Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34
Nityā-paṭala-prakaraṇa
The Exposition of the Nityā-paṭala
सचंद्रैर्मार्गशीर्ष्यां तु नालिकेरैरपूपकैः । पौष्यां सशर्करगुडैर्गवां दुग्धैः समर्चयेत् ॥ ३४ ॥
sacaṃdrairmārgaśīrṣyāṃ tu nālikerairapūpakaiḥ | pauṣyāṃ saśarkaraguḍairgavāṃ dugdhaiḥ samarcayet || 34 ||
मार्गशीर्ष महिन्यात चंद्रासारख्या मिठाया, नारळ व अपूप (मालपुए) यांसह देवतेची विधिपूर्वक पूजा करावी. पौष महिन्यात साखर, गूळ व गायीचे दूध यांसह अर्चना करावी.
Narada (teaching in a procedural/ritual register within the Narada Purana’s Vedanga-oriented section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches month-specific naivedya (food offerings) as a disciplined way to align worship with the sacred lunar calendar, expressing devotion through regulated, sattvic gifts like milk, sugar, jaggery, coconuts, and sweet cakes.
Bhakti here is practiced as attentive service (upacāra) and proper offering—devotion becomes concrete through consistent worship and fitting gifts, performed with care according to time (kāla) and tradition.
It reflects calendrical and ritual application tied to the lunar months (Mārgaśīrṣa, Pauṣa), a practical interface of jyotiṣa-informed timing and procedural worship norms used in vrata and pūjā.