Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 18
NarP 1 18.1
सनक उवाच अन्यद्व्रतवरं वक्ष्य शृणुष्व मुनिसत्तम । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं सर्वदुःखनिबर्हणम्
sanaka uvāca anyadvratavaraṃ vakṣya śṛṇuṣva munisattama / sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhanibarhaṇam
Sanaka said: I shall tell another excellent vow—listen, best of sages—meritorious, remover of all sins, destroyer of all sorrow,
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NarP 1 18.2
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां योषितां तथा । समस्तकामफलदं सर्वव्रतम्यफलप्रदम्
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ yoṣitāṃ tathā / samastakāmaphaladaṃ sarvavratamyaphalapradam
granting all desired fruits to brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, to śūdras and to women alike, bestowing the fruit of all vows.
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NarP 1 18.3
दुःस्वन्पनाशने धर्म्यं दुष्टग्रहनिवारणम् । सर्वलोकेषु विख्यातं पूर्णिमाव्रतमम् । येन चीर्णेन पापानां राशिकोटिःर प्रशाम्यति
duḥsvanpanāśane dharmyaṃ duṣṭagrahanivāraṇam / sarvalokeṣu vikhyātaṃ pūrṇimāvratamam / yena cīrṇena pāpānāṃ rāśikoṭiḥra praśāmyati
righteous, destroying bad dreams, warding off malignant planets, famed in all the worlds: the full-moon vow, by the performance of which crores of heaps of sins are quenched.
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NarP 1 18.4
मार्गशीर्षे सितेपक्षे पूर्णायां नियतः शुचिः । स्नानं कुर्याद्यथाचारं दन्तधावनपूर्वकम्
mārgaśīrṣe sitepakṣe pūrṇāyāṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ / snānaṃ kuryādyathācāraṃ dantadhāvanapūrvakam
In (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa, in the bright fortnight, on the full-moon day, restrained and pure, he should bathe according to custom, preceded by cleaning the teeth.
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NarP 1 18.5
शुक्लाम्बरधरः शुद्धो गृहमागगत्य वाग्यतः । प्रक्षाल्य पादावाचम्य स्मरत्रारायणं प्रभुम्
śuklāmbaradharaḥ śuddho gṛhamāgagatya vāgyataḥ / prakṣālya pādāvācamya smaratrārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
Wearing white garments, purified, having come home keeping silence, having washed his feet and sipped water, he should call to mind Nārāyaṇa the Lord.
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NarP 1 18.6
नित्यं देवार्चनं कृत्वा पश्वात्संकल्पपूर्वकम् । लक्ष्मी नारायणं देवमर्चयेद्भक्तिभावतः
nityaṃ devārcanaṃ kṛtvā paśvātsaṃkalpapūrvakam / lakṣmī nārāyaṇaṃ devamarcayedbhaktibhāvataḥ
Having performed the daily worship of the god, then, preceded by the declaration of intent, he should worship the god Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa with a devoted mind.
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NarP 1 18.7
आवाहनासनाद्यैश्च गन्धपुष्पादिभिर्व्रती । नमो नारायणायेति पूजयेद्भक्तितत्परः
āvāhanāsanādyaiśca gandhapuṣpādibhirvratī / namo nārāyaṇāyeti pūjayedbhaktitatparaḥ
With invocation, offering of a seat and the rest, and with fragrance, flowers and so on, the observer of the vow should worship (him), intent in devotion, saying "Homage to Nārāyaṇa."
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NarP 1 18.8
गीतैर्वाद्यैश्च नृत्यैश्च पुराणपठनादिभिः । स्तोत्रैर्वाराधयेद्देवं व्रतकृत्सुसमाहितः
gītairvādyaiśca nṛtyaiśca purāṇapaṭhanādibhiḥ / stotrairvārādhayeddevaṃ vratakṛtsusamāhitaḥ
Or the performer of the vow, well composed, should propitiate the god with songs, with instrumental music, with dances, with recitations of the Purāṇas and the like, and with hymns of praise.
