Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 123
NarP 1 123.1
सनातन उवाच शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि चतुर्दश्या व्रतानि ते । यानि कृत्वा नरो लोके सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्
sanātana uvāca śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi caturdaśyā vratāni te / yāni kṛtvā naro loke sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
Sanātana said: Listen, Nārada, I shall tell you the vows of the fourteenth day, by performing which a man in this world may obtain all his desires.
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NarP 1 123.2
चैत्रशुक्ल चतुर्दश्यां कुङ्कुमागरुचन्दनैः । गन्धाद्यैर्वस्त्रमणिभिः कार्यार्या महती शिवे
caitraśukla caturdaśyāṃ kuṅkumāgarucandanaiḥ / gandhādyairvastramaṇibhiḥ kāryāryā mahatī śive
On the fourteenth of the bright half of Caitra, with saffron, aloe-wood and sandal, with perfumes and the rest, with garments and jewels, a great worship is to be done for the noble goddess, for Śivā.
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NarP 1 123.3
वितानध्वजछत्राणि दत्वा पूज्याश्च मातरः । एवं कृत्वार्चनं विप्र सोपवासो ऽथवैकभुक्
vitānadhvajachatrāṇi datvā pūjyāśca mātaraḥ / evaṃ kṛtvārcanaṃ vipra sopavāso 'thavaikabhuk
Having presented canopies, banners and parasols, the Mothers too are to be worshipped. Having thus performed the worship, O brahmin, fasting, or else eating once,
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NarP 1 123.4
अश्वमेधाधिकं पुण्यं लभते मानवो भुवि । अत्रैव दमनार्चां च कारयेद्गन्धपुष्पकैः
aśvamedhādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate mānavo bhuvi / atraiva damanārcāṃ ca kārayedgandhapuṣpakaiḥ
a man on earth gains merit greater than that of a horse-sacrifice. On this same (day) one should have the damana-worship performed with perfumes and flowers,
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NarP 1 123.5
समर्पयेत्सुपूर्णायां शिवाय शिवरूपिणे । राधकृष्णच तुर्द्दश्यां सोपवासो निशागमे
samarpayetsupūrṇāyāṃ śivāya śivarūpiṇe / rādhakṛṣṇaca turddaśyāṃ sopavāso niśāgame
and should offer (it) in full measure to Śiva, whose form is auspiciousness. On the fourteenth of the dark half of Vaiśākha, fasting, at the coming of night,
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NarP 1 123.6
लिङ्गमभ्यर्चयेच्चैवं स्नात्वा धौतांबरः सुधीः । गन्धाद्यैरुपचारैश्च बिल्वपत्रैश्च सर्वतः
liṅgamabhyarcayeccaivaṃ snātvā dhautāṃbaraḥ sudhīḥ / gandhādyairupacāraiśca bilvapatraiśca sarvataḥ
one should worship the liṅga thus: bathed, in washed garments, of good mind, with perfumes and the (other) services, and with bilva leaves all over.
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NarP 1 123.7
दत्वा मन्त्रं द्विजाग्र्याय भुञ्जीत च परे ऽहनि । एवमेव तु कृष्णासु सर्वासु द्विजसत्तम
datvā mantraṃ dvijāgryāya bhuñjīta ca pare 'hani / evameva tu kṛṣṇāsu sarvāsu dvijasattama
Having given the mantra to a foremost brahmin, he should eat on the following day. Just so on all the dark-fortnight (fourteenths), O best of the twice-born,
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NarP 1 123.8
शिवव्रतं प्रकर्तव्यं धनसंतानमिच्छता । राधशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां श्रीनृसिंहव्रतं चरेत्
śivavrataṃ prakartavyaṃ dhanasaṃtānamicchatā / rādhaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ śrīnṛsiṃhavrataṃ caret
the Śiva-vow is to be performed by one who desires wealth and offspring. On the fourteenth of the bright half of Vaiśākha one should observe the vow of Śrī Nṛsiṃha.
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NarP 1 123.9
उपवासविधानेन शक्तो ऽशक्तस्तथैकभुक् । निशागमे तु संपूज्य नृसिंहं दैत्यसूदनम्
upavāsavidhānena śakto 'śaktastathaikabhuk / niśāgame tu saṃpūjya nṛsiṃhaṃ daityasūdanam
By the rule of fasting if able; if unable, then eating once. And at the coming of night, having worshipped Nṛsiṃha, the slayer of the demon,
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NarP 1 123.10
उपचारैः षोडशभिः स्नानैः पञ्चामृतादिभिः । ततः क्षमापयेद्देवं मन्त्रेणानेन नारद
upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ snānaiḥ pañcāmṛtādibhiḥ / tataḥ kṣamāpayeddevaṃ mantreṇānena nārada
with the sixteen services, with bathings in the five nectars and the rest, then he should ask pardon of the god with this mantra, O Nārada:
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NarP 1 123.11
तत्पहाटककेशान्त ज्वलत्पावकलोचन । वज्राधिकनखस्पर्शदिव्यसिंह नमो ऽस्तु त
tatpahāṭakakeśānta jvalatpāvakalocana / vajrādhikanakhasparśadivyasiṃha namo 'stu ta
"O you whose hair-ends are of gold, whose eyes are blazing fire, whose claws' touch is harder than the thunderbolt — divine lion, homage be to you!"
