Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
द्वादशमासेषु अष्टमी-व्रत-कथनम्
Account of the Aṣṭamī Vow Across the Twelve Months
तिष्ठेत्तथैवार्द्धरात्रे पुनः संस्नापयेद्धरिम् । पंचामृतैः शुद्धजलैर्गंधाद्यैः पूजयेत्पुनः ॥ ३३ ॥
tiṣṭhettathaivārddharātre punaḥ saṃsnāpayeddharim | paṃcāmṛtaiḥ śuddhajalairgaṃdhādyaiḥ pūjayetpunaḥ || 33 ||
അതേവിധം അർദ്ധരാത്രിയിൽ വീണ്ടും ശ്രീഹരിയെ സ്നാനിപ്പിക്കണം. പഞ്ചാമൃതവും ശുദ്ധജലവും കൊണ്ടു, ഗന്ധാദി ഉപചാരങ്ങളോടെ വീണ്ടും പൂജിക്കണം॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada the prescribed Hari-pūjā procedure)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It emphasizes disciplined, time-specific devotion—renewing one’s worship at midnight and re-offering purity (śuddha-jala) and sanctified substances (pañcāmṛta) to Hari as a concentrated act of bhakti.
Bhakti is shown as repeated, attentive service (punaḥ…pūjayet)—bathing the deity and offering gandha and other upacāras—where love is expressed through careful, reverent ritual actions centered on Vishnu (Hari).
Kalpa (ritual procedure) is implicit: timing (ārddharātra), prescribed substances (pañcāmṛta, śuddha-jala), and the ordered upacāras (gandha-ādi) reflect practical ritual science rather than speculative doctrine.