Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 17
Daśamī-vrata: Observances for the Bright Tenth Day Through the Twelve Months
दशमूर्तिस्तु सौवर्णीः पूजयित्वा विधानतः । दशभ्यो विप्रवर्येभ्यो दद्यात्सत्कृत्य नारद ॥ १७ ॥
daśamūrtistu sauvarṇīḥ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ | daśabhyo vipravaryebhyo dadyātsatkṛtya nārada || 17 ||
Après avoir vénéré selon la règle dix images d’or, ô Nārada, qu’on les offre en don, avec honneur et respect, à dix Brāhmaṇa éminents.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: Daśāvatāra-vrata (dāna component)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that worship (pūjā) should culminate in dharmic charity (dāna) offered with honor (satkāra), making the rite complete through reverent giving to worthy recipients.
Bhakti is expressed not only in ritual worship done “according to vidhāna,” but also in humility and service—honoring sacred persons (vipras) through respectful gifting after the pūjā.
It emphasizes ritual correctness (vidhānataḥ)—the applied discipline of Vedic procedure (kalpa/ritual injunctions), linking proper worship steps to the concluding act of dāna.