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NarP 1 18.9
देवस्य पुरतः कृत्वा स्थण्डिलं चतुरस्त्रकम् । अरत्निमात्रं तत्रान्गिं स्थापयेद्गृह्यमार्गतः । आज्यभागान्तर्पयन्तं कृत्वा पुरुषसूक्ततः । चरणा च तिलैश्वापि घृतेन जुहुयात्तथा
devasya purataḥ kṛtvā sthaṇḍilaṃ caturastrakam / aratnimātraṃ tatrāngiṃ sthāpayedgṛhyamārgataḥ / ājyabhāgāntarpayantaṃ kṛtvā puruṣasūktataḥ / caraṇā ca tilaiśvāpi ghṛtena juhuyāttathā
In front of the god he should make a four-cornered altar-mound, a cubit in measure, and there set up the fire in the manner of the domestic ritual. Having made the offering of the portions of clarified butter, he should then offer oblations with the Puruṣa hymn — with cooked grain (caru), and also with sesame seeds, and with ghee.
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NarP 1 18.10
एकवारं द्विवारं वात्रिवारं वापि शक्तितः । होमं कुर्यात्प्रयत्नेन सर्वपापनिवृत्तये
ekavāraṃ dvivāraṃ vātrivāraṃ vāpi śaktitaḥ / homaṃ kuryātprayatnena sarvapāpanivṛttaye
Once, or twice, or even three times according to his ability, he should carefully perform the fire-oblation for the removal of all sins.
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NarP 1 18.11
प्रायश्चित्ता दिकं सर्वं स्वगृह्योक्तविधानतः । समाप्य होमं विधिवच्छान्तिसूक्तं जपेद्रुधः
prāyaścittā dikaṃ sarvaṃ svagṛhyoktavidhānataḥ / samāpya homaṃ vidhivacchāntisūktaṃ japedrudhaḥ
(He should perform) everything, beginning with the expiatory rites, according to the prescription stated in his own domestic manual; having completed the oblation according to rule, the wise man should mutter the Śānti hymn.
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NarP 1 18.12
पश्चाद्देवं समागत्य पुनः पूजां प्रकल्पयेत् । तथोपवासं देवाय ह्यर्पयेद्भक्तिसंयुतः
paścāddevaṃ samāgatya punaḥ pūjāṃ prakalpayet / tathopavāsaṃ devāya hyarpayedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ
Afterwards, coming back to the god, he should perform the worship again, and filled with devotion he should dedicate the fast itself to the god.
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NarP 1 18.13
पौर्णमास्यां निराहारः स्थित्वा देव तवाज्ञया । भोक्ष्यामि पुण्डरीकाक्ष परे ऽह्लि शरणं भव
paurṇamāsyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sthitvā deva tavājñayā / bhokṣyāmi puṇḍarīkākṣa pare 'hli śaraṇaṃ bhava
"Having remained without food on the full-moon day by your command, O god, I shall eat on the following day, O lotus-eyed one; be my refuge."
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NarP 1 18.14
इति विज्ञाप्य देवायह्यर्घ्यं दद्यात्तथैन्दवे । जानुभ्यामवनीं गगत्वा शुक्लपुष्पाक्षतान्वितः
iti vijñāpya devāyahyarghyaṃ dadyāttathaindave / jānubhyāmavanīṃ gagatvā śuklapuṣpākṣatānvitaḥ
Having announced this to the god, he should also offer the water-oblation to the moon, touching the ground with both knees, provided with white flowers and unbroken rice grains.
