Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4
The exposition of the Pañcamī vow to be observed in the twelve months
यो लक्ष्मीं पूजयेच्चात्र तं वै लक्ष्मीर्न मुंचति । पृथ्वीव्रतं तथा चांद्रं हयग्रीवव्रतं तथा ॥ ४ ॥
yo lakṣmīṃ pūjayeccātra taṃ vai lakṣmīrna muṃcati | pṛthvīvrataṃ tathā cāṃdraṃ hayagrīvavrataṃ tathā || 4 ||
Wer hier Lakṣmī verehrt, den verlässt Lakṣmī wahrlich nicht. Ebenso sind das Pṛthvī-vrata, das Cāndra-vrata und das Hayagrīva-vrata vorgeschrieben.
Narada (teaching within the Narada Purana’s vrata-oriented summary context)
Vrata: Pṛthvī-vrata; Cāndra-vrata; Hayagrīva-vrata
Primary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It teaches that sincere worship of Goddess Lakṣmī brings abiding divine favor—Lakṣmī “does not forsake” the devotee—and it points to specific vratas as disciplined pathways to stabilize auspiciousness and merit.
Bhakti is framed as steady worship expressed through vrata (vowed observance): devotion is not only emotion but sustained practice, by which the deity’s grace becomes enduring in the devotee’s life.
The mention of Cāndra (lunar) observance implies calendrical/astronomical timing (Jyotiṣa Vedāṅga) used to schedule and perform vratas according to lunar phases and ritual rules.