Narada Purana · Chapter 1.25

iti śrībṛhannārāyaṇapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde sadācāro nāma caturviśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanaka uvāca
varṇāśramācāravidhiṃ pravakṣyāmi viśeṣataḥ /
śṛṇuṣva tanmuniśreṣṭha sāvadhānena cetasā

yaḥ svadharmaṃ parityajya paradharmaṃ samācaret /
pāṣaṇḍaḥ sa hi vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ

garbhādhānādisaṃskārāḥ kāryā mantravidhānataḥ /
strīṇāmamantrataḥ kāryā yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi

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

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

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

kṛtvābhyudayikaṃ śrāddhaṃ pitā putraghasya vāgyataḥ /
kurvīta nāmanirddeśaṃ sūtakānte yathāvidhi

aspaṣṭamarthahīnaṃ ca hyatigurva kṣarānvitam /
na dadyānnāma viprenda tathā ca viṣathamākṣaram

tṛtīyavarṣe caulaṃ ca pañcame ṣaṣṭasaṃmite /
satpame cāṣṭame vāpi kuryād gṛhyoktamārgataḥ

daivayogādatikrānte garbhādhānādikarmaṇi /
kartavyaḥ pādakṛcchro vai caule tvarddhaṃ prakalpayet

garbhāṣṭame 'ṣṭame vābde baṭukasyopanāyanam /
āṣoḍaśābdaparyantaṃ gauṇaṃ kālamuśanti ca

garbhaikādaśame 'bde tu rājanyasyopanāyanam /
ādvāviṃśābdaparyantaṃ kālamāhurvipaścitaḥ

vaiśvopanayanaṃ proktaṃ garbhāddvādaśame tathā /
caturviṃśābdaparyantaṃ gauṇamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

etatkālāvadheryasya dvijasyātikramo bhavet /
sāvitrīpatitaṃ vidyāttaṃ tu naivālapetkadā

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

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

āvī vaiśyasya vijñeyā śrūyatāmajine tathā /
viprasya coktamaiṇeyaṃ rauravaṃ kṣatriyasya tu

ājaṃ veśyasya vijñeyaṃ daṇḍānvakṣye yathākramam /
pālāśaṃ brāhmaṇasyoktaṃ nṛpasyaudumbaraṃ tathā

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

nāsāgrasaṃmitaṃ daṇḍaṃ vaiśyasyāhurvipaścitaḥ /
tathā vāsāṃsi vakṣaghyāmi viprādīnāṃ yathākramam

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

vedagrahaṇaparyantaṃ nivasedguruveśmani /
prātaḥ snāyī bhavedvarṇī samitkuśaphalādikān

gurvarthamāharennityaṃ kalye kalye munīśvara /
yajñopavītamajinaṃ daṇḍaṃ ca munisattama

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

bhikṣā ca śrotriyāgārādāharetprayatendriyaḥ /
bhavatpūrvaṃ brāhmaṇasya bhavanmadhyaṃ nṛpasya ca

bhavadatyaṃ viśaḥ proktaṃ bhikṣāharaṇakaṃ vacaḥ /
sāṃyaprātarvahnikāryaṃ yathācāraṃ jitendriyaḥ

kuryātpratidinaṃ varṇīṃ brahmayajñaṃ ca tarpaṇam /
agnikāryaparityāgī patitaḥ procyate budhaiḥ

brahmayajñavihīnaśca brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ /
devatābhyarccanaṃ kuryācchuśrūṣānupadaṃ guroḥ

bhikṣānnaṃ bhojayennityaṃ naikānnāśī kadācana /
ānīyānindyaviprāṇāṃ gṛhādbhikṣāṃ jitendriyaḥ

nivedya gurave 'śrīyādvāgyatastadanughajñayā /
madhustrīmāṃsalavaṇaṃ tāmbūlaṃ dantadhāvanam

ucchiṣṭabhojanaṃ caiva divāsvāpaṃ ca varjayet /
chātraghapāduka gandhāṃśca tathā mālyānulepanam

jalakeliṃ nṛtyagītavādyaṃ tu parivarjayet /
parivādaṃ copatāpaṃ vipralāpaṃ tathāñjanam

