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# Naradapurana 1.121

Nāradapurāṇa 1.121

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.121.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.117) — 1 part

### [1.121.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.1)

sanātana uvāca  
atha vratāni dvādaśyāḥ kathayāmi tavānagha /  
yāni kṛtvā naro loke viṣṇoḥ priyataro bhavet //

### [1.121.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.2)

caitrasya śukladvādaśyāṃ madanavratamācaret /  
sthāpayedavraṇaṃ kuṃbhaṃ sitatandulapūritam //

### [1.121.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.3)

nānāphalayutaṃ tadvadikṣudaṇḍasamanvitam /  
sitavastrayugacchannaṃ sitacandanacarccitam //

### [1.121.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.4)

nānābhakṣyasamopetaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ svaśaktitaḥ /  
tāmrapātraṃ guḍopetaṃ tasyopari niveśayet //

### [1.121.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.5)

tatra saṃpūjayeddevaṃ kāmarūpiṇamacyutam /  
gandhādyairupacāraistu sopavāso pare 'hani //

### [1.121.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.6)

punaḥ prātaḥ samabhyarcya brāhmaṇāya nivedayet /  
brahmaṇānbhojayeccaiva tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām //

### [1.121.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.7)

varṣamevaṃ vrataṃ kṛtvā ghṛtadhenusamanvitām /  
śayyāṃ tu dadyādgurave sarvopaskarasaṃyutām //

### [1.121.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.8)

kāñcanaṃ kāmadevaṃ ca śuktāṃ gāṃ ca payasvinīm /  
vāsobhirdvijadāṃpatyaṃ pūjayitvā samarpayet //

### [1.121.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.9)

prīyatāṃ kāmarūpī me harirityevamuccaran /  
yaḥ kuryādvidhinānena madanadvādaśīvratam //

### [1.121.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.10)

sa sarvapāpanirbhuktaḥ prāpnoti harisāmyatām /  
asyāmeva samuddiṣṭaṃ bhartṛdvādaśikāvratam //

### [1.121.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.11)

svāstṛtāṃ tatra śayyāṃ tu kṛtvātra śrīyutaṃ harim /  
saṃsthāpya maṇḍapaṃ puṣpaistaduparpyupakalpayet //

### [1.121.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.12)

tataḥ saṃpūjya gandhādyairvratī jāgaraṇaṃ niśi /  
nṛtyavāditragītādyaistataḥ prātaḥ pare 'hani //

### [1.121.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.13)

saśayyaṃ śrīhariṃ haimaṃ dvijagryāya nivedayet /  
dvijānsaṃbhojya visṛjaddakṣiṇābhiḥ pratoṣitān //

### [1.121.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.14)

evaṃ kṛtavratasyāpi dāṃpatyaṃ jāyate sthiram /  
saptajanmasu bhuṅkte ca bhogān lokadvayepsitān //

### [1.121.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.15)

vaiśākhaśukladvādaśyāṃ sopavāso jitendriyaḥ /  
saṃpūjya mādhavaṃ bhaktyā gandhādyairupacārakaiḥ //

### [1.121.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.16)

pakkānnaṃ tṛptijanakaṃ madhuraṃ sodakuṃbhakam /  
viprāya dadyādvidhivanmādhavaḥ prīyatāmiti //

### [1.121.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.17)

dvādaśyāṃ jyeṣṭhaśuklāyāṃ pūjayitvā trivikramam /  
gandhādyairmadhurānnāḍhyaṃ karaka vinivedayet //

### [1.121.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.18)

vratī dvijāya tatpaścādekabhaktaṃ samācaret /  
vratenānena saṃtuṣṭo devadevastrivikramaḥ //

### [1.121.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.19)

dadāti vipulānbhogānante mokṣaṃ ca nārada /  
āṣāḍhaśukladvādaśyāṃ dvijāndvādaśa bhojayet //

