The Exposition of the Saptamī Vow Observed Across Twelve Months
Saptamī-vrata-prakāśana
तं संपूज्य विधानेन सोपवासो जितेंद्रियः । स्वर्गतिं लभते विप्र देवेंद्रस्य प्रसादतः ॥ २७ ॥
taṃ saṃpūjya vidhānena sopavāso jiteṃdriyaḥ | svargatiṃ labhate vipra deveṃdrasya prasādataḥ || 27 ||
اے وِپر! جو مقررہ وِدھی کے مطابق اُس کی پوجا کرے، روزہ رکھے اور حواس کو قابو میں رکھے، وہ دیویندر اِندر کے فضل سے سوَرگ کی راہ پاتا ہے۔
Narada (instructional narration within the Purva Bhaga’s summary/ritual-phala style passages)
Vrata: none (contextual Saptamī/solar-related rite implied)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It links correct ritual performance (vidhāna), austerity (upavāsa), and self-mastery (jitendriya) with a defined karmic result—svarga—emphasizing that merit matures through divine favor (prasāda), here attributed to Indra.
While framed as ritual-phala, it highlights bhakti expressed as disciplined worship: honoring the deity properly, accepting fasting, and restraining the senses—devotional acts that invite prasāda (grace).
Kalpa/ritual procedure is implied through “vidhānena” (doing worship by injunction), along with vrata-discipline (upavāsa) as a practical rule of observance in Purāṇic practice.