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NarP 1 18.17
क्षीरोदार्णवसंभूत अघत्रिगोत्रसमुद्भघव । ग्रहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं रोहिणीनायक प्रभो । एवमर्घ्यं प्रदायेन्दोः प्रार्थयेत्प्राञ्जलिस्ततः ॥ नर्प्_१,१८।१५ ॥ तिष्टन्पूर्वमुखो भूत्वा पश्यन्निन्दुं च नारद ॥ नर्प्_१,१८।१६ ॥ नमः शुक्लांशवे तुभ्यं द्विजराजाय ते नमः । रोहिणीपतये तुभ्यं लक्ष्मीभ्रात्रे नमो ऽस्तु ते
kṣīrodārṇavasaṃbhūta aghatrigotrasamudbhaghava / grahāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ rohiṇīnāyaka prabho / evamarghyaṃ pradāyendoḥ prārthayetprāñjalistataḥ // narp_1,18.15 // tiṣṭanpūrvamukho bhūtvā paśyanninduṃ ca nārada // narp_1,18.16 // namaḥ śuklāṃśave tubhyaṃ dvijarājāya te namaḥ / rohiṇīpataye tubhyaṃ lakṣmībhrātre namo 'stu te
"O you born from the ocean of milk, arisen from the lineage of Atri, accept the water-offering given by me, O lord, husband of Rohiṇī." Having thus presented the offering to the moon, he should then pray with joined palms, standing facing east and gazing at the moon, O Nārada: "Homage to you of white rays, homage to you, king of the twice-born; homage to you, lord of Rohiṇī; homage be to you, brother of Lakṣmī."
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NarP 1 18.18
ततश्च जागरं कुर्यात्पुराणश्रवणादिभिः । जितेन्द्रियश्च संशुद्धः पाषण्डालोकवर्जितः
tataśca jāgaraṃ kuryātpurāṇaśravaṇādibhiḥ / jitendriyaśca saṃśuddhaḥ pāṣaṇḍālokavarjitaḥ
And thereafter he should keep the night-vigil with the hearing of the Purāṇas and the like, with his senses subdued, wholly pure, avoiding the sight of heretics.
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NarP 1 18.19
ततः प्रातः प्रकुर्वीत स्वाचारं च यथाविधि । पुनः संपूजयेद्देवं यथाविभवविस्तरम्
tataḥ prātaḥ prakurvīta svācāraṃ ca yathāvidhi / punaḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ yathāvibhavavistaram
Then in the morning he should perform his own observances as prescribed, and again worship the god fully, with an elaborateness matching his means.
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NarP 1 18.20
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या ततश्च प्रयतो नरः । बन्धुभृत्यादिभिः सार्धं स्वयं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः
brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā tataśca prayato naraḥ / bandhubhṛtyādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ
He should feed brahmins according to his ability, and then the man, purified, together with his kinsmen, servants and the rest, should himself eat, restrained in speech.
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NarP 1 18.21
एवं पौषादिमासेषु पूर्णमास्यामुपोषितः । अर्चयेद्भक्तिसंयुक्तो नारायणमनायमम्
evaṃ pauṣādimāseṣu pūrṇamāsyāmupoṣitaḥ / arcayedbhaktisaṃyukto nārāyaṇamanāyamam
Thus in the months beginning with Pauṣa, fasting on the full-moon day, filled with devotion, he should worship the unborn Nārāyaṇa.
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NarP 1 18.22
एवं संवत्सरं कृत्वा कार्तिक्यां पूर्णिमादिने । उद्यापनं प्रकुर्वीत तद्विधानं वदामि ते
evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kṛtvā kārtikyāṃ pūrṇimādine / udyāpanaṃ prakurvīta tadvidhānaṃ vadāmi te
Having done so for a year, on the full-moon day in Kārttika he should perform the concluding rite; I shall tell you its procedure.
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NarP 1 18.23
मण्डपं कारयेद्दिव्यं चतुरस्त्रं सुमङ्गलम् । शोभितं पुष्पमालाभिर्वितानध्वजराजितम्
maṇḍapaṃ kārayeddivyaṃ caturastraṃ sumaṅgalam / śobhitaṃ puṣpamālābhirvitānadhvajarājitam
He should have a splendid four-cornered pavilion made, very auspicious, adorned with flower garlands, resplendent with canopies and banners,
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NarP 1 18.24
बहुदापसमाकीर्णं किङ्किणीजालशोभितम् । दर्पंणैश्चामरैश्चैव कलशैश्च समावृतम्
bahudāpasamākīrṇaṃ kiṅkiṇījālaśobhitam / darpaṃṇaiścāmaraiścaiva kalaśaiśca samāvṛtam
strewn with many lamps, beautified with nets of little bells, and surrounded with mirrors, with yak-tail whisks, and with water-pots.