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NarP 1 123.12
इति संप्रार्थ्य देवेशं व्रती स्यात्स्थण्डिलेशयः । जितेन्द्रियो जितक्रोधः सर्वभोगविवर्ज्जितः
iti saṃprārthya deveśaṃ vratī syātsthaṇḍileśayaḥ / jitendriyo jitakrodhaḥ sarvabhogavivarjjitaḥ
Having thus entreated the lord of gods, the observer of the vow should sleep on the bare ground, with senses subdued, anger subdued, abstaining from all enjoyments.
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NarP 1 123.13
एवं यः कुरुते विप्र विधिवद्व्रतमुत्तमम् । वर्षे वर्षे स लभते भुक्तभोगो हरेः पदम्
evaṃ yaḥ kurute vipra vidhivadvratamuttamam / varṣe varṣe sa labhate bhuktabhogo hareḥ padam
Whoever thus performs, O brahmin, this excellent vow according to rule, year after year, he, having enjoyed enjoyments, attains the state of Hari.
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NarP 1 123.14
ओङ्कारेश्वरयात्रा च कार्यात्रैव मुनीश्वर । दुर्लभं वार्चनं तत्र दर्शनं पापनाशनम्
oṅkāreśvarayātrā ca kāryātraiva munīśvara / durlabhaṃ vārcanaṃ tatra darśanaṃ pāpanāśanam
And the pilgrimage to Oṅkāreśvara is to be made on this very (day), O lord of sages; worship there is hard to obtain, and the sight (of him) destroys sin.
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NarP 1 123.15
किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन पूजाध्यानजपेक्षणम् । यद्भवेत्तत्समुद्दिष्टं ज्ञानमोक्षप्रदं नृणाम्
kimatra bahunoktena pūjādhyānajapekṣaṇam / yadbhavettatsamuddiṣṭaṃ jñānamokṣapradaṃ nṛṇām
What need of much speech here? Whatever worship, meditation, muttering of prayers and beholding there may be — all that is enjoined, as bestowing knowledge and liberation on men.
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NarP 1 123.16
अत्र लिङ्गव्रतं चापि कर्त्तव्यं पापनाशनम् । पञ्चामृतैस्तु संस्नाप्य लिङ्गमालिप्य कुङ्कुमैः
atra liṅgavrataṃ cāpi karttavyaṃ pāpanāśanam / pañcāmṛtaistu saṃsnāpya liṅgamālipya kuṅkumaiḥ
Here too the liṅga-vow, destroyer of sins, should be performed: having bathed the liṅga with the five nectars and smeared it with saffron —
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NarP 1 123.17
नैवेद्यैश्च फलैर्धूपैर्दीपैर्वस्त्रविभूषणैः । एवं यः पूजयेत्पैष्टं लिङ्गं सर्वार्थसिद्धिदम्
naivedyaiśca phalairdhūpairdīpairvastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ / evaṃ yaḥ pūjayetpaiṣṭaṃ liṅgaṃ sarvārthasiddhidam
— with food-offerings, fruits, incense, lamps, garments and ornaments: whoever thus worships the liṅga made of flour, which grants the accomplishment of every aim,
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NarP 1 123.18
भुक्तिं मुक्तिं स लभते महादेवप्रसादतः । ज्येष्ठशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां दिवा पञ्चतपा निशः
bhuktiṃ muktiṃ sa labhate mahādevaprasādataḥ / jyeṣṭhaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ divā pañcatapā niśaḥ
he obtains enjoyment and liberation by the grace of Mahādeva. On the fourteenth of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha, (one should be) exposed to five fires by day and (fast/keep vigil) by night;
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NarP 1 123.19
मुखे ददेद्धेमधेनुं रुद्रव्रतमिदं स्मृतम् । शुचिशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां शिवं संपूज्य मानवः
mukhe dadeddhemadhenuṃ rudravratamidaṃ smṛtam / śuciśuklacaturdaśyāṃ śivaṃ saṃpūjya mānavaḥ
he should give a golden cow at (its) mouth — this is known as the Rudra-vow. On the fourteenth of the bright half of Śuci (Āṣāḍha), a man, having fully worshipped Śiva
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NarP 1 123.20
देशकालोद्भवैः पुष्पैः सर्वसंपदमाप्नुयात् । नभः शुक्लचतुर्दश्यां पवित्रारोपणं मतम्
deśakālodbhavaiḥ puṣpaiḥ sarvasaṃpadamāpnuyāt / nabhaḥ śuklacaturdaśyāṃ pavitrāropaṇaṃ matam
with flowers produced in that place and season, would obtain every prosperity. On the fourteenth of the bright half of Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa) the 'raising of the sacred thread' (pavitrāropaṇa) is enjoined.
