Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50
Varṇāśrama Saṁskāras, Upanayana Windows, Brahmacārin Ācāra, and Anadhyāya Prohibitions
नाधीयीत द्विजः कश्चित्सर्वकर्मफलोत्सुकः । तृतीया प्राधवे शुक्ला भाद्रे कृष्णा त्रयोदशी ॥ ५० ॥
nādhīyīta dvijaḥ kaścitsarvakarmaphalotsukaḥ | tṛtīyā prādhave śuklā bhādre kṛṣṇā trayodaśī || 50 ||
ഏതൊരു ദ്വിജനും എല്ലാ കർമ്മഫലങ്ങളിലേക്കുള്ള ആകാംക്ഷയോടെ ശാസ്ത്രാധ്യയനം ചെയ്യരുത്. കൂടാതെ പ്രാധവ മാസത്തിലെ ശുക്ല തൃതീയയും ഭാദ്ര മാസത്തിലെ കൃഷ്ണ ത്രയോദശിയും ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ പഠനം ഒഴിവാക്കണം.
Narada (teaching in a dharma/ācāra context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It teaches that sacred study should be undertaken with purity of intention—without craving results—and aligned with traditional dharma rules, including avoiding study on certain inauspicious tithis.
By discouraging fruit-hunger (karma-phala-utsukatā), it supports the bhakti principle of offering acts and learning to the Divine with a selfless mind rather than as a means for worldly gain.
It reflects Jyotiṣa/Vedāṅga practice through tithi- and pakṣa-based calendrical discipline, indicating that adhyayana is regulated by lunar dates and ritual timing.