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NarP 1 18.25
तन्मध्ये सर्वतोभद्रं पञ्चवर्णविराजितम् । जलपूर्णं ततः कुम्भं न्यसेत्तस्योपरि द्विज
tanmadhye sarvatobhadraṃ pañcavarṇavirājitam / jalapūrṇaṃ tataḥ kumbhaṃ nyasettasyopari dvija
In the middle of it (he should draw) the sarvatobhadra diagram, bright with five colours; then, O twice-born one, he should place upon it a jar filled with water.
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NarP 1 18.26
पिधाय कुम्भं वस्त्रेण सुसूक्ष्मेणाति शोभितम् । हेन्मा वा रजतेनापि तथा तान्मेण वा द्विज । लक्ष्मीनारायणं देवं कृत्वा तस्योपरि न्यसेत्
pidhāya kumbhaṃ vastreṇa susūkṣmeṇāti śobhitam / henmā vā rajatenāpi tathā tānmeṇa vā dvija / lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ kṛtvā tasyopari nyaset
Having covered the jar with a very fine cloth, exceedingly beautiful, he should make an image of the god Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa of gold, or of silver, or of copper, O twice-born one, and set it upon that.
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NarP 1 18.27
पञ्चामृतेन संस्नाप्याभ्यर्च्यगन्धादिभिः क्रमात् । भक्ष्मैर्भोज्यादिनैवेद्यैर्भक्तितः संयतेन्द्रियः
pañcāmṛtena saṃsnāpyābhyarcyagandhādibhiḥ kramāt / bhakṣmairbhojyādinaivedyairbhaktitaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ
Having bathed (the image) with the five nectars and worshipped it in order with fragrance and the rest, with foods to be chewed, with dishes to be eaten and other food-offerings, devotedly, with his senses controlled —
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NarP 1 18.28
जागरं च तथा कुर्यार्त्सम्यक्छ्ररद्धासमन्वितः । परे ऽह्नि प्रातर्विधिव त्पूर्ववद्विष्णुमर्चयेत्
jāgaraṃ ca tathā kuryārtsamyakchraraddhāsamanvitaḥ / pare 'hni prātarvidhiva tpūrvavadviṣṇumarcayet
and he should likewise keep the vigil, endowed with full faith; on the next day, in the morning, he should worship Viṣṇu according to rule, as before.
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NarP 1 18.29
आचार्याय प्रदातव्या प्रतिमा दक्षघिणान्विता । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या विभवे सत्यवारितम्
ācāryāya pradātavyā pratimā dakṣaghiṇānvitā / brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā vibhave satyavāritam
The image, together with a fee, is to be given to the teacher; he should feed brahmins according to his means, (giving) truly without stint when he has wealth.
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NarP 1 18.30
तिलदानं प्रकुर्वीत यथाशक्त्या समाहितः । कुर्याद्रन्गौ च विधिवतिलहोमं विचक्षिणः
tiladānaṃ prakurvīta yathāśaktyā samāhitaḥ / kuryādrangau ca vidhivatilahomaṃ vicakṣiṇaḥ
Composed, he should make a gift of sesame according to his ability; and the discerning man should perform the sesame-oblation in the fire according to rule.
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NarP 1 18.31
एवं कृत्वा नरः सम्यक् लक्ष्मीनारायणव्रतम् । इह भुक्त्वा महाभोगान्पुत्रघपौत्रघसमन्वितः
evaṃ kṛtvā naraḥ samyak lakṣmīnārāyaṇavratam / iha bhuktvā mahābhogānputraghapautraghasamanvitaḥ
Having thus rightly performed the Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa vow, a man, having here enjoyed great pleasures, endowed with sons and grandsons,
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NarP 1 18.32
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः कुलायुतसमन्वितः । प्रयाति विष्णुभवनं योगिनामपि दुर्लभम्
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ kulāyutasamanvitaḥ / prayāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ yogināmapi durlabham
freed from all sins, together with ten thousand (generations of) his family, goes to the abode of Viṣṇu, which is hard to attain even for yogins.
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