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NarP 1 123.21
तत्स्वशाखोक्तविधिना कर्तव्यं द्विजसत्तम । शताभिमन्त्रितं कृत्वा ततो देव्यै निवेदयेत्
tatsvaśākhoktavidhinā kartavyaṃ dvijasattama / śatābhimantritaṃ kṛtvā tato devyai nivedayet
That is to be performed, O best of the twice-born, by the rule stated in one's own Vedic school; having made it consecrated with a hundred (recitations of the) mantra, one should then offer it to the Goddess.
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NarP 1 123.22
पवित्रारोपणं कृत्वा नरो नार्यथवा यदि । महादेव्याः प्रसादेन भुक्तिं मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात्
pavitrāropaṇaṃ kṛtvā naro nāryathavā yadi / mahādevyāḥ prasādena bhuktiṃ muktimavāpnuyāt
Having performed the pavitrāropaṇa, whether man or woman, one would attain enjoyment and liberation by the grace of the great Goddess.
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NarP 1 123.23
भाद्रशुक्लचतुर्दश्यामनन्तव्रतमुत्तमम् । कर्त्तव्यमेकभुक्तं हि गोधूमप्रस्थपिष्टकम्
bhādraśuklacaturdaśyāmanantavratamuttamam / karttavyamekabhuktaṃ hi godhūmaprasthapiṣṭakam
On the fourteenth of the bright half of Bhādra the excellent Ananta-vow is to be performed, eating but once (in the day); a flour-cake of a prastha of wheat,
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NarP 1 123.24
विपाच्य शर्कराज्याक्तमनन्ताय निवेदयेत् । गन्धाद्यैः प्राक् समभ्यर्च्यः कार्पासं पट्टजं तु वा
vipācya śarkarājyāktamanantāya nivedayet / gandhādyaiḥ prāk samabhyarcyaḥ kārpāsaṃ paṭṭajaṃ tu vā
having cooked it and smeared it with sugar and ghee, he should offer it to Ananta. First (the thread) is to be worshipped with sandal-paste and the rest — one of cotton or of silk —
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NarP 1 123.25
चतुर्दशग्रन्थियुतं सूत्रं कृत्वा सुशोभनम् । ततः पुराणमुत्तार्य सूत्रं क्षिप्त्वा जलाशयें
caturdaśagranthiyutaṃ sūtraṃ kṛtvā suśobhanam / tataḥ purāṇamuttārya sūtraṃ kṣiptvā jalāśayeṃ
having made a very beautiful thread furnished with fourteen knots; then, taking off the old one and casting the (old) thread into a body of water,
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NarP 1 123.26
निबघ्नीयान्नवं नारी वामे दक्षे पुमान्भुजे । विपाच्य पिष्टपक्वं तत्प्रदद्याद्दक्षिणान्वितम्
nibaghnīyānnavaṃ nārī vāme dakṣe pumānbhuje / vipācya piṣṭapakvaṃ tatpradadyāddakṣiṇānvitam
the woman should bind the new one on her left arm, the man on his right. Having cooked that dish baked of flour, he should present it together with a fee (to the priest),
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NarP 1 123.27
स्वयं च तन्मितं चाद्यादेवं कुर्याद्व्रतोत्तमम् । द्विसप्तवर्षपर्यन्तं तत उद्यापयेत्सुधीः
svayaṃ ca tanmitaṃ cādyādevaṃ kuryādvratottamam / dvisaptavarṣaparyantaṃ tata udyāpayetsudhīḥ
and he himself should eat a measured amount of it. Thus should he perform this best of vows; and up to fourteen years, then the wise man should conclude it (with the closing rite).
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NarP 1 123.28
मण्डलं सर्वतोभद्रं धान्यवर्णैः प्रकल्प्य च । सुशोभने न्यसेत्तत्र कलशं ताम्रजं मुने
maṇḍalaṃ sarvatobhadraṃ dhānyavarṇaiḥ prakalpya ca / suśobhane nyasettatra kalaśaṃ tāmrajaṃ mune
And having laid out an all-auspicious (sarvatobhadra) maṇḍala with coloured grains, on that fair (design) he should set a copper jar there, O sage.
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NarP 1 123.29
तस्योपरि न्यसेद्धैमीमनन्तप्रतिमां शुभाम् । पीतपट्टांशुकाच्छन्नां तत्र तां विधिना यजेत्
tasyopari nyaseddhaimīmanantapratimāṃ śubhām / pītapaṭṭāṃśukācchannāṃ tatra tāṃ vidhinā yajet
Upon it he should place a beautiful golden image of Ananta, covered with a yellow silk cloth, and worship it there according to the rule.
