Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 100

द्वादशमासेषु अष्टमी-व्रत-कथनम्

Account of the Aṣṭamī Vow Across the Twelve Months

Devanagari script

इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे बृहदुपाख्याने चतुर्थपादे द्वादशमासस्थिताष्टमीव्रतकथनं नाम सप्तदशाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः ॥ ११७ ॥

Transliteration

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde dvādaśamāsasthitāṣṭamīvratakathanaṃ nāma saptadaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 117 ||

Translation

至此，《圣大那罗陀往世书》（Śrī Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa）前分之中，于“大叙事”第四品，题为《十二月中阿湿多弥誓戒之叙述》的一百一十七章圆满结束。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/colophon marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative/ समाप्तिसूचक)

• श्री-बृहन्-नारदीय-पुराणे: in the Śrī Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa
• श्री-बृहन्-नारदीय-पुराणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + बृहन् (प्रातिपदिक) + नारदीय (प्रातिपदिक) + पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (ग्रन्थनाम)

• पूर्व-भागे: in the former part
• पूर्व-भागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Section)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (पूर्वः भागः)

• बृहद्-उपाख्याने: in the great sub-narrative
• बृहद्-उपाख्याने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Section)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहद् (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (बृहद् उपाख्यानम्)

• चतुर्थ-पादे: in the fourth pāda (section)
• चतुर्थ-पादे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Division)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (चतुर्थः पादः)

• द्वादश-मास-स्थित-अष्टमी-व्रत-कथनम्: the narration of the Aṣṭamī-vrata observed through twelve months
• द्वादश-मास-स्थित-अष्टमी-व्रत-कथनम्: Visheshya/Apposition (विशेष्य/उपपद-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मास (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (प्रातिपदिक; √स्था क्त) + अष्टमी (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + कथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति?—प्रथमा एकवचन (title/apposition); बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (विषयवाचक शीर्षक)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), नामार्थक (called/entitled)

• सप्तदश-अधिक-शततमः: one hundred and seventeenth
• सप्तदश-अधिक-शततमः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक) + शततम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; अध्यायः इति विशेषण; तत्पुरुषसमास (शततमः + सप्तदशाधिकः = 117th)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject in colophon)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (colophon / chapter-ending rubric)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Dvādaśa-māsa-sthita Aṣṭamī-vrata (Aṣṭamī vow observed across twelve months)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

This is a colophon that formally concludes Adhyāya 117, preserving the Purāṇic transmission by naming the section, pāda, and the chapter’s subject—Aṣṭamī-vrata observed across twelve months—thereby anchoring the practice within śāstric authority.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

While it does not teach bhakti directly, it frames a vrata-kathā context: in Purāṇic tradition, month-by-month vows (vratas) are typically performed with devotion, remembrance, and worship, making disciplined observance a support for sustained bhakti.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse reflects calendrical and ritual organization—month-based (dvādaśamāsa) vrata structuring—closely aligned with Vedāṅga concerns such as proper timing and ritual order (especially the calendrical discipline associated with Jyotiṣa and Kalpa in practice).