Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
The Explanation of the Twelve-Month Caturthī Vrata
ततश्चंद्रोदये रात्रौ दत्त्वार्घं विधिपूर्वकम् । भुञ्जीत मिष्टमन्नं च व्रतस्य परिपूर्तये ॥ ४७ ॥
tataścaṃdrodaye rātrau dattvārghaṃ vidhipūrvakam | bhuñjīta miṣṭamannaṃ ca vratasya paripūrtaye || 47 ||
Puis, la nuit, au lever de la lune, après avoir offert l’arghya selon le rite prescrit, qu’on prenne une nourriture douce pour l’accomplissement parfait du vœu.
Narada (teaching ritual procedure within the Narada Purana narrative frame)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that a vow (vrata) is completed not merely by austerity, but by concluding it correctly—honouring the deity/time-marker (moonrise) with arghya and then taking sanctified food in accordance with vidhi.
Bhakti here is expressed as disciplined reverence: offering arghya with proper intent and procedure, and receiving food as prasada-like completion of the observance rather than as indulgence.
Kalpa (ritual procedure) is implicit through “vidhi-pūrvakam,” and Jyotiṣa (time-keeping/astral markers) is indicated by timing the rite at candrodaya (moonrise).