### [1.121.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.20)

madhurānnena tānpūjya pṛthaggandhādikaiḥ kramāt /  
tabhyo vāsāṃsi daṇḍāṃśca brahmasūtrāṇi mudrikāḥ //

### [1.121.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.21)

pātrāṇi ca dadedbhaktyā viṣṇumeṃ prīyatāmiti /  
dvādaśyāṃ tu nabhaḥśukle śrīdharaṃ pūjayedvratī //

### [1.121.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.22)

gandhādyaistatparo bhaktyā dadhibhaktairdvijottamān /  
saṃbhojya dakṣiṇā raupyāṃ datvā natvā visarjjayet //

### [1.121.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.23)

vratenānena deveśaḥ śrīdharaḥ prīyatāmiti /  
dvādaśyāṃ nabhasyaśukle vratī saṃpūjya vāmanam //

### [1.121.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.24)

tadagre bhojayedviprānpāyasairdvādaśaiva ca /  
sauvarṇī dakṣiṇāṃ datvā viṣṇuprītikaro bhavet //

### [1.121.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.25)

dvādaśyāmiṣaśuklāyāṃ padmanābhaṃ samarcayet /  
gandhādyairupacāraistu tadagre bhojayeddvijān //

### [1.121.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.26)

madhurānnena vastrāḍhyāṃ sauvarṇīṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadet /  
vratenaitena saṃtuṣṭaḥ padmanābho dvijottama //

### [1.121.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.27)

śvetadvīpagatiṃ dadyāddehabhogāṃśca vāñchitān /  
kārtike kṛṣṇapakṣe tu govatsadvādaśīvratam //

### [1.121.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.28)

tatra vatsayutāṃ gāṃ tu samālikhya sugandhibhiḥ /  
candanādyaistathā puṣpamālābhiḥ prārcya tāmrake //

### [1.121.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.29)

pātre puṣpākṣatatilairarghyaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ /  
pradadyātpādamūle 'syā mantreṇānena nārada //

### [1.121.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.30)

kṣīrodārṇavasaṃbhūte surāsuranamaskṛte /  
sarvadevamaye devi sarvadevairalaṅkṛte //

### [1.121.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.31)

mātarmātargavāṃ mātargṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo 'stu te /  
tato māṣādisaṃsiddhānvaṭakāṃśca nivedayet //

### [1.121.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.32)

evaṃ pañca daśaikaṃ vā yathāvibhavamātmanaḥ /  
surabhi tvaṃ jaganmātā nityaṃ viṣṇupade sthitā //

### [1.121.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.33)

sarvadevamaye grāsaṃ mayā dattamimaṃ grasa /  
sarvadevamaye devi sarvadevairalaṅkṛte //

### [1.121.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.34)

mātarmamābhilaṣitaṃ saphalaṃ kuru nandinī /  
taddine tailapakvaṃ ca sthālīpakvaṃ dvijottama //

### [1.121.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.35)

gokṣīraṃ goghṛtaṃ caiva dadhi takraṃ ca varjayet /  
dvādaśyāmūrjaśuklāyāṃ devaṃ dāmodaraṃ dvija //

### [1.121.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.36)

samabhyarcyopacāraistu gandhādyaiḥ susamāhitaḥ /  
tadagre bhojayedviprānpakvānnenārkasaṃkhyakān //

### [1.121.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.37)

tataḥ kuṃbhānapāṃpūrṇānvastrācchannānsamarcitān /  
sapūgamodakasvarṇāṃstebhyaḥ prītyā samarpayet //

### [1.121.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.38)

evaṃ kṛte priyo viṣṇorjāyate 'khilabhogabhuk /  
dehānte viṣṇusāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.121.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.39)

nīrājanavrataṃ cātra gaditaṃ tannibodha me /  
suptotthitaṃ jagannāthamalaṅkṛtya niśāgame //

### [1.121.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.40)

alaṅkṛto navaṃ vahnimutpādyābhyarcya mantrataḥ /  
hutvā tatra samuddīpte raupya dīpikayā mune //

