Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 35

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

कुर्वन्सप्तदिनं चैवं हन्याच्छत्रुं न संशयः । राजिकालवणैर्मुक्तचिकुरः पितृकानने ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

kurvansaptadinaṃ caivaṃ hanyācchatruṃ na saṃśayaḥ | rājikālavaṇairmuktacikuraḥ pitṛkānane || 35 ||

Translation

سات دنوں تک اس طرح کرنے سے دشمن تباہ ہو جاتا ہے، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ کھلے بالوں کے ساتھ، رائی اور نمک لے کر شمشان گھاٹ (پتروں کی جگہ) میں یہ عمل کرنا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• कुर्वन्: doing
• कुर्वन्: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (Present active participle), परस्मैपद, प्रथमा एकवचन पुंलिङ्ग; √कृ ‘doing’

• सप्त-दिनम्: for seven days
• सप्त-दिनम्: कर्म/अवधि (Duration as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (सप्त दिनानि = seven days as a unit)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• हन्यात्: would/should kill
• हन्यात्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √हन् ‘kill’

• शत्रुम्: the enemy
• शत्रुम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not/no
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता/भाव (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; ‘doubt’ (elliptic: ‘there is no doubt’)

• राजिका-लवणैः: with mustard and salt
• राजिका-लवणैः: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजिका (प्रातिपदिक) + लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः (राजिकाच लवणं च)

• मुक्त-चिकुरः: with loosened hair
• मुक्त-चिकुरः: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √मुच्) + चिकुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘loosened hair’), used adjectivally for the doer

• पितृ-कानने: in a forest (grove) of the Pitṛs
• पितृ-कानने: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पितॄणां कानने)

Speaker

Narada (teaching ritual procedure in the Vedanga/technical section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

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

It presents a time-bound (seven-day) prayoga framed as a disciplined observance, linking efficacy to precise ritual conditions—place (Pitṛ grove) and bodily markers (loosened hair, mustard and salt)—showing how karma-kāṇḍa-style procedures are treated as rule-governed in the text.

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

This specific verse is primarily procedural rather than explicitly bhakti-centered; it reflects the Narada Purana’s inclusion of practical rites alongside devotion, implying that disciplined observance can accompany broader dharma and worship without being itself a direct bhakti teaching.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights prayoga-style ritual specification—duration (seven days), setting (Pitṛ-kānana), and required materials/observances (mustard, salt, loosened hair)—illustrating the technical, rule-based application typical of Vedanga-adjacent ritual instruction.