Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 109
Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
इति विज्ञाप्य देवेशं तत्सर्वं संयमी व्रते । प्रतिमां दक्षिणायुक्तामाचार्याय निवेदयेत् ॥ १०९ ॥
iti vijñāpya deveśaṃ tatsarvaṃ saṃyamī vrate | pratimāṃ dakṣiṇāyuktāmācāryāya nivedayet || 109 ||
इस प्रकार देवेश को सब कुछ निवेदित करके, व्रत में संयमी साधक को चाहिए कि निर्धारित दक्षिणा सहित प्रतिमा आचार्य को अर्पित करे।
Narada (teaching vrata-vidhi in dialogue with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none (context: vrata-vidhi; specific vow named later as Dvādaśī)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that a vrata is completed not only by personal austerity but by humility: formally dedicating the observance to the Divine (Deveśa) and honoring the lineage through gifting the ācārya.
Bhakti is shown as disciplined devotion—self-restraint in the vow, conscious offering to the Lord, and reverent service to the guru, through whom sacred practice is correctly transmitted.
Ritual procedure (kalpa-oriented practice) is emphasized: completing an observance by nivedana (formal offering/reporting) and dakṣiṇā-dāna to the officiating ācārya as part of proper vrata-vidhi.