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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34

The Second Twelve-Month Vrata: Dvitīyā Observances and Their Fruits

Devanagari script

वह्निरेव पृथङ्मास्सु नानारूपवपुर्द्धरः । पूज्यते हि द्वितीयासु ब्रह्मचर्य्यादि पूर्ववत् ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

vahnireva pṛthaṅmāssu nānārūpavapurddharaḥ | pūjyate hi dvitīyāsu brahmacaryyādi pūrvavat || 34 ||

Translation

Agni allein—der in jedem einzelnen Monat vielfältige Gestalten und Leiber annimmt—ist wahrlich am Dvitīyā (dem zweiten Mondtag) zu verehren, zusammen mit Brahmacarya und den übrigen Observanzen, wie zuvor beschrieben.

Word by Word
वह्निःfire (Agni)
वह्निः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय; emphasis/only/indeed
पृथक्separately, distinctly
पृथक्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘separately/distinctly’
मासेषुin the months
मासेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)
नानाvarious
नाना:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिकवत्)
Formअव्यय; विशेषणार्थे (used adjectivally) ‘various’
रूपform
रूप:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासाङ्ग (member of compound)
वपुःbody, appearance
वपुः:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासाङ्ग (member of compound)
धरःbearer, holder
धरः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधृ (धातु) + अ (प्रत्यय) → धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि ‘-a’ प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun) ‘bearer’
नाना-रूप-वपुः-धरःone who bears various forms/bodies
नाना-रूप-वपुः-धरः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनाना (अव्यय) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थः: ‘नानारूपं वपुः धारयति’ (one who bears a body of various forms)
पूज्यतेis worshipped
पूज्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle) ‘indeed/for’
द्वितीयासुon the second (tithis)
द्वितीयासु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time-Location)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वितीया (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; ‘द्वितीया-तिथि’ (the second lunar day)
ब्रह्मचर्य-आदिbrahmacarya etc. (observances)
ब्रह्मचर्य-आदि:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial-Complement)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; ‘आदि’ = ‘etc.’; समाहारार्थे (collective)
पूर्ववत्as before
पूर्ववत्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्ववत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘as before/like earlier’
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a vrata/kalpa-style sequence)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Dvādaśa-māsa Dvitīyā-vrata (Agni-pūjā sequence implied)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
A
Agni (Vahni)

FAQs

It teaches that Agni is approached through a disciplined, time-specific vrata: worship on Dvitīyā with self-restraint (brahmacarya, purity, and allied observances), recognizing Agni’s month-wise manifestations.

Bhakti here is expressed as regulated worship (niyama-bhakti): honoring the deity (Agni) on an appointed tithi with prior disciplines, showing devotion through consistency and ritual purity.

Kalpa-oriented ritual timing is emphasized: observing worship by lunar tithi (Dvitīyā) and month-wise sequencing—core practical knowledge for executing vratas correctly.

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