[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Naradapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada) › 1.18 # Naradapurana 1.18 Nāradapurāṇa 1.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.32) — 1 part ### [1.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.1) sanaka uvāca anyadvratavaraṃ vakṣya śṛṇuṣva munisattama / sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhanibarhaṇam // ### [1.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.2) brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ yoṣitāṃ tathā / samastakāmaphaladaṃ sarvavratamyaphalapradam // ### [1.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.3) duḥsvanpanāśane dharmyaṃ duṣṭagrahanivāraṇam / sarvalokeṣu vikhyātaṃ pūrṇimāvratamam / yena cīrṇena pāpānāṃ rāśikoṭiḥra praśāmyati // ### [1.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.4) mārgaśīrṣe sitepakṣe pūrṇāyāṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ / snānaṃ kuryādyathācāraṃ dantadhāvanapūrvakam // ### [1.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.5) śuklāmbaradharaḥ śuddho gṛhamāgagatya vāgyataḥ / prakṣālya pādāvācamya smaratrārāyaṇaṃ prabhum // ### [1.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.6) nityaṃ devārcanaṃ kṛtvā paśvātsaṃkalpapūrvakam / lakṣmī nārāyaṇaṃ devamarcayedbhaktibhāvataḥ // ### [1.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.7) āvāhanāsanādyaiśca gandhapuṣpādibhirvratī / namo nārāyaṇāyeti pūjayedbhaktitatparaḥ // ### [1.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.8) gītairvādyaiśca nṛtyaiśca purāṇapaṭhanādibhiḥ / stotrairvārādhayeddevaṃ vratakṛtsusamāhitaḥ // ### [1.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.9) devasya purataḥ kṛtvā sthaṇḍilaṃ caturastrakam / aratnimātraṃ tatrāngiṃ sthāpayedgṛhyamārgataḥ / ājyabhāgāntarpayantaṃ kṛtvā puruṣasūktataḥ / caraṇā ca tilaiśvāpi ghṛtena juhuyāttathā // ### [1.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.10) ekavāraṃ dvivāraṃ vātrivāraṃ vāpi śaktitaḥ / homaṃ kuryātprayatnena sarvapāpanivṛttaye // ### [1.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.11) prāyaścittā dikaṃ sarvaṃ svagṛhyoktavidhānataḥ / samāpya homaṃ vidhivacchāntisūktaṃ japedrudhaḥ // ### [1.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.12) paścāddevaṃ samāgatya punaḥ pūjāṃ prakalpayet / tathopavāsaṃ devāya hyarpayedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ // ### [1.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.13) paurṇamāsyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sthitvā deva tavājñayā / bhokṣyāmi puṇḍarīkākṣa pare 'hli śaraṇaṃ bhava // ### [1.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.14) iti vijñāpya devāyahyarghyaṃ dadyāttathaindave / jānubhyāmavanīṃ gagatvā śuklapuṣpākṣatānvitaḥ // ### [1.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.15) kṣīrodārṇavasaṃbhūta aghatrigotrasamudbhaghava / grahāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ rohiṇīnāyaka prabho / evamarghyaṃ pradāyendoḥ prārthayetprāñjalistataḥ // ### [1.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.16) tiṣṭanpūrvamukho bhūtvā paśyanninduṃ ca nārada // ### [1.18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.17) namaḥ śuklāṃśave tubhyaṃ dvijarājāya te namaḥ / rohiṇīpataye tubhyaṃ lakṣmībhrātre namo 'stu te // ### [1.18.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.18) tataśca jāgaraṃ kuryātpurāṇaśravaṇādibhiḥ / jitendriyaśca saṃśuddhaḥ pāṣaṇḍālokavarjitaḥ // ### [1.18.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.19) tataḥ prātaḥ prakurvīta svācāraṃ ca yathāvidhi / punaḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ yathāvibhavavistaram // ### [1.18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.20) brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā tataśca prayato naraḥ / bandhubhṛtyādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ // ### [1.18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.21) evaṃ pauṣādimāseṣu pūrṇamāsyāmupoṣitaḥ / arcayedbhaktisaṃyukto nārāyaṇamanāyamam // ### [1.18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.22) evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kṛtvā kārtikyāṃ pūrṇimādine / udyāpanaṃ prakurvīta tadvidhānaṃ vadāmi te // ### [1.18.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.23) maṇḍapaṃ kārayeddivyaṃ caturastraṃ sumaṅgalam / śobhitaṃ puṣpamālābhirvitānadhvajarājitam // ### [1.18.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.24) bahudāpasamākīrṇaṃ kiṅkiṇījālaśobhitam / darpaṃṇaiścāmaraiścaiva kalaśaiśca samāvṛtam // ### [1.18.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.25) tanmadhye sarvatobhadraṃ pañcavarṇavirājitam / jalapūrṇaṃ tataḥ kumbhaṃ nyasettasyopari dvija // ### [1.18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.26) pidhāya kumbhaṃ vastreṇa susūkṣmeṇāti śobhitam / henmā vā rajatenāpi tathā tānmeṇa vā dvija / lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ kṛtvā tasyopari nyaset // ### [1.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.27) pañcāmṛtena saṃsnāpyābhyarcyagandhādibhiḥ kramāt / bhakṣmairbhojyādinaivedyairbhaktitaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ // ### [1.18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.28) jāgaraṃ ca tathā kuryārtsamyakchraraddhāsamanvitaḥ / pare 'hni prātarvidhiva tpūrvavadviṣṇumarcayet // ### [1.18.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.29) ācāryāya pradātavyā pratimā dakṣaghiṇānvitā / brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā vibhave satyavāritam // ### [1.18.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.30) tiladānaṃ prakurvīta yathāśaktyā samāhitaḥ / kuryādrangau ca vidhivatilahomaṃ vicakṣiṇaḥ // ### [1.18.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.31) evaṃ kṛtvā naraḥ samyak lakṣmīnārāyaṇavratam / iha bhuktvā mahābhogānputraghapautraghasamanvitaḥ // ### [1.18.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.32) sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ kulāyutasamanvitaḥ / prayāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ yogināmapi durlabham // ### [1.18.32.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18.32.p1) iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde vratākhyāne māgaśīrṣapaurṇimāyāṃ lakṣaghmīnārāyaṇavrataṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.brhannaradiya.18.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.18) · Pramāṇa