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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63

द्वादशमासेषु अष्टमी-व्रत-कथनम्

Account of the Aṣṭamī Vow Across the Twelve Months

क्षीरोदार्णवसंभूत महालक्ष्मीसहोदर । पीयूषधाम रोहिण्याः सहिताऽर्घ्यं गृहाण मे ॥ ६३ ॥

kṣīrodārṇavasaṃbhūta mahālakṣmīsahodara | pīyūṣadhāma rohiṇyāḥ sahitā'rghyaṃ gṛhāṇa me || 63 ||

โอผู้บังเกิดจากเกษียรสมุทร โอผู้เป็นสหชาติกับมหาลักษมี โอผู้เป็นที่สถิตแห่งอมฤต โปรดรับอัรฆยะของข้าพเจ้าพร้อมด้วยโรหิณีเถิด

kṣīrodārṇava-saṃbhūtaO one born from the ocean of milk
kṣīrodārṇava-saṃbhūta:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṣīra-udārṇava-saṃbhūta (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; adjective used in address (विशेषण)
mahā-lakṣmī-sahodaraO brother of Mahālakṣmī
mahā-lakṣmī-sahodara:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-lakṣmī-sahodara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
pīyūṣa-dhāmaO abode of nectar
pīyūṣa-dhāma:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootpīyūṣa-dhāma (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (addressing the deity)
rohiṇyāḥof Rohiṇī
rohiṇyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootrohiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
sahitātogether with
sahitā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsahita (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicative/qualifying (विशेषण)
arghyamoffering (arghya)
arghyam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootarghya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
gṛhāṇaaccept
gṛhāṇa:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (धातु)
FormImperative (लोṭ्), 2nd Person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; Parasmaipada
memy
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun; Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (enclitic)

Narada (in a worship/invocation context within the Narada Purana’s fourth pada narration)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

M
Mahālakṣmī
R
Rohiṇī
K
Kṣīra-samudra (Ocean of Milk)

FAQs

It models reverential upacāra (formal worship) by offering arghya while praising the deity’s cosmic origin and divine associations, turning a simple ritual act into a concentrated act of bhakti.

Bhakti is expressed through humble address (stuti) and personal offering—“accept from me”—showing devotion as a relationship of honor, remembrance of divine qualities, and surrendered action.

Ritual procedure (kalpa-oriented practice) is implied through the act of offering arghya—an established worship element used in pūjā and vrata contexts, emphasizing correct devotional etiquette.