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NarP 1 123.30
गणेशं मातृकाः खेटांल्लोकपांश्च यजेत्पृथक् । ततो होमं हविष्येण कृत्वा पूर्णाहुतिं चरेत्
gaṇeśaṃ mātṛkāḥ kheṭāṃllokapāṃśca yajetpṛthak / tato homaṃ haviṣyeṇa kṛtvā pūrṇāhutiṃ caret
He should worship separately Gaṇeśa, the Mother-goddesses, the planets and the guardians of the quarters; then, having made the fire-offering with sacrificial food, he should perform the full oblation.
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NarP 1 123.31
शय्यां सोपस्करां धेनुं प्रतिमां च द्विजोत्तम । प्रदद्याद्गुरवे भक्त्या द्विजानन्यांश्चतुर्दश
śayyāṃ sopaskarāṃ dhenuṃ pratimāṃ ca dvijottama / pradadyādgurave bhaktyā dvijānanyāṃścaturdaśa
A bed with its furnishings, a milch cow, and the image, O best of the twice-born, he should give with devotion to the teacher, and (invite) fourteen other brahmins;
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NarP 1 123.32
संभोज्य मिष्टपक्वान्नैर्दक्षिणाभिः प्रतोषयेत् । एवं यः कुरुते ऽनन्तव्रतं प्रत्यक्षमादरात्
saṃbhojya miṣṭapakvānnairdakṣiṇābhiḥ pratoṣayet / evaṃ yaḥ kurute 'nantavrataṃ pratyakṣamādarāt
having fed them with sweet cooked food, he should gratify them with fees. Whoever thus performs the Ananta-vow with reverence, in the manner (here) directly (set forth),
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NarP 1 123.33
सो ऽप्यनन्तप्रसादेन जायते भुक्तिमुक्तिभाक् । कदलीव्रतमप्यत्र तद्विधानं च मे शृणु
so 'pyanantaprasādena jāyate bhuktimuktibhāk / kadalīvratamapyatra tadvidhānaṃ ca me śṛṇu
he too, by the grace of Ananta, becomes a partaker of enjoyment and liberation. Here there is also the plantain-vow; hear from me its procedure.
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NarP 1 123.34
नरो वा यदि वा नारी रंभामुपवनस्थिताम् । स्नात्वा संपूजयेद्गन्धपुष्पधान्याङ्कुरादिभिः
naro vā yadi vā nārī raṃbhāmupavanasthitām / snātvā saṃpūjayedgandhapuṣpadhānyāṅkurādibhiḥ
Whether a man or a woman, having bathed, one should worship a plantain tree standing in a grove with sandal-paste, flowers, grain-sprouts and the rest,
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NarP 1 123.35
दधिदूर्वाक्षतैर्द्द्वीपैर्वस्त्रपक्कान्नसं चथैः । एवं संपूज्य मन्त्रेण ततः संप्रार्थयेर्द्वती
dadhidūrvākṣatairddvīpairvastrapakkānnasaṃ cathaiḥ / evaṃ saṃpūjya mantreṇa tataḥ saṃprārthayerdvatī
with curds, dūrvā grass, unbroken rice, lamps, cloth and heaps of cooked food; having worshipped in this way with the mantra, one should then entreat the goddess.
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NarP 1 123.36
अप्सरो मरकन्याभिर्नागकन्याभिरार्चिते । शरीरारोग्यलावण्यं देहि देवि नमो ऽस्तु ते
apsaro marakanyābhirnāgakanyābhirārcite / śarīrārogyalāvaṇyaṃ dehi devi namo 'stu te
"O you who are worshipped by apsarases, by the daughters of the Maruts (or sea-maidens), and by the Nāga maidens — grant bodily health and beauty, O Goddess; homage be to you."
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NarP 1 123.37
इति संप्रार्थ्यं कन्यास्तु चतस्रो वा सुवासिनीः । संभोज्यां शुकसिद्वरकज्जलालक्तचर्चिताः
iti saṃprārthyaṃ kanyāstu catasro vā suvāsinīḥ / saṃbhojyāṃ śukasidvarakajjalālaktacarcitāḥ
Having thus made supplication, four maidens, or (four) women whose husbands are living, are to be fed, they being adorned with parrot-green(?) cloth, fine collyrium and red lac.
