध-नारी-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; अर्द्ध + नारी + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• उमाकान्तः: Umākānta (beloved of Umā)
• उमाकान्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा-कान्त (प्रातिपदिक; उमा + कान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• मुनीश्वरः: lord of sages
• मुनीश्वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• काकोदर्या: with Kākodarī
• काकोदर्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काकोदरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आषाढी: with Āṣāḍhī
• आषाढी: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (contextually)

• पूतनासंयुतः: joined with Pūtanā
• पूतनासंयुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूतना-संयुत (प्रातिपदिक; पूतना + संयुत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; विशेषण (qualifying epithet)

• मतः: is considered (as such)
• मतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् (धातु) से क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; PPP (क्त), ‘considered/held to be’

Speaker

Sanatkumāra (teaching Nārada in a Vedāṅga/technical enumeration context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Ardhanārīśvara
• Umākānta (Śiva)
• Munīśvara
• Pūtanā

FAQs

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

It preserves a traditional Vedāṅga-style mapping where specific named designations (used in ritual/astrological reckoning) are linked to particular divine forms, showing how time-classifications are sacralized through deity-identification.

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

Bhakti here is expressed through correct remembrance and invocation of the appropriate divine form tied to a given designation; devotion becomes structured by traditional correspondences rather than being purely abstract.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa-oriented nomenclature: the verse functions like a technical list assigning deity-forms/associations to specific named periods or markers (useful for ritual timing and prescribed observances).