Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 52
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
बौद्धाः पाषंण्डिनः प्रोक्ता यतो वेदविनिन्दकाः । तस्माद्विजस्तान्नेक्षेत यतो धर्मबहिष्कृताः ॥ ५२ ॥
bauddhāḥ pāṣaṃṇḍinaḥ proktā yato vedavinindakāḥ | tasmādvijastānnekṣeta yato dharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ || 52 ||
വേദത്തെ നിന്ദിക്കുന്നതിനാൽ ബൗദ്ധരെ പാഷണ്ഡികൾ എന്നു പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു; അതിനാൽ ധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ബഹിഷ്കൃതരായ അവരെ ദ്വിജൻ നോക്കുകയും ചെയ്യരുത്।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It frames reverence for the Vedas as a boundary-marker of Vedic dharma, warning that denigration of śruti places a group outside the dharmic fold and thus outside the community a dvija is advised to emulate.
Indirectly, it protects the foundations of Vedic devotion by insisting on śruti-respect; in the Purāṇic worldview, stable bhakti is cultivated within conduct that honors Vedic authority rather than rejecting it.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, or Jyotiṣa) is taught; the practical takeaway is sadācāra—guarding one’s associations and influences to preserve śruti-based dharma.