Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12
The Description of the Index/Summary of the Garuḍa
Purāṇa
श्राद्धं विनायकस्यार्चा ग्रहयज्ञस्तथआ श्रमाः । जननाख्यं प्रेतशौचं नीतिशास्त्रं व्रतोक्तयः ॥ १२ ॥
śrāddhaṃ vināyakasyārcā grahayajñastathaā śramāḥ | jananākhyaṃ pretaśaucaṃ nītiśāstraṃ vratoktayaḥ || 12 ||
この章にはまた、シュラーダ（śrāddha）の儀礼、ヴィナーヤカ（Vināyaka＝ガネーシャ）への礼拝、グラハ（惑星神）への供犠と祭祀、定められた規律と苦行、出生に関わる「ジャナナ」儀礼、死者に関する浄不浄の規定（プレータ・シャウチャ）、倫理と政道を説くニーティ・シャーストラ、そして誓戒（ヴラタ）の教令が説かれる。
Narada (cataloguing topics to Sanatkumara in an Anukramanika-style chapter)
Vrata: vrata (general category; specific names not given)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
The verse functions as a contents-marker, showing that dharma in the Narada Purana includes both inner discipline and outer ritual order—ancestral duties (śrāddha), purity rules (śauca), ethical conduct (nīti), and vow-based practice (vrata).
By listing worship practices—especially Vināyaka-arcā and vrata-ukti—it implies that devotion is lived through regulated observances that remove obstacles, sustain purity, and support steady worship alongside broader dharmic duties.
Grahayajña points to applied Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology) through planetary propitiation and timing-sensitive rites, while śrāddha and śauca indicate procedural ritual knowledge used in domestic and funerary observances.