Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 67
The Exposition of the Saptamī Vow Observed Across Twelve Months
Saptamī-vrata-prakāśana
पूजयेदपरे चाह्नि होमं कृत्वा द्विजां स्ततः । दध्योदनेन पयसा पायसेन च भोजयेत् ॥ ६७ ॥
pūjayedapare cāhni homaṃ kṛtvā dvijāṃ stataḥ | dadhyodanena payasā pāyasena ca bhojayet || 67 ||
പിന്നീട് ദിവസത്തിന്റെ പിന്നാർദ്ധത്തിൽ ഹോമം നടത്തി, വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജ ചെയ്ത്, തുടർന്ന് ദ്വിജന്മാരെ (ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ) തൈര് ചേർത്ത അന്നം, പാൽ, പായസം എന്നിവകൊണ്ട് ഭോജിപ്പിക്കണം.
Narada
Vrata: Putra-saptamī (contextual continuation)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that worship is completed not only by homa but also by honoring the learned twice-born through respectful feeding—making the rite fruitful through devotion expressed as service and giving.
Bhakti here is practical: after worship and homa, one serves sanctified food to worthy recipients, treating service (sevā) and generosity as an extension of reverence offered to the divine.
It highlights ritual discipline (kalpa/śrauta-smārta procedure): timing within the day, performing homa, and the prescribed post-rite brahmana-bhojana with specific foods as part of proper observance.