Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34
सचंद्रैर्मार्गशीर्ष्यां तु नालिकेरैरपूपकैः । पौष्यां सशर्करगुडैर्गवां दुग्धैः समर्चयेत् ॥ ३४ ॥
sacaṃdrairmārgaśīrṣyāṃ tu nālikerairapūpakaiḥ | pauṣyāṃ saśarkaraguḍairgavāṃ dugdhaiḥ samarcayet || 34 ||
Im Monat Mārgaśīrṣa soll man die Gottheit ordnungsgemäß verehren, indem man mondgleiche Süßigkeiten (candra) zusammen mit Kokosnüssen und apūpa-Kuchen darbringt; und im Monat Pauṣa soll man mit Zucker und Jaggery, zusammen mit Kuhmilch, verehren.
Narada (teaching in a procedural/ritual register within the Narada Purana’s Vedanga-oriented section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches month-specific naivedya (food offerings) as a disciplined way to align worship with the sacred lunar calendar, expressing devotion through regulated, sattvic gifts like milk, sugar, jaggery, coconuts, and sweet cakes.
Bhakti here is practiced as attentive service (upacāra) and proper offering—devotion becomes concrete through consistent worship and fitting gifts, performed with care according to time (kāla) and tradition.
It reflects calendrical and ritual application tied to the lunar months (Mārgaśīrṣa, Pauṣa), a practical interface of jyotiṣa-informed timing and procedural worship norms used in vrata and pūjā.