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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80

The Description of the Caturdaśī Vrata Observed throughout the Twelve Months

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे बृहदुपाख्याने चतुर्थभागे द्वादशमासस्थितचतुर्दशीव्रतवर्णनं नाम त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥ १२३ ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthabhāge dvādaśamāsasthitacaturdaśīvratavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 123 ||

Translation

یوں شری برہنّاردییہ پران کے پُروَ بھاگ میں، برہدُپاکھیان کے چوتھے حصّے میں ‘بارہ مہینوں میں قائم چتُردشی ورت کی توصیف’ نامی ایک سو تئیسواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोगः)
śrī-bṛhat-nāradīya-purāṇein the Śrī Bṛhat-Nāradīya Purāṇa
śrī-bṛhat-nāradīya-purāṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + bṛhat (प्रातिपदिक) + nāradīya (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound title in locative: “in the Śrī Bṛhat-Nāradīya Purāṇa”
pūrva-bhāgein the former part
pūrva-bhāge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; “in the former part/section”
bṛhat-upākhyānein the great upākhyāna
bṛhat-upākhyāne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbṛhat (प्रातिपदिक) + upākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; “in the great sub-narrative”
caturtha-bhāgein the fourth part
caturtha-bhāge:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcaturtha (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; “in the fourth part”
dvādaśa-māsa-sthita-caturdaśī-vrata-varṇanamthe description of the Caturdaśī vow observed for twelve months
dvādaśa-māsa-sthita-caturdaśī-vrata-varṇanam:
Karta (कर्ता/heading subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (कृदन्त; √sthā/स्था) + caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; long determinative compound: “the description (varṇanam) of the caturdaśī-vrata observed for twelve months”
nāmanamed
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/title marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय/निपात)
FormAvyaya; naming particle (नाम-निपातः) indicating title
trayoviṃśati-adhika-śatatamaḥthe 123rd
trayoviṃśati-adhika-śatatamaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottrayoviṃśati (प्रातिपदिक) + adhika (प्रातिपदिक) + śatatama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying “adhyāyaḥ”: “the one hundred (and) twenty-three (i.e., 123rd)”
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/heading subject)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
Speaker

Suta (traditional Purāṇic colophon/closing formula; not part of the dialogue content)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: dvādaśa-māsa-sthita-caturdaśī-vrata

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities
B
Bṛhan-Nāradīya Purāṇa

FAQs

This is a colophon verse marking the formal completion of Adhyaya 123, preserving the textual hierarchy (Pūrvabhāga → Bṛhad-upākhyāna → Fourth Section) and the chapter’s topic: the twelve-month Caturdaśī Vrata, a dharmic vow framework for sustained spiritual discipline.

Indirectly: by naming a recurring vrata (Caturdaśī) practiced across the year, it points to bhakti as steady, time-structured observance—devotion expressed through regular sacred days rather than sporadic effort.

Kalpa and Jyotiṣa are implied: the term Caturdaśī depends on lunar-tithi calculation (Jyotiṣa), and the framing as a vrata belongs to ritual procedure and vow-methodology (Kalpa).

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