Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 99

Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi

Devanagari script

एकविंशतिपूर्वोक्तैर्ङेनमोंतैंश्च नामभिः । ताराद्यैः प्रणमेत्पश्चात्तावत्यश्च प्रदक्षिणाः ॥ ९९ ॥

Transliteration

ekaviṃśatipūrvoktairṅenamoṃtaiṃśca nāmabhiḥ | tārādyaiḥ praṇametpaścāttāvatyaśca pradakṣiṇāḥ || 99 ||

Translation

Với hai mươi mốt danh xưng đã dạy trước—bắt đầu bằng âm tiết “ṅe”, gồm cả “namoṁ” và “taiṁ”—rồi sau đó nên đảnh lễ, khởi từ thần chú “tārā…”, và cũng nên đi nhiễu (pradakṣiṇā) đúng bằng số ấy.

Word by Word

• एक-विंशति-पूर्वोक्तैः: with the previously stated twenty-one
• एक-विंशति-पूर्वोक्तैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + विंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वोक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; पूर्व + उक्त)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (नामा-शब्दैः इत्यर्थे); तत्पुरुष-समासः (एकविंशतिः पूर्वोक्ता ये = previously stated twenty-one)

• ऋङ्-ए-नमः-अन्तैः: with (names) ending in ‘ṛṅ/e/namaḥ’
• ऋङ्-ए-नमः-अन्तैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋङ् (प्रातिपदिक/वर्ण) + ए (प्रातिपदिक/वर्ण) + नमः (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः (ऋङ्-ए-नमः अन्ते येषां तैः = with those ending in ‘ṛṅ’, ‘e’, ‘namaḥ’)

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

• नामभिः: by/with the names
• नामभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• तारा-आद्यैः: beginning with ‘tārā’
• तारा-आद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तारा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (तारा आदिः येषां तैः = beginning with ‘tārā’)

• प्रणमेत्: should bow
• प्रणमेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विध्यर्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रम-अव्यय (adverb: afterwards)

• तावत्यः: as many (as that number)
• तावत्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संख्यापरिमाणवाचक (so many/as many)

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

• प्रदक्षिणाः: circumambulations
• प्रदक्षिणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It links mantra-recitation with embodied acts of reverence—prostration and clockwise circumambulation—showing that worship is completed by both sound (nāma/mantra) and disciplined ritual conduct.

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

Bhakti here is expressed through orderly remembrance of sacred names/mantras followed by humble praṇāma and pradakṣiṇā, emphasizing devotion as attentive, repeated honoring of the deity through prescribed gestures.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights procedural ritual knowledge—counting (saṅkhyā) and sequence (krama) in worship—typical of technical instruction allied to Vedāṅga-style discipline and mantra-prayoga.