Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 31
Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
माघस्य शुक्लद्वादश्यां पूर्ववत्समुपोषितः । नमस्ते माधवायेति हुत्वाष्टौ च घृताहुतीः ॥ ३१ ॥
māghasya śukladvādaśyāṃ pūrvavatsamupoṣitaḥ | namaste mādhavāyeti hutvāṣṭau ca ghṛtāhutīḥ || 31 ||
ماہِ ماغھ کی شُکل دوادشی کو پہلے کی طرح روزہ رکھ کر، ‘نَمَستے مَادھَوای’ کہہ کر آگ میں گھی کی آٹھ آہوتیاں دے۔
Narada (teaching in dialogue with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: Dvādaśī-vrata (Māgha śukla-dvādaśī observance; specific name not stated)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It links disciplined fasting (upavāsa) with fire-offering (homa) and direct Viṣṇu-mantra devotion, presenting Mādhava as the focus of purification and merit in the Māgha observance.
Bhakti is expressed through repeated, reverent address—“Namaste Mādhavāya”—while performing a simple, count-based offering; the ritual is framed as mantra-centered surrender to Viṣṇu.
It reflects Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa-style calendrical discipline (timing on Māgha śukla-dvādaśī) and Śrauta/Smārta ritual procedure (fixed-number ghṛta-āhuti in homa with a specific mantra).