Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
Pūrṇimā Pūrṇa-vratas: Dharmarāja-vrata, Vaṭa-Sāvitrī-vrata, and Gopadma-vrata
सूत्रेण वेष्टयेच्चैव सशताष्टप्रदक्षिणम् । ततः संप्रार्थयेद्दैवीं सावित्रीं सुपतिव्रताम् ॥ १० ॥
sūtreṇa veṣṭayeccaiva saśatāṣṭapradakṣiṇam | tataḥ saṃprārthayeddaivīṃ sāvitrīṃ supativratām || 10 ||
അത് പവിത്രസൂത്രം കൊണ്ട് ചുറ്റി അഷ്ടോത്തരശത പ്രദക്ഷിണങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യണം. തുടർന്ന് പരമ പതിവ്രതയായ ദേവി സാവിത്രിയെ ഭക്തിയോടെ പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കണം.
Narada (teaching a prescribed ritual/vow procedure in the dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: Vaṭa-Sāvitrī-vrata (implied by Sāvitrī worship and later vaṭa reference in the sequence)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It prescribes a disciplined ritual sequence—wrapping with a sacred thread, performing 108 pradakṣiṇās, and praying to Sāvitrī—showing that devotion becomes spiritually potent when joined with precise vrata-vidhi (vow-based procedure).
Bhakti here is expressed as reverent, repeated worship: circumambulation as bodily surrender, and heartfelt prayer (saṃprārthanā) to the deity Sāvitrī as the focus of devotion and moral ideal.
Ritual practice is emphasized through procedural accuracy: the fixed sacred number 108 for pradakṣiṇā and the use of a sūtra (ritual cord), reflecting applied kalpa-style ritual discipline (a Vedāṅga-linked mode of practice).