pāṣaṇḍa janasaṃyogaṃ śūdrasaṃgaṃ ca varjayet /
abhivādanaśīlaḥ syād vṛddheṣu ca yathākramam

jñānavṛddhāstapovṛddhā vayovṛddhā iti trayaḥ /
ādhyātmikā diduḥkhāni nivārayati yo guruḥ

vedaśāstropadeśena taṃ pūrvamabhivādayet /
asāvahamiti brūyāddijo vai hyabhivādane

nābhivādyāśca vipreṇa kṣaghatriyādyāḥ kathañcana /
nāstikaṃ bhinnamaryādaṃ kṛtanghaṃ grāmayājakam

stenaṃ ca kitavaṃ caiva kadācinnābhivādayet /
pāṣaṇḍaṃ patitaṃ vrātyaṃ tathā nakṣaghatrajīvinam

tathā pātakinaṃ caiva kadācinnābhivādayet /
unmattaṃ ca śaṭhaṃ dhūrttaṃ dhāvantamaśuciṃ tathā

abhyaktaśirasaṃ caiva japantaṃ nābhivādayet /
vivādaśīlinaṃ cañjaṃ vamantaṃ jalamadhyagam

bhikṣānnadhāriṇaṃ caiva śayānaṃ nābhivādayet /
bhartṛnghīṃ puṣpiṇīṃ jārāṃ sūtikāṃ garbhapātinīm

kṛtanghīṃ ca tathā caṇḍīṃ kadācinnābhivādayet /
sabhāyāṃ yajñaśālāyāṃ devatāyataneṣvapi

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

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

nābhivādyaḥ sa vijñeyo yayā śūdrastathaiva saḥ /
prakṣālya pādāvācamya gurorabhimukhaḥ sadā

tasya pādau ca saṃgṛhya adhīyīta vicakṣaṇaḥ /
aṣṭakāsu caturdaśyāṃ pratipatparvaṇostathā

mahābharaṇyāṃ vipredraṃ śravaṇadvādaśīdine /
bhādrapadāparapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ tathaiva ca

māghasya śuklasatpamyāṃ navamyāmāśrinasya ca /
pariveṣaṃ gate sūrye śrotriye gṛhamāgate

bandhite brahmaṇe caiva pravṛddhakalahe tathā /
saṃdhyāyāṃ garjite meghe hyakāle parivarṣaṇe

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

nādhīyīta dvijaḥ kaścitsarvakarmaphalotsukaḥ /
tṛtīyā prādhave śuklā bhādre kṛṣṇā traghayodaśī

kārttike navamī śuddhā māghe pañcadaśī tithiḥ /
etā yugādyāḥ kathitā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ

manvādīṃśca pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ /
akṣayukchuklanavamī kārtike dvādaśī sitā

tṛtīyā caighatramāsasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca /
āṣāḍhaśukladaśamī sitā māghasya satpamī

śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhī ca pūrṇamā /
phaālgunasya tvamāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī sitā

kārtikī phaālgunī caighatrīṃ jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī sitā /
manvādayaḥ samākhyātā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ

dvijaiḥ śraddhaṃ cakarttavyaṃ manvādiṣu yugādiṣu /
śrāddhe nimantrite caivagrahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ

ayanadvitaye caiva tathā bhūkaṃpane mune /
galagrahe durddine ca nādhīyīta kadācanā

evamādiṣu sarveṣu anadhyāyeṣu nārada /
adhīyatāṃ sumūḍhānāṃprajāṃprajñāṃyaśaḥ śriyam

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

na taṃ saṃbhāṣayedviprana tena saha saṃvaset /
kuṇḍagolakayoḥ kecijjaḍādīnāṃ ca nārada

vadanti copanayanaṃ tatputrādiṣu kecana /
anadhītya tu yo vedamanyatra kurute śramam

śūdratulyaḥ sa vijñeyo narakasya priyo 'tithiḥ /
anadhītaśrutirvipra ācāra pratipadyate

nācāraphalamānpoti yathā śūdrastathaiva saḥ /
nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ yaccānyatkarma vaidikam

anadhītasya viprasya sarvaṃ bhavati niṣphalam /
śabdabrahmamayo viṣṇurvedaḥ sākṣāddhāri smṛkataḥ

vedādhyāyī tato vipraḥ sarvānkāmānavānpuyāt