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# Naradapurana 1.25

Nāradapurāṇa 1.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.25.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.65) — 1 part

### [1.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.1)

sanaka uvāca  
varṇāśramācāravidhiṃ pravakṣyāmi viśeṣataḥ /  
śṛṇuṣva tanmuniśreṣṭha sāvadhānena cetasā //

### [1.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.2)

yaḥ svadharmaṃ parityajya paradharmaṃ samācaret /  
pāṣaṇḍaḥ sa hi vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ //

### [1.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.3)

garbhādhānādisaṃskārāḥ kāryā mantravidhānataḥ /  
strīṇāmamantrataḥ kāryā yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi //

### [1.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.4)

sīmantakarma prathamaṃ caturthe māsi śasyate /  
ṣaṣṭe vā satpame vāpi aṣṭame vāpi kārayet //

### [1.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.5)

jāte putre pitā snātvā sacailaṃ jātakarma ca /  
kuryyācca nāndīśrāddhaṃ ca svastivācanapūrvakam //

### [1.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.6)

hemnā vā rajatenāpi vṛddhiśrāddhaṃ prakalpayet /  
annena kārayedyastu sa caṇḍāla samo bhavet //

### [1.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.7)

kṛtvābhyudayikaṃ śrāddhaṃ pitā putraghasya vāgyataḥ /  
kurvīta nāmanirddeśaṃ sūtakānte yathāvidhi //

### [1.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.8)

aspaṣṭamarthahīnaṃ ca hyatigurva kṣarānvitam /  
na dadyānnāma viprenda tathā ca viṣathamākṣaram //

### [1.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.9)

tṛtīyavarṣe caulaṃ ca pañcame ṣaṣṭasaṃmite /  
satpame cāṣṭame vāpi kuryād gṛhyoktamārgataḥ //

### [1.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.10)

daivayogādatikrānte garbhādhānādikarmaṇi /  
kartavyaḥ pādakṛcchro vai caule tvarddhaṃ prakalpayet //

### [1.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.11)

garbhāṣṭame 'ṣṭame vābde baṭukasyopanāyanam /  
āṣoḍaśābdaparyantaṃ gauṇaṃ kālamuśanti ca //

### [1.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.12)

garbhaikādaśame 'bde tu rājanyasyopanāyanam /  
ādvāviṃśābdaparyantaṃ kālamāhurvipaścitaḥ //

### [1.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.13)

vaiśvopanayanaṃ proktaṃ garbhāddvādaśame tathā /  
caturviṃśābdaparyantaṃ gauṇamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ //

### [1.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.14)

etatkālāvadheryasya dvijasyātikramo bhavet /  
sāvitrīpatitaṃ vidyāttaṃ tu naivālapetkadā //

### [1.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.15)

dvijopanayane vipra mukhyakālavyatikrame /  
dvādaśābdaṃ caretkṛcchraṃ paścājcāndrāyaṇaṃ tathā /  
sāṃtapanadvayaṃ caiva kṛtvā karma samācaret //

### [1.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.16)

anyathaā patitaṃ vidyātkarttāpi brahmahā bhavet /  
rmauñjī viprasya vijñeyā dhanurjyā kṣattriyasya tu //

### [1.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.17)

āvī vaiśyasya vijñeyā śrūyatāmajine tathā /  
viprasya coktamaiṇeyaṃ rauravaṃ kṣatriyasya tu //

### [1.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.18)

ājaṃ veśyasya vijñeyaṃ daṇḍānvakṣye yathākramam /  
pālāśaṃ brāhmaṇasyoktaṃ nṛpasyaudumbaraṃ tathā //

### [1.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.19)

bailvaṃ vaiśyasya vijñeya tatpramāṇaṃ śṛṇuṣva me /  
viprasya keśamānaṃ syādālalāṭaṃ nṛpasya ca //

### [1.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.20)

nāsāgrasaṃmitaṃ daṇḍaṃ vaiśyasyāhurvipaścitaḥ /  
tathā vāsāṃsi vakṣaghyāmi viprādīnāṃ yathākramam //

### [1.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.21)

kaṣāyaṃ caiva māñjiṣṭaṃ hāridraṃ ca prakīrtitam /  
upanīto dvijo vipra paricaryāparo guroḥ //

