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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80

The Description of the Caturdaśī Vrata Observed throughout the Twelve Months

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे बृहदुपाख्याने चतुर्थभागे द्वादशमासस्थितचतुर्दशीव्रतवर्णनं नाम त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥ १२३ ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthabhāge dvādaśamāsasthitacaturdaśīvratavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 123 ||

Translation

Ainsi s’achève le cent vingt-troisième chapitre, intitulé «Description du vœu de Caturdaśī observé durant les douze mois», dans la Première Partie (Pūrvabhāga), au sein du Grand Récit (Bṛhad-upākhyāna), dans la Quatrième Section, du vénérable Bṛhan-Nāradīya Purāṇa.

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोगः)
śrī-bṛhat-nāradīya-purāṇein the Śrī Bṛhat-Nāradīya Purāṇa
śrī-bṛhat-nāradīya-purāṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + bṛhat (प्रातिपदिक) + nāradīya (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound title in locative: “in the Śrī Bṛhat-Nāradīya Purāṇa”
pūrva-bhāgein the former part
pūrva-bhāge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; “in the former part/section”
bṛhat-upākhyānein the great upākhyāna
bṛhat-upākhyāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbṛhat (प्रातिपदिक) + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; “in the great sub-narrative”
caturtha-bhāgein the fourth part
caturtha-bhāge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcaturtha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; “in the fourth part”
dvādaśa-māsa-sthita-caturdaśī-vrata-varṇanamthe description of the Caturdaśī vow observed for twelve months
dvādaśa-māsa-sthita-caturdaśī-vrata-varṇanam:
Karta (कर्ता/heading subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā/स्था) + caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; long determinative compound: “the description (varṇanam) of the caturdaśī-vrata observed for twelve months”
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/title marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय/निपात)
FormAvyaya; naming particle (नाम-निपातः) indicating title
trayoviṃśati-adhika-śatatamaḥthe 123rd
trayoviṃśati-adhika-śatatamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottrayoviṃśati (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying “adhyāyaḥ”: “the one hundred (and) twenty-three (i.e., 123rd)”
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/heading subject)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
Speaker

Suta (traditional Purāṇic colophon/closing formula; not part of the dialogue content)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: dvādaśa-māsa-sthita-caturdaśī-vrata

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities
B
Bṛhan-Nāradīya Purāṇa

FAQs

This is a colophon verse marking the formal completion of Adhyaya 123, preserving the textual hierarchy (Pūrvabhāga → Bṛhad-upākhyāna → Fourth Section) and the chapter’s topic: the twelve-month Caturdaśī Vrata, a dharmic vow framework for sustained spiritual discipline.

Indirectly: by naming a recurring vrata (Caturdaśī) practiced across the year, it points to bhakti as steady, time-structured observance—devotion expressed through regular sacred days rather than sporadic effort.

Kalpa and Jyotiṣa are implied: the term Caturdaśī depends on lunar-tithi calculation (Jyotiṣa), and the framing as a vrata belongs to ritual procedure and vow-methodology (Kalpa).

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