### [1.121.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.41)

gandhapuṣpādyarcitayā janairnīrājayeddharim /  
tatraivānugatāṃ lakṣmīṃ brahmāṇīṃ caṇḍikāṃ tathā //

### [1.121.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.42)

ādityaṃ śaṅkaraṃ gaurīṃ yakṣaṃ gaṇapatiṃ grahān /  
mātṝḥ pitṝnnagānnāgānsarvānnīrājayetkramāt //

### [1.121.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.43)

gavāṃ nīrājanaṃ kuryānmahiṣyādeśca maṇḍalam /  
namo jayeti śabdaiśca ghaṇṭāśaṅkhā diniḥsvanaiḥ //

### [1.121.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.44)

siṃdūrāliptaśṛṅgāṇāṃ citrāṅgāṇāṃ ca varṇakaiḥ /  
gavāṃ kolāhale vṛtte nīrājanamahotsave //

### [1.121.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.45)

turagāṃllakṣaṇopetām gajāṃśca madaviplutān /  
rājacihnāni sarvāṇi cchatrādīni ca nārada //

### [1.121.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.46)

rājā purodhasā sārdhaṃ mantribhṛtyaparaḥ saraḥ /  
pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ nīrajya svayamādarāt //

### [1.121.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.47)

śaṅkhatūryādighoṣaiśca nānāratnavinirmite /  
siṃhāsane nave kḷpte tiṣṭhetsamyagalaṅkṛtaḥ //

### [1.121.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.48)

tataḥ sulakṣaṇairyuktā veśyā vātha kulāṅganā /  
śīrṣopari naredrasya tayā nīrājayecchanaiḥ //

### [1.121.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.49)

evameṣā mahāsāṃtiḥ kartavyā prativatsaram /  
rājñā vittavatānyena varṣamārogyamicchatā //

### [1.121.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.50)

yeṣāṃ rāṣṭre pure grāme kriyate śāntiruttamā /  
nīrājanābhidhā vipra tadrogā yānti saṃkṣayam //

### [1.121.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.51)

dvādaśyāṃ mārgaśuklāyāṃ sādhyavratamanuttamam /  
manobhavastathā prāṇo naro yātaśca vīryavān //

### [1.121.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.52)

citirhayo nṛpaścaiva haṃso nārāyaṇastathā /  
vibhuścāpi prabhuścaiva sādhyā dvādaśa kīrtitāḥ //

### [1.121.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.53)

pūjayedgandhapuṣpādyairetāṃstandulakalpitān /  
tato dvijāgryānsaṃbhojya dvādaśātra sudakṣiṇāḥ //

### [1.121.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.54)

datvā tebhyastu visṛjetprīyānnārayaṇastviti /  
etasyāmeva viditaṃ dvādaśādityasaṃjñitam //

### [1.121.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.55)

vrataṃ tatrārcayeddhīmānādityāndvādaśāpi ca /  
dhātāmitror'yamā pūṣā śakroṃ'śo varuṇo bhagaḥ //

### [1.121.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.56)

tvaṣṭā vivasvānsavitā viṣṇurdvādaśa īritāḥ /  
pratimāsaṃ tu śuklāyāṃ dvādaśyāmarcya yatnataḥ //

### [1.121.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.57)

varṣaṃ nayedvratānte tu pratimā dvādaśāpi ca /  
haimīḥ saṃpūjya vidhinā bhojayitvā dvijottamān //

### [1.121.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.58)

madhurānnaiḥ susatkṛtya pratyekaṃ cārpayedvratī /  
eva vrataṃ naraḥ kṛtvā dvādaśādityasaṃjñakam //

### [1.121.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.59)

sūryalokaṃ samāsādya bhuktvā bhogāṃścaraṃ tataḥ /  
jāyate bhuvi dharmātmā mānuṣye rogavarjitaḥ //

### [1.121.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.60)

tato vratasya puṇyena punareva labhedvratam /  
tatpuṇyena ravenbhitvā maṇḍalaṃ dvijasattama //

