Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 21
The Description of the Caturdaśī Vrata Observed throughout the Twelve Months
तत्स्वशाखोक्तविधिना कर्तव्यं द्विजसत्तम । शताभिमंत्रितं कृत्वा ततो देव्यै निवेदयेत् ॥ २१ ॥
tatsvaśākhoktavidhinā kartavyaṃ dvijasattama | śatābhimaṃtritaṃ kṛtvā tato devyai nivedayet || 21 ||
يا خيرَ ذوي الميلادين، ينبغي أن يُؤدَّى هذا وفق الطريقة المبيَّنة في فرع الفيدا الخاصّ بالمرء. فإذا قُدِّس بمئة تلاوةٍ للمانترا، فليُقدَّم بعد ذلك إلى الديفي، الإلهة.
Narada (teaching within the Narada Purana’s instructional dialogue)
Vrata: Pavitrāropaṇa (contextual continuation)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It emphasizes fidelity to one’s Vedic tradition (śākhā) and the sanctifying power of mantra-recitation, teaching that offerings become spiritually fit through proper vidhi and abhimantrana before being presented to the Devi.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined worship: devotion is not merely emotion but careful, reverent offering (nivedana) to the Goddess after mantra-consecration, aligning the devotee’s act with scriptural procedure.
It points to ritual precision grounded in one’s śākhā (linked to Kalpa/Śrauta-Smārta practice) and the technical act of abhimantrana—mantra-based consecration—showing applied Vedic liturgical method.