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NarP 1 123.38
नमस्कृत्य निजं गेहं समाप्य नियमं व्रजेत् । एवं कृते व्रते विप्र लब्ध्वा सौभाग्यमुत्तमम्
namaskṛtya nijaṃ gehaṃ samāpya niyamaṃ vrajet / evaṃ kṛte vrate vipra labdhvā saubhāgyamuttamam
Having saluted (them), one should complete the observance and go to one's own house. When the vow is performed thus, O brahmin, having obtained the highest good fortune,
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NarP 1 123.39
इह लोके विमानेन स्वर्गलोके व्रजेत्परम् । इषकृष्णचतुर्द्दश्यां विषशस्त्रांबुवह्निभिः
iha loke vimānena svargaloke vrajetparam / iṣakṛṣṇacaturddaśyāṃ viṣaśastrāṃbuvahnibhiḥ
(one enjoys) it in this world, and afterwards goes by a celestial car to the world of heaven. On the fourteenth of the dark fortnight of Āśvina (Iṣa), for those (killed) by poison, weapons, water, fire,
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NarP 1 123.40
सर्पश्वापदवज्राद्यैर्हतानां ब्रह्मघातिनाम् । चतुर्द्दश्यां क्रियाश्राद्धमेकोद्दिष्टविधानतः
sarpaśvāpadavajrādyairhatānāṃ brahmaghātinām / caturddaśyāṃ kriyāśrāddhamekoddiṣṭavidhānataḥ
by snakes, wild beasts, lightning and the like, and for slayers of brahmins who have been killed — on the fourteenth the funeral rite and śrāddha, according to the ekoddiṣṭa procedure,
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NarP 1 123.41
कर्तव्यं विप्रवर्गं च भोजयेन्मिष्टपक्वकैः । तर्पणं च गवां ग्रासं बलिं चैव श्वकाकयोः
kartavyaṃ vipravargaṃ ca bhojayenmiṣṭapakvakaiḥ / tarpaṇaṃ ca gavāṃ grāsaṃ baliṃ caiva śvakākayoḥ
is to be performed; and one should feed a company of brahmins with sweet cooked food, and (offer) the libation (tarpaṇa), a mouthful (of food) for cows, and an offering to dogs and crows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.42
कृत्वा चम्य स्वयं पश्चाद्भुञ्जीयाद्बन्धुभिः सह । एवं यः कुरुते विप्र श्राद्धं संपन्नदक्षिणम्
kṛtvā camya svayaṃ paścādbhuñjīyādbandhubhiḥ saha / evaṃ yaḥ kurute vipra śrāddhaṃ saṃpannadakṣiṇam
Having done (this) and sipped water, he should afterwards eat himself together with his kinsmen. He who thus performs, O brahmin, a śrāddha furnished with the (proper) fee —
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NarP 1 123.43
स उद्धृत्य पितॄन्गच्छेद्देवलोकं सनातनम् । इषशुक्ल चतुर्द्दश्यां धर्मराजं द्विजोत्तम
sa uddhṛtya pitṝngaccheddevalokaṃ sanātanam / iṣaśukla caturddaśyāṃ dharmarājaṃ dvijottama
he, having rescued his ancestors, will go to the eternal world of the gods. On the fourteenth of the bright fortnight of Āśvina, O best of the twice-born, Dharmarāja —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.44
गन्धाद्यैः सम्यगभ्यर्च्य सौवर्णं भोज्य वाङवम् । दद्यात्तस्मै धर्मराजस्त्रायते भुवि नारद
gandhādyaiḥ samyagabhyarcya sauvarṇaṃ bhojya vāṅavam / dadyāttasmai dharmarājastrāyate bhuvi nārada
having duly worshipped (him) with fragrances and the rest, one should give to him (a brahmin) a golden (image), having fed a brahmin; Dharmarāja protects (one) on earth, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 123.45
एवं यः कुरुते धर्मप्रतिमादानमुत्तमम् । स भुक्त्वेह वरान्भोगान्दिवं धर्माज्ञया व्रजेत्
evaṃ yaḥ kurute dharmapratimādānamuttamam / sa bhuktveha varānbhogāndivaṃ dharmājñayā vrajet
He who thus performs this excellent gift of an image of Dharma, having enjoyed choice pleasures here, goes to heaven by Dharma's command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.46
ऊर्ज्जकृष्णचतुर्द्दश्यां तैलाभ्यङ्गं विधूदये । कृत्वा स्नात्वार्चयेद्धर्मं नरकादभयं लभेत्
ūrjjakṛṣṇacaturddaśyāṃ tailābhyaṅgaṃ vidhūdaye / kṛtvā snātvārcayeddharmaṃ narakādabhayaṃ labhet
On the fourteenth of the dark fortnight of Kārttika (Ūrja), at moonrise, having performed an anointing with oil and bathed, one should worship Dharma; he obtains freedom from fear of hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.47
प्रदोषे तैलदीपांस्तु दीपयेद्यमतुष्टये । चतुष्पथे गृहाद्ब्राह्मप्रदेशे वा समाहितः
pradoṣe tailadīpāṃstu dīpayedyamatuṣṭaye / catuṣpathe gṛhādbrāhmapradeśe vā samāhitaḥ
At dusk he should light oil lamps for Yama's satisfaction, concentrated, at a crossroads, (outside) the house, or in an open(?) place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 123.48
