Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 73
Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning
प्रागातेः सूर्यमंदस्य कल्पेसप्ताष्टवह्नयः । कौजस्य वेदस्वयमा बौधस्याष्टर्तुवह्नयः ॥ ७३ ॥
prāgāteḥ sūryamaṃdasya kalpesaptāṣṭavahnayaḥ | kaujasya vedasvayamā baudhasyāṣṭartuvahnayaḥ || 73 ||
சூர்யமந்த கல்பத்தில் பிராகாதே (முன்னைய வருகை விதி) படி ஏழும் எட்டும் அக்னிகள் முறையாக நிறுவப்பட்டுள்ளன. கௌஜ கல்பத்தில் வேதங்கள் தாமே வெளிப்படுகின்றன. பௌத கல்பத்தில் பருவங்களுக்கு ஏற்ப எட்டு ருது-அக்னிகள் நடைமுறையில் உள்ளன.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames cosmic time (kalpa) as inseparable from dharma-practice: different kalpas are characterized by distinct ritual-fire (agni) arrangements and modes of Vedic manifestation, showing that sacred order is structured and cyclical.
Indirectly: by grounding religious life in divinely ordered cycles, it supports bhakti as disciplined worship performed in harmony with cosmic and ritual law (agni/ṛtu/kalpa), even when the verse itself is technical rather than devotional.
Vedāṅga Kalpa (ritual science): the verse points to classifications of sacred fires and season-based ritual structuring (ṛtu), a core principle for organizing yajña-related observances.