Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
मार्गशीर्षे सिते पक्षे द्वादश्यां जलशायिनम् । उपोषितोऽर्चयेत्सम्यङ् नरः श्रद्धासमन्वितः ॥ १४ ॥
mārgaśīrṣe site pakṣe dvādaśyāṃ jalaśāyinam | upoṣito'rcayetsamyaṅ naraḥ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ || 14 ||
Vào tháng Mārgaśīrṣa, ngày Dvādaśī của nửa tháng sáng, người đã giữ trai giới nên thành kính thờ phụng Đức Viṣṇu—Đấng nằm trên nước—với niềm tin kiên cố.
Narada (teaching in a vrata/ritual context within the Narada Purana dialogue tradition)
Vrata: Dvādaśī-Viṣṇu-vrata (Jalaśāyī worship on Dvādaśī)
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
It teaches that faith-filled fasting (upavāsa) culminates in proper worship (arcana) of Viṣṇu, making a lunar observance (Dvādaśī in Mārgaśīrṣa śukla-pakṣa) a direct means to cultivate devotion and merit through disciplined ritual.
Bhakti is framed as sincere, regulated worship: the devotee fasts, then worships Viṣṇu “properly” and “with śraddhā,” emphasizing inner faith expressed through outward devotional practice.
It relies on Vedāṅga-style calendrical discipline: identifying the correct lunar timing (śukla-pakṣa, Dvādaśī, month of Mārgaśīrṣa) for a vrata, reflecting Jyotiṣa-based ritual scheduling used in Purāṇic observances.