Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 132
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
तन्नक्षत्राह्वयो मासः पौर्णमासी तदाह्वया । तत्पक्षौ दैव पित्राख्यौ शुक्लकृष्णौ तथापरे ॥ १३२ ॥
tannakṣatrāhvayo māsaḥ paurṇamāsī tadāhvayā | tatpakṣau daiva pitrākhyau śuklakṛṣṇau tathāpare || 132 ||
اسی (اَدھِشٹھاتا) نَکشتر کے نام سے ماہ کی سنجیا ہوتی ہے، اور پورنیما بھی اسی نام سے معروف ہے۔ اس کے دو پکش ‘دیَو’ اور ‘پِترْی’ کہلاتے ہیں—یعنی شُکل اور کرشن پکش۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It frames sacred time (kāla) as a dharmic structure: months and fortnights are not merely astronomical, but are linked to Deva- and Pitṛ-oriented duties, guiding a practitioner to align worship and ancestral rites with the lunar rhythm.
By distinguishing the bright and dark fortnights as ‘divine’ and ‘ancestral,’ it supports bhakti as disciplined, time-aligned practice—choosing appropriate lunar periods for Vishnu worship, vows (vrata), and offerings, so devotion becomes steady and ritually coherent.
Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa (Vedic calendrics/astronomy): the verse summarizes how lunar months and pūrṇimā are named and how pakṣas (śukla/kṛṣṇa) are classified for different ritual purposes, especially Deva-kārya and Pitṛ-kārya (e.g., śrāddha).