### [1.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.22)

vedagrahaṇaparyantaṃ nivasedguruveśmani /  
prātaḥ snāyī bhavedvarṇī samitkuśaphalādikān //

### [1.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.23)

gurvarthamāharennityaṃ kalye kalye munīśvara /  
yajñopavītamajinaṃ daṇḍaṃ ca munisattama //

### [1.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.24)

naṣṭe bhraṣṭe navaṃ mantrāddhṛtvā bhraṣṭaṃ jale kṣipet /  
varṇino varttanaṃ prāhurbhikṣānnenaiva kevalam //

### [1.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.25)

bhikṣā ca śrotriyāgārādāharetprayatendriyaḥ /  
bhavatpūrvaṃ brāhmaṇasya bhavanmadhyaṃ nṛpasya ca //

### [1.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.26)

bhavadatyaṃ viśaḥ proktaṃ bhikṣāharaṇakaṃ vacaḥ /  
sāṃyaprātarvahnikāryaṃ yathācāraṃ jitendriyaḥ //

### [1.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.27)

kuryātpratidinaṃ varṇīṃ brahmayajñaṃ ca tarpaṇam /  
agnikāryaparityāgī patitaḥ procyate budhaiḥ //

### [1.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.28)

brahmayajñavihīnaśca brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ /  
devatābhyarccanaṃ kuryācchuśrūṣānupadaṃ guroḥ //

### [1.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.29)

bhikṣānnaṃ bhojayennityaṃ naikānnāśī kadācana /  
ānīyānindyaviprāṇāṃ gṛhādbhikṣāṃ jitendriyaḥ //

### [1.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.30)

nivedya gurave 'śrīyādvāgyatastadanughajñayā /  
madhustrīmāṃsalavaṇaṃ tāmbūlaṃ dantadhāvanam //

### [1.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.31)

ucchiṣṭabhojanaṃ caiva divāsvāpaṃ ca varjayet /  
chātraghapāduka gandhāṃśca tathā mālyānulepanam //

### [1.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.32)

jalakeliṃ nṛtyagītavādyaṃ tu parivarjayet /  
parivādaṃ copatāpaṃ vipralāpaṃ tathāñjanam //

### [1.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.33)

pāṣaṇḍa janasaṃyogaṃ śūdrasaṃgaṃ ca varjayet /  
abhivādanaśīlaḥ syād vṛddheṣu ca yathākramam //

### [1.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.34)

jñānavṛddhāstapovṛddhā vayovṛddhā iti trayaḥ /  
ādhyātmikā diduḥkhāni nivārayati yo guruḥ //

### [1.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.35)

vedaśāstropadeśena taṃ pūrvamabhivādayet /  
asāvahamiti brūyāddijo vai hyabhivādane //

### [1.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.36)

nābhivādyāśca vipreṇa kṣaghatriyādyāḥ kathañcana /  
nāstikaṃ bhinnamaryādaṃ kṛtanghaṃ grāmayājakam //

### [1.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.37)

stenaṃ ca kitavaṃ caiva kadācinnābhivādayet /  
pāṣaṇḍaṃ patitaṃ vrātyaṃ tathā nakṣaghatrajīvinam //

### [1.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.38)

tathā pātakinaṃ caiva kadācinnābhivādayet /  
unmattaṃ ca śaṭhaṃ dhūrttaṃ dhāvantamaśuciṃ tathā //

### [1.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.39)

abhyaktaśirasaṃ caiva japantaṃ nābhivādayet /  
vivādaśīlinaṃ cañjaṃ vamantaṃ jalamadhyagam //

### [1.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.40)

bhikṣānnadhāriṇaṃ caiva śayānaṃ nābhivādayet /  
bhartṛnghīṃ puṣpiṇīṃ jārāṃ sūtikāṃ garbhapātinīm //

### [1.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.41)

kṛtanghīṃ ca tathā caṇḍīṃ kadācinnābhivādayet /  
sabhāyāṃ yajñaśālāyāṃ devatāyataneṣvapi //

### [1.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.42)

pratyekaṃ tu namaskāro hṝnti puṇyaṃ purākṛtam /  
śrāddhaṃ vrataṃ tathā dānaṃ devatābhyārcanaṃ tathā //

