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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1

Mārkaṇḍeya-varṇanam

The Description of Mārkaṇḍeya

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच । ब्रह्मन्कथं स भगवान्मृकण्डोः पुत्रतां गतः । किं चकार च तद् ब्रूहि हरिर्भार्गववंशजः ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | brahmankathaṃ sa bhagavānmṛkaṇḍoḥ putratāṃ gataḥ | kiṃ cakāra ca tad brūhi harirbhārgavavaṃśajaḥ || 1 ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：“婆罗门啊，那位至福的主（Bhagavān）如何成为摩利迦ṇḍu之子而降生？又那位出自婆利古族系的诃利（Hari）做了什么？请为我宣说。”

Word by Word
नारदःNārada
नारदः:
Karta (कर्ता/Speaker)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
FormVerb (तिङन्त), Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada; √वच्
ब्रह्मन्O Brahman (sage)
ब्रह्मन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) used as vocative (सम्बोधन) Singular (एकवचन)
कथम्how
कथम्:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), interrogative adverb (प्रश्नाव्यय)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (कर्ता/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन)
मृकण्डोःof Mṛkaṇḍu
मृकण्डोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमृकण्डु (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन)
पुत्रताम्sonship (state of being a son)
पुत्रताम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); abstract noun ‘sonship’
गतःattained, became
गतः:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Past active participle (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), Masculine Nominative Singular; from √गम्; used predicatively with सः
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormInterrogative pronoun (प्रश्नसर्वनाम), Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन)
चकारdid
चकार:
Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
FormVerb (तिङन्त), Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada; √कृ
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction (समुच्चय)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन)
ब्रूहिtell
ब्रूहि:
Kriya (क्रिया/Command)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
FormVerb (तिङन्त), Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada; √ब्रू
हरिःHari (Vishnu)
हरिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular
भार्गववंशजःborn in the Bhārgava lineage
भार्गववंशजः:
Karta (कर्ता/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootभार्गव-वंश-ज (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; तत्पुरुष: भार्गवस्य वंशः, तस्मात् जातः (वंशज)
Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
H
Hari (Vishnu)
M
Mrkandu
B
Bhṛgu (Bhārgava lineage)

FAQs

It frames the avatāra narrative as a teaching device: Nārada asks how the Supreme Lord can appear within a human lineage, pointing to the Purāṇic principle that divine descent happens for dharma and instruction.

By focusing attention on Hari’s birth and deeds, the verse sets up śravaṇa (devotional hearing) about Viṣṇu—one of the core limbs of bhakti emphasized across Purāṇic discourse.

No specific Vedāṅga is taught directly in this verse; however, it uses Purāṇic-anukrama style markers—speaker attribution and lineage references—which support traditional transmission, genealogy, and contextual interpretation.

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