वत्सरे हेमलंब्याख्ये मासि श्रीमति कार्तिके । शुक्लपक्षे चतुर्द्दश्यामरुणाभ्युदयं प्रति
vatsare hemalaṃbyākhye māsi śrīmati kārtike / śuklapakṣe caturddaśyāmaruṇābhyudayaṃ prati
In the year named Hemalambin, in the glorious month of Kārttika, in the bright fortnight, on the fourteenth, at the break of dawn,
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NarP 1 123.49
स्नात्वा विश्वेश्वरो देवो देवैः सह मुनीश्वर । मणिकर्णिक तीर्थे च त्रिपुण्ड्रं भस्मना दधत्
snātvā viśveśvaro devo devaiḥ saha munīśvara / maṇikarṇika tīrthe ca tripuṇḍraṃ bhasmanā dadhat
having bathed, the god Viśveśvara together with the gods, O lord of sages, at the Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha, wearing the triple mark with ashes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.50
स्वात्मानं स्वयमभ्यर्च्य चक्रे पाशुपतव्रतम् । ततस्तत्र महापूजां लिङ्गे गन्धादिभिश्चरेत्
svātmānaṃ svayamabhyarcya cakre pāśupatavratam / tatastatra mahāpūjāṃ liṅge gandhādibhiścaret
having himself worshipped his own self, performed the Pāśupata vow. Therefore one should there perform a great worship of the liṅga with fragrances and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.51
द्रोणपुष्पैर्बिल्वदलैरर्कपुष्पैश्च केतकैः । पुष्पैः फलैर्मिष्टपक्वैर्नैवेद्यैर्विविधैरपि
droṇapuṣpairbilvadalairarkapuṣpaiśca ketakaiḥ / puṣpaiḥ phalairmiṣṭapakvairnaivedyairvividhairapi
with droṇa flowers, bilva leaves, arka flowers and ketaka blossoms, with flowers, fruits, sweet cooked things, and also with various food-offerings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.52
एवं कृत्वैकभुक्तं तु व्रतं विश्वेशतोषणम् । लभते वाञ्छितान्कामानिहामुत्र च नारद
evaṃ kṛtvaikabhuktaṃ tu vrataṃ viśveśatoṣaṇam / labhate vāñchitānkāmānihāmutra ca nārada
Having thus performed, eating but once a day, this vow which pleases the Lord of the Universe, one obtains the desires one wishes, here and hereafter, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.53
ब्रह्मकूर्चव्रतं चात्र कर्तव्यमृद्धिमिच्छता । सोपवासः पञ्चगव्यं पिबेद्रात्रौ जितेन्द्रियः
brahmakūrcavrataṃ cātra kartavyamṛddhimicchatā / sopavāsaḥ pañcagavyaṃ pibedrātrau jitendriyaḥ
And here the brahmakūrca vow is to be performed by one who desires prosperity: fasting, with senses subdued, he should drink the five products of the cow at night.
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NarP 1 123.54
कपिलायास्तु गोमूत्रं कृष्णाया गोमयं तथा । श्वेतायाः क्षीरमुदितं रक्तायाश्च तथा दधि
kapilāyāstu gomūtraṃ kṛṣṇāyā gomayaṃ tathā / śvetāyāḥ kṣīramuditaṃ raktāyāśca tathā dadhi
The cow's urine of a tawny (kapilā) cow, the dung of a black one, the milk, it is said, of a white one, and likewise the curds of a red one,
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NarP 1 123.55
गृहीत्वा कर्बुरायाश्च घृतमेकत्र मेलयेत् । कुशां बुना ततः प्रातः स्नात्वा सन्तर्प्यं देवताः
gṛhītvā karburāyāśca ghṛtamekatra melayet / kuśāṃ bunā tataḥ prātaḥ snātvā santarpyaṃ devatāḥ
and taking the ghee of a spotted one, he should mix them together in one place; then with kuśa-water, having bathed in the morning, he should gratify the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.56
ब्रह्मणांस्तोषयित्वा च भुञ्जीयाद्वाग्यतः स्वयम् । ब्रह्मकूर्चव्रतं ह्येतत्सर्वपातकनाशनम्
brahmaṇāṃstoṣayitvā ca bhuñjīyādvāgyataḥ svayam / brahmakūrcavrataṃ hyetatsarvapātakanāśanam
And having gratified the brahmins, he should himself eat, keeping silence. This indeed is the brahmakūrca observance, destroyer of all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.57
यच्च बाल्ये कृतं पापं कौमारे वार्द्धके ऽपि यत् । ब्रह्मकूर्चोपवासेन तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
yacca bālye kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kaumāre vārddhake 'pi yat / brahmakūrcopavāsena tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati
And whatever sin was done in infancy, in youth, or even in old age—by the brahmakūrca fast it perishes that very instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.58
पाषाणव्रतमप्यत्र प्रोक्तं तच्छृणु नारद । सोपवासो दिवा नक्तं पाषाणाकारपिष्टचकम्
pāṣāṇavratamapyatra proktaṃ tacchṛṇu nārada / sopavāso divā naktaṃ pāṣāṇākārapiṣṭacakam