### [1.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.43)

yajñaṃ ca tarpaṇaṃ caiva kurvantaṃ nābhivādayet /  
kṛte 'bhivādane yastu na kuryā tprativādanam //

### [1.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.44)

nābhivādyaḥ sa vijñeyo yayā śūdrastathaiva saḥ /  
prakṣālya pādāvācamya gurorabhimukhaḥ sadā //

### [1.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.45)

tasya pādau ca saṃgṛhya adhīyīta vicakṣaṇaḥ /  
aṣṭakāsu caturdaśyāṃ pratipatparvaṇostathā //

### [1.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.46)

mahābharaṇyāṃ vipredraṃ śravaṇadvādaśīdine /  
bhādrapadāparapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ tathaiva ca //

### [1.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.47)

māghasya śuklasatpamyāṃ navamyāmāśrinasya ca /  
pariveṣaṃ gate sūrye śrotriye gṛhamāgate //

### [1.25.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.48)

bandhite brahmaṇe caiva pravṛddhakalahe tathā /  
saṃdhyāyāṃ garjite meghe hyakāle parivarṣaṇe //

### [1.25.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.49)

ulkāśaniprapāte ca tathā vipre 'vamānite /  
manvādiṣu ca devarṣe yugādiṣu caturṣvapi //

### [1.25.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.50)

nādhīyīta dvijaḥ kaścitsarvakarmaphalotsukaḥ /  
tṛtīyā prādhave śuklā bhādre kṛṣṇā traghayodaśī //

### [1.25.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.51)

kārttike navamī śuddhā māghe pañcadaśī tithiḥ /  
etā yugādyāḥ kathitā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ //

### [1.25.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.52)

manvādīṃśca pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ /  
akṣayukchuklanavamī kārtike dvādaśī sitā //

### [1.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.53)

tṛtīyā caighatramāsasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca /  
āṣāḍhaśukladaśamī sitā māghasya satpamī //

### [1.25.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.54)

śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhī ca pūrṇamā /  
phaālgunasya tvamāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī sitā //

### [1.25.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.55)

kārtikī phaālgunī caighatrīṃ jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī sitā /  
manvādayaḥ samākhyātā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ //

### [1.25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.56)

dvijaiḥ śraddhaṃ cakarttavyaṃ manvādiṣu yugādiṣu /  
śrāddhe nimantrite caivagrahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ //

### [1.25.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.57)

ayanadvitaye caiva tathā bhūkaṃpane mune /  
galagrahe durddine ca nādhīyīta kadācanā //

### [1.25.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.58)

evamādiṣu sarveṣu anadhyāyeṣu nārada /  
adhīyatāṃ sumūḍhānāṃprajāṃprajñāṃyaśaḥ śriyam //

### [1.25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.59)

āyuṣyaṃ balamārogyaṃ nikṛntati yamaḥ svayam /  
anadhyāye tu yo 'dhīte taṃ vidyādvrahmaghātakam //

### [1.25.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.60)

na taṃ saṃbhāṣayedviprana tena saha saṃvaset /  
kuṇḍagolakayoḥ kecijjaḍādīnāṃ ca nārada //

### [1.25.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.61)

vadanti copanayanaṃ tatputrādiṣu kecana /  
anadhītya tu yo vedamanyatra kurute śramam //

### [1.25.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.62)

śūdratulyaḥ sa vijñeyo narakasya priyo 'tithiḥ /  
anadhītaśrutirvipra ācāra pratipadyate //

### [1.25.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.63)

nācāraphalamānpoti yathā śūdrastathaiva saḥ /  
nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ yaccānyatkarma vaidikam //

### [1.25.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.64)

anadhītasya viprasya sarvaṃ bhavati niṣphalam /  
śabdabrahmamayo viṣṇurvedaḥ sākṣāddhāri smṛkataḥ //

### [1.25.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.65)

vedādhyāyī tato vipraḥ sarvānkāmānavānpuyāt //

### [1.25.65.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.25.65.p1)

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde smārtācāreṣu varṇāśramadharmeṣvadhyayanādidharmanirupaṇaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (5)

- [Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.brhannaradiya.24.3) — Sanskrit
- [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.27.15) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit
- [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.27.15) — Basava, Sanskrit
- [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.17.p1.6) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit
- [Ācārabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarabhusana.24.1.34) — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit

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