Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 5
The Exposition of the Pratipadā Vrata for the Twelve Months
चैत्रे मासि जगद्ब्रह्मा ससज प्रथमेऽहनि । शुक्लपक्षे समग्रं वै तदा सूर्योदये सति ॥ ५ ॥
caitre māsi jagadbrahmā sasaja prathame'hani | śuklapakṣe samagraṃ vai tadā sūryodaye sati || 5 ||
Im Monat Caitra erschuf Jagad-Brahmā die ganze Welt am allerersten Tag—während der lichten Monatshälfte (Śukla-pakṣa)—zur Zeit des Sonnenaufgangs.
Narada (in the anukramaṇikā-style narration summarizing cosmological chronology)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It links cosmic creation to sacred time—Caitra, Śukla-pakṣa, and sunrise—teaching that dharma and ritual life should align with auspicious calendrical order (kāla).
By emphasizing sunrise and auspicious lunar timing, it supports the bhakti practice of beginning worship, japa, and pūjā at sāttvika times, orienting devotion around divine order in time.
It reflects Jyotiṣa/Vedāṅga usage: month (Caitra), pakṣa (Śukla), tithi framing (“first day”), and solar marker (sūryodaya) as a technical way to specify sacred timing.