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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82

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

Devanagari script

वचां निष्कार्द्धभागं च तदर्द्धं वा मनुं जपेत् । विशोध्य चूर्णं प्रसृतौ गवां मूत्रे विनिक्षिपेत् ॥ ८२ ॥

Transliteration

vacāṃ niṣkārddhabhāgaṃ ca tadarddhaṃ vā manuṃ japet | viśodhya cūrṇaṃ prasṛtau gavāṃ mūtre vinikṣipet || 82 ||

Translation

应取菖蒲（vacā）半尼湿迦之量，或其半量，诵持真言；继而净治之，研为细末，将两“掌量”(prasṛti)之粉投入牛尿之中。

Word by Word
वचाम्of vacā (sweet-flag)
वचाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootवचा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; genitive plural
निष्कof a niṣka (a weight/coin measure)
निष्क:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; used as measure/standard (genitive)
अर्धhalf
अर्ध:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; used as first member in compound sense ‘half’
भागम्portion/part
भागम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय; conjunction
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally
अर्धम्half
अर्धम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; accusative singular
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पबोधक अव्यय; disjunctive particle
मनुम्the mantra (manu)
मनुम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमन् (धातु) + उ (प्रत्यय) → मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; accusative singular
जपेत्should recite
जपेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; parasmaipada
विशोध्यhaving purified
विशोध्य:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Absolutive)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-शुध् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) in -य; ‘having purified/cleansed’
चूर्णम्powder
चूर्णम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootचूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; accusative singular
प्रसृतौin a handful (measure)
प्रसृतौ:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative singular (measure: ‘in/into a handful’)
गवाम्of cows
गवाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; genitive plural
मूत्रेin urine
मूत्रे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootमूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative singular
विनिक्षिपेत्should place/put in
विनिक्षिपेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-नि-क्षिप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; parasmaipada
Speaker

Narada (instructional voice within the technical/ritual section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
N
Narada

FAQs

It links material preparation (measured ingredients and cleansing) with mantra-japa, showing that efficacy in such rites depends on both purity of substance (śauca) and purity of intention/sound (mantra).

Bhakti is implied through disciplined reverence for mantra and ritual purity: even technical acts are to be performed as sacred service, where recitation sanctifies the process rather than treating it as mere technique.

It emphasizes ritual procedure and correct measures—applied technical knowledge aligned with Kalpa-style discipline (method, purity, and quantified preparation) alongside mantra-japa.

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