### [1.121.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.61)

nirañjanaṃ nirā kāraṃ nirdvandvaṃ brahma cāpnuyāt /  
atraivākhaṇḍasaṃjñaṃ ca vratamukta dvijottama //

### [1.121.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.62)

mūrtiṃ nirmāya sauvarṇīṃ janārdanasamāhvayām /  
abhyarcya gandhapuṣpādyaistadagre bhojayeddvijān //

### [1.121.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.63)

dvādaśa pratimāsaṃ tu naktāśīḥ syājjitendriyaḥ /  
tataḥ samānte tāṃ mūrtiṃ samabhyarcya vidhānataḥ //

### [1.121.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.64)

gurave dhenusahitāṃ dadyātsaṃprārthayettathā /  
śatajanmasu yatkiñcinmayākhaṇḍavrataṃ kṛtam //

### [1.121.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.65)

bhagavaṃstvatprasādena tadakhaṇḍamihāstu me /  
tataḥ saṃbhojya viprāgryānsakhaṇḍāḍhyaistu pāyasaiḥ //

### [1.121.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.66)

dvādaśaiva hi sauvarṇīṃ dakṣiṇāṃ pradadennamet /  
iti kṛtvā vrataṃ vipra prīṇayitvā janārdanam //

### [1.121.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.67)

sauvarṇena vimānena yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam /  
pauṣasya kṛṣṇadvādaśyāṃ rūpavratamudīritam //

### [1.121.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.68)

daśamyāṃ vidhivatsnātvā gṛhṇīyādgomayaṃ vratī /  
śvetāyā vaikavarṇāyā antarikṣagataṃ dvija //

### [1.121.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.69)

aṣṭottaraśataṃ tena piṇḍikāḥ kalpya nārada /  
śoṣayedātape dhṛtvā pātre tāmre 'tha mṛnmaye //

### [1.121.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.70)

ekādaśyāṃ sopavāsaḥ samabhyarcya vidhānataḥ /  
sauvarṇīṃ pratimāṃ viṣṇorniśāyāṃ jāgaraṃ caret //

### [1.121.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.71)

sumaṅgalairgītavādyaiḥ stotrapāṭhairjapādibhiḥ /  
tataḥ prabhāte dvādaśyāṃ tilapātropari sthitām //

### [1.121.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.72)

aṃbupūrṇe ghaṭe nyasya pūjayedupacārakaiḥ /  
tato 'gniṃ navamutpādya kāṣṭhasaṃgharṣaṇādibhiḥ //

### [1.121.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.73)

taṃ samabhyarcya vidhivadekaikāṃ piṇḍikāṃ sudhīḥ /  
homayetsatilājyāṃ ca dvādaśākṣaravidyayā //

### [1.121.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.74)

vaiṣṇavyātha ca pūraṇāṃ ca śatamaṣṭottara tataḥ /  
bhojayetpāyasairviprānprītyā susnigdhamānasaḥ //

### [1.121.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.75)

sahitāṃ ca ghaṭenaiva pratimāṃ gurava'peyet /  
viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā datvā natvā visarjayet /  
naro vā yadi vā nārī vrataṃ kṛtvaivamādarāt //

### [1.121.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.76)

labhate rūpasaubhāgyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /  
sahasye śuklapakṣe tu sujanmadvādaśīvratam //

### [1.121.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.77)

snātvā vidhānena gṛhṇoyādvārṣikavratam /  
pītvā gaśṛṅgavāryādau tāṃ ca kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam //

### [1.121.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.78)

pratimāsaṃ tataḥ śukledvādaśyāṃ dānamācaret /  
ghṛtaprasthaṃ taccatuṣkaṃ kramādvīheryavasya ca //

### [1.121.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.79)

dviraktikaṃ hema tilāḍhakārddhaṃ payasāṃ ghaṭam /  
raupyasya māṣamekaṃ ca tṛptikṛnmiṣṭapakvakam //

