Shloka 16
Kārttika-vrata Discipline: Purity Rules, Morning Bath Saṅkalpa, Tilaka Injunctions, and Food Prohibitions
ततो विप्रं व्रती भक्त्या पूजयेत्तं यथाविधि । परासनं परान्नं च परशय्यां परांगनाम्
tato vipraṃ vratī bhaktyā pūjayettaṃ yathāvidhi | parāsanaṃ parānnaṃ ca paraśayyāṃ parāṃganām
ત્યારબાદ વ્રતધારી ભક્તે વિધિ મુજબ ભક્તિપૂર્વક તે બ્રાહ્મણની પૂજા કરવી—ઉત્તમ આસન, ઉત્તમ અન્ન, ઉત્તમ શય્યા અને ઉત્તમ સ્ત્રી (સેવા/સહચરી રૂપે) અર્પણ કરવી।
Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within Padma Purāṇa, Brahma-khaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पूजयेत्तं → पूजयेत् तम्; यथाविधि अव्ययीभाव; पराङ्गनाम् में ‘पर + अङ्गना’ (अ→आ संधि)।
FAQs
It prescribes honoring a brāhmaṇa by ritual hospitality—devotional worship done properly (yathāvidhi) along with high-quality provisions such as a seat, food, and bedding.
It frames service and honoring of a worthy guest/brāhmaṇa as an act performed with bhakti (devotion) and regulated by vidhi (proper procedure), integrating devotion with ethical duty.
Literally it means 'an excellent woman.' In Purāṇic donation/hospitality idioms it can denote providing appropriate female attendance/companionship as part of royal-style hospitality; interpretation depends on the surrounding passage and traditional commentarial norms.