Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 46
Varṇāśrama Saṁskāras, Upanayana Windows, Brahmacārin Ācāra, and Anadhyāya Prohibitions
महाभरण्यां विप्रेद्रं श्रवणद्वादशीदिने । भाद्रपदापरपक्षे द्वितीयायां तथैव च ॥ ४६ ॥
mahābharaṇyāṃ vipredraṃ śravaṇadvādaśīdine | bhādrapadāparapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ tathaiva ca || 46 ||
ឱ ព្រាហ្មណ៍ដ៏ប្រសើរ សូមអនុវត្តនៅថ្ងៃនក្សត្រ មហាភរណី និងនៅថ្ងៃ ស្រាវណ-ទ្វាទសី។ ដូចគ្នានេះផងដែរ នៅថ្ងៃទី២ (ទ្វិតីយា) ក្នុងពាក់កណ្តាលងងឹត នៃខែភាទ្របទ។
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It highlights that the efficacy of a prescribed religious observance (vrata/rite) is strengthened by performing it on specific auspicious calendrical combinations—tithi (lunar day), pakṣa (fortnight), māsa (month), and nakṣatra (asterism).
By directing the devotee to observe the rite on sacred time-markers, it frames bhakti as disciplined worship aligned with dharmic time—devotion expressed through correctly timed vrata and remembrance of the deity.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology/astronomy): it uses nakṣatra (Mahābharaṇī, Śravaṇa), tithi (dvādaśī, dvitīyā), and the Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa-pakṣa to specify ritual timing.