### [1.121.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.80)

chatraṃ māṣārdhahemnaśca prasthaṃ phaāṇitamuttamam /  
candanaṃ palikaṃ vastraṃ pañcahastonmitaṃ tanum //

### [1.121.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.81)

evaṃ tu māsikaṃ dānaṃ kṛtvā prāśya yathākramam /  
gomūtraṃ jalamājyaṃ vā paktvā śākaṃ caturvidham //

### [1.121.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.82)

dadhiyuktaṃ ca yāvānnaṃ tilājyaṃ śarkarānvitām /  
darbhāṃbukṣīramuditaṃ prāśanaṃ pratimāsikam //

### [1.121.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.83)

evaṃ kṛtavrato varṣaṃ sauvarṇīṃ pratimāṃ raveḥ /  
kṛtvā vai tāmrapātrasthāṃ nyasyābhyarcya vidhānataḥ //

### [1.121.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.84)

gurave dhenusahitāṃ pratyarpya praṇametpuraḥ /  
viprāndrādaśa saṃbhojya tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām //

### [1.121.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.85)

evaṃ kṛtavrato vipra janmāpnotyuttame kule /  
nirogo dhanadhānyāḍhyo bhaveccāvikaledriyaḥ //

### [1.121.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.86)

māghasya śukladvādaśyāṃ śālagrāmaśilāṃ dvija /  
abhyacya vidhivadbhaktyā suvarṇaṃ tanmukhe nyaset //

### [1.121.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.87)

tāṃ sthāpya raupyapātre tu sitavastrayugāvṛtām /  
pradadyādvedaviduṣe taṃ hi saṃbhojayettataḥ //

### [1.121.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.88)

pāyasānnena khaṇḍājyasahitena hitena ca /  
evaṃ kṛtvaikabhaktaḥ sanviṣṇu cintanatatparaḥ //

### [1.121.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.89)

vaiṣṇavaṃ labhate dhāma bhuktvā bhogānihepsitān /  
antye sitāyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ sauvarṇīṃ pratimāṃ hareḥ //

### [1.121.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.90)

abhyarcya gandhapuṣpādyairdadyādvedavide dvija /  
dviṣaṭkasaṃkhyānviprāṃśca bhojayitvā ca dakṣiṇām //

### [1.121.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.91)

datvā visarjayetpaścātsvayaṃ bhuñjīta bāndhavaiḥ /  
trispṛśonmīlinī pakṣavarddhinī vañjulī tathā //

### [1.121.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.92)

jayā ca vijayā caiva jayantī cāparājitā /  
etā aṣṭau sadopoṣyā dvādaśyaḥ pāpahārikāḥ //

### [1.121.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.93)

śrīnārada uvāca  
kīdṛśaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ brahmannetāsāṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tathā /  
tatsarvaṃ me samācakṣva yāścanyāḥ puṇyadāyukāḥ //

### [1.121.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.94)

sūta uvāca  
itthaṃ sanātanaḥ pṛṣṭo nāradena dvijottamaḥ /  
praśasya bhrātaraṃ prāha mahābhāgavataṃ muniḥ //

### [1.121.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.95)

sanātana uvāca  
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhrātaḥ sādhūnāṃ saṃśayacchidā /  
vakṣye mahādvādaśīnāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ ca phalaṃ pṛthak //

### [1.121.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.96)

ekādaśī nivṛttā cetsūryasyodayataḥ purā /  
tadā tu trispṛśā nāma dvādaśī sā mahāphalā //

### [1.121.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.97)

asyāmupoṣya govindaṃ yaḥ pūjayati nārada /  
aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ labhate dhruvam //

### [1.121.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.98)

yadāruṇodaye viddhā daśamyaikādaśī tithiḥ /  
tadā tāṃ saṃparityajya dvādaśīṃ samupoṣayet //

### [1.121.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.99)

tatreṣṭvā vāsudevākhyaṃ samyakpūjāvidhānataḥ /  
rājasūyasahasrasya phalamunmīlite labhet //

