Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7

The Pañcarātra Vow (Haripañcaka Vrata): Observance from Śukla Ekādaśī to Pūrṇimā

Devanagari script

अर्चयेत्परया भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात् । धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवैद्यैस्ताम्बूलैश्च प्रदक्षिणैः ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

arcayetparayā bhaktyā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt | dhūpairdīpaiśca naivaidyaistāmbūlaiśca pradakṣiṇaiḥ || 7 ||

Translation

Nên thờ phụng với lòng bhakti tối thượng, theo đúng thứ tự, dâng hương liệu, hoa và các phẩm vật khác—cùng với trầm hương, đèn sáng, naivedya (vật thực cúng), tāmbūla (trầu cau), và đi nhiễu (pradakṣiṇā).

Word by Word

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• parayā: with supreme
• parayā: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhaktyā: devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr./3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• gandha-puṣpa-ādibhiḥ: with perfumes, flowers, etc.
• gandha-puṣpa-ādibhiḥ: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha + puṣpa + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/सूची-तत्पुरुष (gandhāśca puṣpāṇi ca ādayaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग (m., ādi-śabda), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr./3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kramāt: in due order
• kramāt: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: ‘in order/stepwise’)

• dhūpaiḥ: with incense
• dhūpaiḥ: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr./3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dīpaiḥ: with lamps
• dīpaiḥ: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr./3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• naivedyaiḥ: with food-offerings
• naivedyaiḥ: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr./3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tāmbūlaiḥ: with betel (offerings)
• tāmbūlaiḥ: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmbūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr./3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pradakṣiṇaiḥ: with circumambulations
• pradakṣiṇaiḥ: Karana (करण/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr./3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Ekādaśī-vrata (contextual continuation)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It teaches that outer worship becomes spiritually potent when performed with parā-bhakti (supreme devotion) and with disciplined order (kramāt), turning offerings and circumambulation into focused remembrance of the Lord.

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

Bhakti is expressed through loving service (upacāra) to the deity—fragrance, flowers, incense, lamp, naivedya, tāmbūla—and through pradakṣiṇā, showing reverence and surrender through embodied devotional acts.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual procedure and sequencing—practical kalpa-style guidance—are emphasized via “kramāt,” indicating that worship follows a prescribed order of offerings and actions in formal pūjā.