Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80
The Narration of the Trayodaśī Vow Observed Throughout the Twelve Months
विधाय निधिभिः सार्द्धं सौवर्णाभिर्द्विजोत्तम । उपचारैः षोडशभिः स्नानैः पंचामृतादिभिः ॥ ७९ ॥
vidhāya nidhibhiḥ sārddhaṃ sauvarṇābhirdvijottama | upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ snānaiḥ paṃcāmṛtādibhiḥ || 79 ||
हे द्विजोत्तम, निधींसह सुवर्ण अर्पणाची योग्य व्यवस्था करून षोडशोपचारांनी पूजा करावी आणि पंचामृतादि स्नानांनी समर्चन करावे.
Suta (narrating Narada Purana’s summary-style instructions; framed as instruction to a Brahmin listener)
Vrata: Dhanada-vrata (Kubera-vrata)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It emphasizes disciplined, reverential worship—offering one’s best resources and completing worship with ṣoḍaśopacāra and purifying abhiṣeka—so devotion is expressed through ordered sacred action.
Bhakti here is shown as attentive service (upacāra): lovingly honoring the deity with prescribed offerings and ceremonial bathing, turning wealth and effort into an act of surrender and reverence.
It reflects kalpa-oriented ritual know-how (procedure of pūjā/abhiṣeka), especially the standardized ṣoḍaśopacāra framework and pañcāmṛta usage in consecratory bathing.