### [1.121.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.100)

yadodaye tu savituryāmyā tvekādaśīṃ spṛśet /  
tadā vañjulikākhyāṃ tu tāṃ tyaktvopoṣayetsadā //

### [1.121.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.101)

asyāṃ saṃkarṣaṇaṃ devaṃ gandhādyairupacārakaiḥ /  
pūjayetsatataṃ bhaktyā sarvasyābhayadaṃ param //

### [1.121.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.102)

eṣā mahādvādaśī tu sarvakratuphalapradā /  
sarvapāpaharā proktā sarvasaṃpatpradāyinī //

### [1.121.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.103)

kuhūrāke yadā vṛddhe syātāṃ vipra yadā tadā /  
pakṣavarddhanikā nāma dvādaśī sā mahāphalā //

### [1.121.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.104)

tasyāṃ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ pradyumnaṃ jagatāṃ patim /  
sarvaiśvaryyapradaṃ sākṣātputra pautravivardhanam //

### [1.121.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.105)

yadā tu dhavale pakṣe dvādaśī syānmadhānvitā //ṭha  
tadā proktā jayā nāma sarvaśatruvināśinī //

### [1.121.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.106)

asyāṃ saṃpūjayeddeva maniruddhaṃ ramāpatim /  
sarvakāmapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyakam //

### [1.121.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.107)

śravaṇarkṣayutā cetsyāddvādaśī dhavale dale /  
tadā sā vijayā nāma tasyāmacedgadādharam //

### [1.121.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.108)

sarvasaukhyapradaṃ śaśvatsarvabhogaparāyaṇam /  
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ vipra tāṃ copoṣyāpnuyānnaraḥ //

### [1.121.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.109)

yadā syācca site pakṣe prājāpatyarkṣasaṃyutā /  
dvādaśī sā mahāpuṇyā jayantī nāmataḥ smṛtā //

### [1.121.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.110)

yasyāṃ samarccayeddevaṃ vāmanaṃ siddhidaṃ nṛṇām /  
upoṣitaiṣā viprendra sarvavrataphalapradā //

### [1.121.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.111)

sarvadānaphalā cāpi bhuktimuktipradāyinī /  
yadā tu syātsite pakṣe dvādaśī jīvabhānvitā //

### [1.121.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.112)

tadāparājitā proktā sarvajñā napradāyinī /  
asyāṃ samarcayeddevaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam //

### [1.121.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.113)

saṃsārapāśavicchittikārakaṃ jñānasāgaram /  
asyāstūpoṣaṇādeva muktaḥ syādvipra bhojanaḥ //

### [1.121.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.114)

yadā tvāṣāḍhaśuklāyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ maitrabhaṃ bhavet /  
tadā vratadvayaṃ kāryyaṃ na doṣo 'traikadaivatam //

### [1.121.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.115)

śravaṇarkṣayutāyāṃ ca dvādaśyāṃ bhādraśuklake /  
ūrjje sitāyāṃ dvādaśyāmantyabhe ca vratadvayam //

### [1.121.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.116)

etābhyo 'ntra viprendra dvādaśyāmekabhuktakam /  
nisargataḥ samuddiṣṭaṃ vrataṃ pātakanāśanam //

### [1.121.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.117)

ekādaśyā vrataṃ nityaṃ dvādaśyāḥ sahitaṃ yataḥ /  
nodyāpanamihoddiṣṭaṃ karttavyaṃ jīvitāvidhi //

### [1.121.117.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.121.117.p1)

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe bṛhadupākhyāne pūrvabhāge caturthapāde dvādaśamāsasya dvādaśīvratanirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (7)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.190.3) — Sanskrit
- [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.10.p2) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit
- [Vratakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakhanda.114.p2.16) — Hemādri, Sanskrit
- [Vratakāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vratakanda.7.p131) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit
- [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.15.4.25) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.4.p34) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit
- [Tithyarka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.tithi.tithyarka.5.p1.4) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1658, Sanskrit

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