Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45

Gaṇeśa Mantra-vidhi: Mahāgaṇapati Gāyatrī, Vakratuṇḍa Mantra, Nyāsa, Homa, Āvaraṇa-pūjā, and Caturthī Vrata

Devanagari script

भवेत्संभूय सचतुश्चत्वारिंशञ्चतुः शतम् । एवं संतप्य तत्पश्चात्पूर्ववत्सोपचारकैः ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

bhavetsaṃbhūya sacatuścatvāriṃśañcatuḥ śatam | evaṃ saṃtapya tatpaścātpūrvavatsopacārakaiḥ || 45 ||

Translation

合而为一，则成一百四十四。既如是行“饱足供养”而加以调治之后，随后应如前法，以所规定的随侍供养（upacāra）继续奉行。

Word by Word

• भवेत्: would be/should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सम्-भूय: having combined
• सम्-भूय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having come together’; उपसर्गः—सम्

• स-चतुḥ-चत्वारिंशत्: forty-four (with four added to forty)
• स-चतुḥ-चत्वारिंशत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + चतुः (प्रातिपदिक) + चत्वारिंशत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या-समास/योगः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग संख्या-प्रयोगः, प्रथमा एकवचन (संख्यावाचक-समाहारः)

• चतुः: four
• चतुः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; प्रथमा एकवचन (used in counting with following noun)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/समाहार), एकवचन; nominative singular

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सम्-तप्य: having thus performed (the rite)
• सम्-तप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having heated/tormented’; here ritual sense ‘having performed austerity/effort’; उपसर्गः—सम्

• तत्: then
• तत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverbial ‘then/thereafter’)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• पूर्ववत्: as before
• पूर्ववत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्ववत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb)

• उपचारकैः: with attendant services/offerings
• उपचारकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/ritual instructional sequence)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It emphasizes disciplined precision in ritual and expiatory practice—correct counts, correct sequence, and completing the follow-up upacāras “as previously taught,” showing that inner purification is supported by exact observance.

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

While primarily procedural, it supports bhakti by teaching careful, reverent completion of prescribed services (upacāras), which cultivates steadiness, obedience to śāstra, and devotional attentiveness during sacred acts.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects Vedāṅga-style technicality: precise enumeration and ritual sequencing (kalpa-like procedural rigor), indicating that correct numbers and prescribed follow-up rites are integral to valid performance.