Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
The Second Twelve-Month Vrata: Dvitīyā Observances and Their Fruits
समर्प्य देवे भक्त्यैव स मूर्तिं प्रददेद्द्विजे । एवं कृते व्रते विप्र साक्षात्सूर्य इवोदितः ॥ २७ ॥
samarpya deve bhaktyaiva sa mūrtiṃ pradadeddvije | evaṃ kṛte vrate vipra sākṣātsūrya ivoditaḥ || 27 ||
بعد أن يقدّم ذلك للربّ بعبادةٍ خالصة (بهاكتي) وحدها، فليهبْ تلك الصورةَ لبرهمن. فإذا أُدِّي هذا النذر على هذا الوجه، يا برهمن، أشرقَ كالشمس ذاتها حين تطلعُ طُلوعًا جديدًا.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a vrata-vidhi sequence)
Vrata: none (same vrata sequence; not explicitly named)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that a vow becomes spiritually potent when worship (samarpana) is completed with devotion and sealed with selfless giving (dāna), producing a luminous, purifying result likened to the Sun’s radiance.
Bhakti is presented as the essential inner force—“bhaktyaiva”—that sanctifies the ritual act; the devotee offers to the Lord and then relinquishes ownership by gifting the mūrti, expressing surrender rather than mere transaction.
Ritual procedure (kalpa-style vrata-vidhi) is implied: proper completion of an observance includes offering to the deity and prescribed dāna to a qualified dvija, reflecting traditional dharma-śāstra practice rather than grammar or astrology.