Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
The Exposition of the Saptamī Vow Observed Across Twelve Months
Saptamī-vrata-prakāśana
गंगादिभिः षोडशभिरुपचारैः समर्चनम् । प्रार्थ्य प्रणम्य विसृजेत्सर्वकामसमृद्धये ॥ ३३ ॥
gaṃgādibhiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirupacāraiḥ samarcanam | prārthya praṇamya visṛjetsarvakāmasamṛddhaye || 33 ||
One should worship (the deity) with the sixteen customary offerings, beginning with Gaṅgā-water and the like. Having prayed and bowed down, one should then take leave (conclude the worship), for the fulfillment and prosperity of all desired aims.
Narada (instructional voice within the Narada Purana’s ritual-summary context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that worship is not only offering items but completing the rite correctly—invocation, offerings (ṣoḍaśopacāra), heartfelt prayer, reverent prostration, and proper conclusion—so the act becomes spiritually efficacious and life-supporting (samṛddhi).
Bhakti here is expressed through disciplined reverence: serving the deity with traditional offerings, then praying and bowing with humility, and finally concluding respectfully—showing devotion as both inner surrender and outer sacred order.
It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure): the standardized ṣoḍaśopacāra framework and the correct ‘closure’ of worship (visarjana), emphasizing that ritual sequence and completion are essential for intended results.