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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 55

The Exposition of the Ṣaṣṭhī-vrata Observed Through the Twelve Months

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे बृहदुपाख्याने चतुर्थपादे द्वादशमासस्थितषष्ठीव्रतनिरूपणं नाम पञ्चदशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥ ११५ ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde dvādaśamāsasthitaṣaṣṭhīvratanirūpaṇaṃ nāma pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 115 ||

Translation

یوں شری بृहन्नاردییہ پران کے پُورو بھاگ میں، بृहدُوپاکھیان کے چوتھے پاد میں ‘بارہ ماہ تک قائم شَشٹھی ورت کا نِروپَن’ نامی ایک سو پندرہواں ادھیائے ختم ہوا۔

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्ति सूचक (quotative/closure particle)
śrīholy/auspicious (honorific)
śrī:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपसर्गवत् आदरार्थक-पूर्वपद (honorific)
bṛhannāradīyapurāṇein the Śrī Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa
bṛhannāradīyapurāṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbṛhat + nāradīya + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः (बृहत्-नारदीय-पुराण)
pūrvabhāgein the former part
pūrvabhāge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrva + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पूर्वः भागः)
bṛhadupākhyānein the great sub-narrative
bṛhadupākhyāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbṛhat + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (बृहद् उपाख्यानम्)
caturthapādein the fourth section (pāda)
caturthapāde:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcaturtha + pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (चतुर्थः पादः)
dvādaśamāsasthitaṣaṣṭhīvratanirūpaṇamthe exposition of the Ṣaṣṭhī-vrata observed for twelve months
dvādaśamāsasthitaṣaṣṭhīvratanirūpaṇam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvādaśa + māsa + sthita + ṣaṣṭhī + vrata + nirūpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समासः (द्वादशमास-स्थित-षष्ठी-व्रत-निरूपणम्)
nāmanamed/called
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नामनिर्देशक-निपात (particle: called/named)
pañcadaśādhikaśatatamaḥthe one-hundred-and-fifteenth
pañcadaśādhikaśatatamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcadaśa + adhika + śata + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समासः (पञ्चदशाधिकं शतम् = 115; तस्य तमः = 115th)
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta (narratorial colophon/section marker; not a dialogue verse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Dvādaśa-māsa-sthita Ṣaṣṭhī-vrata

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities
B
Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa

FAQs

It functions as a colophon, formally sealing the teaching by naming the chapter and its subject—establishing the authority, placement, and completeness of the Ṣaṣṭhī-vrata exposition within the Purāṇa’s structure.

Indirectly: by framing a vrata (vowed observance) as a structured, repeatable practice across the year, it supports devotional discipline—bhakti expressed through regulated worship and sacred timing.

Kalā/ritual timing and lunar-day observance are implied through “Ṣaṣṭhī” and “twelve months,” aligning practice with calendrical reckoning (a practical component often supported by Jyotiṣa-style timekeeping).

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