Here too the Stone Observance (pāṣāṇavrata) is declared; hear it, Nārada. With fasting (by day) one (eats) at night a cake of flour in the shape of a stone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 123.59
प्रार्च्य गन्धादिभिर्गौंरीं घृतपङ्क्वमुपाहरेत् । व्रतमेतच्चरित्वा तु यथोक्तं द्विजसत्तम
prārcya gandhādibhirgauṃrīṃ ghṛtapaṅkvamupāharet / vratametaccaritvā tu yathoktaṃ dvijasattama
Having first worshipped Gaurī with fragrances and the rest, he should offer (a cake) cooked in ghee. But having performed this observance as prescribed, O best of the twice-born,
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NarP 1 123.60
ऐश्वर्यसौख्यसौभाग्यरूपाणि प्राप्नुयान्नरः । मार्गशुक्लचतुर्दश्यामेकभुक्तः पुरोदितम्
aiśvaryasaukhyasaubhāgyarūpāṇi prāpnuyānnaraḥ / mārgaśuklacaturdaśyāmekabhuktaḥ puroditam
a man obtains lordship, comfort, good fortune, and beauty. On the fourteenth of the bright half of Mārgaśīrṣa, eating once (a day), (he should do) what was stated before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.61
निराहारो वृषं स्वर्णं प्रार्च्य दद्याद्द्विजातये । परे ऽह्नि प्रातरुत्थाय स्नात्वा सोमं महेश्वरम्
nirāhāro vṛṣaṃ svarṇaṃ prārcya dadyāddvijātaye / pare 'hni prātarutthāya snātvā somaṃ maheśvaram
Fasting, he should worship a bull and gold and give (them) to a brahmin; on the next day, rising at dawn and bathing, (he should worship) Maheśvara together with Soma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.62
पूजयेत्कमलैः पुष्पैर्गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनैः । द्विजान्सम्भोज्य मिष्टान्नौस्तोषयेद्दक्षिणादिभिः
pūjayetkamalaiḥ puṣpairgandhamālyānulepanaiḥ / dvijānsambhojya miṣṭānnaustoṣayeddakṣiṇādibhiḥ
he should worship (him) with lotuses, (other) flowers, fragrances, garlands and unguents; having fed brahmins with sweet food, he should gratify (them) with gifts and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.63
एतच्छिवव्रतं विप्र भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम् । कर्तृआणामुपदेष्टृआणां साह्यानामनुमोदिनाम्
etacchivavrataṃ vipra bhuktimuktipradāyakam / kartṛāṇāmupadeṣṭṛāṇāṃ sāhyānāmanumodinām
This, O brahmin, is the Śiva observance, bestowing enjoyment and liberation—for those who perform it, those who teach it, those who assist, and those who approve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.64
पौषशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां विरूपाक्षव्रतं स्मृतम् । कपर्दीश्वरसांनिध्यं प्राप्स्याम्यत्र विचिन्त्य च
pauṣaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ virūpākṣavrataṃ smṛtam / kapardīśvarasāṃnidhyaṃ prāpsyāmyatra vicintya ca
On the fourteenth of the bright half of Pauṣa the Virūpākṣa observance is enjoined; and thinking here, "I shall attain the presence of Kapardīśvara,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.65
स्नात्वागाधजले विप्र विरूपाक्षं शिवं यजेत् । गन्धमाल्यनमस्कारधूपदीपान्नसंपदा
snātvāgādhajale vipra virūpākṣaṃ śivaṃ yajet / gandhamālyanamaskāradhūpadīpānnasaṃpadā
having bathed in deep water, O brahmin, he should worship Śiva as Virūpākṣa with fragrance, garlands, obeisance, incense, lamps, and an abundance of food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.66
तत्स्थं द्विजातये दत्त्वा मोदते दिवि देववत् । माघकृष्णचतुर्द्दश्यां यमतर्पणमीरितम्
tatsthaṃ dvijātaye dattvā modate divi devavat / māghakṛṣṇacaturddaśyāṃ yamatarpaṇamīritam
Having given what is placed there to a brahmin, he rejoices in heaven like a god. On the fourteenth of the dark half of Māgha the offering to Yama is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.67
अनर्काभ्युदिते काले स्नात्वा संतर्पयेद्यमम् । द्विसप्तनामभिः प्रोक्तैः सर्वपापविमुक्तये
anarkābhyudite kāle snātvā saṃtarpayedyamam / dvisaptanāmabhiḥ proktaiḥ sarvapāpavimuktaye
At the time before sunrise, having bathed, he should offer libations to Yama with the fourteen names that have been declared, for release from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.68
तिलदर्भांबुभिः कार्यं तर्प्पणं द्विजभोजनम् । कृशरान्नं स्वयं चापि तदेवाश्नीत वाग्यतः
tiladarbhāṃbubhiḥ kāryaṃ tarppaṇaṃ dvijabhojanam / kṛśarānnaṃ svayaṃ cāpi tadevāśnīta vāgyataḥ
The libation is to be made with sesame, darbha grass and water, and (there should be) feeding of brahmins with kṛśara food (rice and sesame); and he himself too should eat just that, keeping silence.
