Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 24
Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
स पौंडरीकयज्ञस्य फलमष्टगुणं लभेत् । पौषमासे सिते पक्षे द्वादश्यां समुपोषितः ॥ २४ ॥
sa pauṃḍarīkayajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ labhet | pauṣamāse site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ || 24 ||
पौष महिन्याच्या शुक्ल पक्षातील द्वादशीला जो पूर्ण उपवास करतो, तो पौंडरीक यज्ञाचे फळ आठपट प्राप्त करतो.
Narada
Vrata: Dvādaśī-upavāsa (Vaiṣṇava fasting observance)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It elevates a time-specific vrata (fast on Pauṣa śukla Dvādaśī) as a powerful dharmic act, declaring that disciplined upavāsa can yield extraordinary puṇya—eight times the fruit of the Pauṇḍarīka yajña.
By valuing fasting on an auspicious tithi, the verse frames devotion as accessible through regulated observance (vrata) and self-restraint, a common Narada Purana mode of expressing Vishnu-oriented bhakti via daily and calendrical disciplines.
It relies on calendrical discipline—tithi (Dvādaśī), pakṣa (bright fortnight), and māsa (Pauṣa)—which aligns with Jyotiṣa-style time-reckoning used to time vratas and ritual observances.