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NarP 1 123.69
अन्त्यकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां शिवरात्रिव्रतं द्विज । निर्जलं समुपोष्यात्र दिवानक्तं प्रपूजयेत्
antyakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ śivarātrivrataṃ dvija / nirjalaṃ samupoṣyātra divānaktaṃ prapūjayet
On the fourteenth of the dark half of the last month, O twice-born, is the Śivarātri observance; fasting here without even water, he should worship (Śiva) by day and by night,
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NarP 1 123.70
स्वयंभुवादिकं लिङ्गं पार्थिवं वा समाहितः । गन्धाद्यैरुपचारैश्च सांबुबिल्वदलादिभिः
svayaṃbhuvādikaṃ liṅgaṃ pārthivaṃ vā samāhitaḥ / gandhādyairupacāraiśca sāṃbubilvadalādibhiḥ
(worshipping,) with mind collected, a self-manifested liṅga or the like, or one made of earth, with fragrances and the other services, with water, bilva leaves and so forth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.71
धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवेद्यैः स्तोत्रपाठैर्जपादिभिः । ततः परे ऽह्नि संपूज्य पुनरेवोपचारकैः
dhūpairdīpaiśca naivedyaiḥ stotrapāṭhairjapādibhiḥ / tataḥ pare 'hni saṃpūjya punarevopacārakaiḥ
with incense, lamps, food-offerings, recitations of hymns, muttered prayers and the rest; then on the next day, having worshipped (him) again with the (same) services,
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NarP 1 123.72
संभोज्य विप्रान्मिष्टान्नैर्विसृजेल्लब्धदक्षिणान् । एवं कृत्वा व्रतं मर्त्यो महादेवप्रसादतः
saṃbhojya viprānmiṣṭānnairvisṛjellabdhadakṣiṇān / evaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ martyo mahādevaprasādataḥ
having fed brahmins with sweet food, he should dismiss them once they have received their gifts. A mortal who thus performs the observance, by the grace of Mahādeva
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NarP 1 123.73
अमर्त्यभोगान् लभते दैवतैः सुसभाजितः । अन्त्यशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां दुर्गां संपूज्य भक्तितः
amartyabhogān labhate daivataiḥ susabhājitaḥ / antyaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ durgāṃ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ
obtains immortal enjoyments, well honoured by the gods. On the fourteenth of the bright half of the last month, having worshipped Durgā with devotion
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 123.74
गन्धाद्यैरुपचारैस्तु विप्रान्संभोजयेत्ततः । एवं कृत्वा व्रतं विप्र दुर्गायाश्चैकभोजनः
gandhādyairupacāraistu viprānsaṃbhojayettataḥ / evaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ vipra durgāyāścaikabhojanaḥ
with fragrances and the other services, he should then feed brahmins. Having thus performed the observance of Durgā, O brahmin, eating but once,
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NarP 1 123.75
लभते वाञ्छितान्कामानिहामुत्र च नारद । चैत्रकृष्णचतुर्दश्यामुपवासं विधाय च
labhate vāñchitānkāmānihāmutra ca nārada / caitrakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāmupavāsaṃ vidhāya ca
he obtains his desired wishes here and hereafter, Nārada. And having made a fast on the fourteenth of the dark half of Caitra,
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NarP 1 123.76
केदारोदकपानेन वाचिमेधफलं भवेत् । उद्यापने तु सर्वांसां सामान्यो विधिरुच्यते
kedārodakapānena vācimedhaphalaṃ bhavet / udyāpane tu sarvāṃsāṃ sāmānyo vidhirucyate
By drinking the water of Kedāra one obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. For the concluding rite (udyāpana) of all (these observances) a common procedure is now told.
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NarP 1 123.77
कुंभाश्चतुर्दशैवात्र सपूगाक्षतमोदकाः । सदक्षिणांशुकास्ताम्रामृन्मयाश्चाव्रणा नवाः
kuṃbhāścaturdaśaivātra sapūgākṣatamodakāḥ / sadakṣiṇāṃśukāstāmrāmṛnmayāścāvraṇā navāḥ
Here there are just fourteen pots, (furnished) with betel nut, unbroken rice grains and sweetmeats, together with a fee and cloth, made of copper or of clay, unflawed and new.
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