Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 100
NarP 1 100.1
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच अथ ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं सर्वसिद्धिदम् । भविष्यं भवतः सर्वलोकाभीष्टप्रदायकम्
śrībrahmovāca atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ sarvasiddhidam / bhaviṣyaṃ bhavataḥ sarvalokābhīṣṭapradāyakam
Śrī Brahmā said: Now I shall fully declare to you the Purāṇa that grants all attainments, the Bhaviṣya, which bestows on you what is desired by all the worlds.
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NarP 1 100.2
यत्राहं सर्वदेवानामादिकर्ता समुद्गतः । सृष्ट्यर्थं तत्र संजातो मनुः स्वार्यभुवः पुरा
yatrāhaṃ sarvadevānāmādikartā samudgataḥ / sṛṣṭyarthaṃ tatra saṃjāto manuḥ svāryabhuvaḥ purā
In which I, the first maker of all the gods, arose; and there, for the sake of creation, Manu Svāyambhuva was born of old.
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NarP 1 100.3
स मां प्रणम्य पप्रच्छ धर्मं सर्वाथसाधकम् । अहं तस्मै तदा प्रीतः प्रावोचं धर्मसंहिताम्
sa māṃ praṇamya papraccha dharmaṃ sarvāthasādhakam / ahaṃ tasmai tadā prītaḥ prāvocaṃ dharmasaṃhitām
He, having bowed to me, asked about dharma, which accomplishes every aim; then I, pleased, declared to him the collection concerning dharma.
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NarP 1 100.4
पुराणानां यदा व्यासो व्यासं चक्त्रे महामतिः । तदा तां संहितां सर्वां पञ्चधा व्यभजन्मुनिः
purāṇānāṃ yadā vyāso vyāsaṃ caktre mahāmatiḥ / tadā tāṃ saṃhitāṃ sarvāṃ pañcadhā vyabhajanmuniḥ
When the greatly wise Vyāsa made the division of the Purāṇas, then the sage divided that whole collection into five parts.
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NarP 1 100.5
अधोरकल्पवृत्तान्तं नानाश्चर्यकथन्वितम् । तत्रादिमं स्मृतं पर्वं ब्राह्मं यत्रास्त्युपक्रमः
adhorakalpavṛttāntaṃ nānāścaryakathanvitam / tatrādimaṃ smṛtaṃ parvaṃ brāhmaṃ yatrāstyupakramaḥ
(It contains) the account of the Adhora Kalpa, furnished with many marvellous tales; therein the first section is held to be the Brāhma, in which is the beginning.
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NarP 1 100.6
सूतशौनकसंवादे पुराणप्रश्नसंक्रमः । आदित्यचरितप्रायः सर्वाख्यानसमन्वितः
sūtaśaunakasaṃvāde purāṇapraśnasaṃkramaḥ / ādityacaritaprāyaḥ sarvākhyānasamanvitaḥ
In the dialogue of Sūta and Śaunaka (comes) the succession of questions about the Purāṇa; (this section) consists mainly of the deeds of the Sun and is provided with all the narratives.
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NarP 1 100.7
सृष्ट्यादिलक्षणोपेतः शास्त्रसर्वस्वरूपकः । पुस्तलेखकलेखानां लक्षणं च ततः परम्
sṛṣṭyādilakṣaṇopetaḥ śāstrasarvasvarūpakaḥ / pustalekhakalekhānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ ca tataḥ param
It is furnished with the characteristics of creation and the rest, and has the form of the whole of the sciences; and after that the description of books, scribes and writings.
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NarP 1 100.8
संस्काराणां च सर्वेषां लक्षणं चात्र कीर्तितम् । पक्षस्यादितिथीनां च कल्पाः सप्त च कीर्तिताः
saṃskārāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ cātra kīrtitam / pakṣasyāditithīnāṃ ca kalpāḥ sapta ca kīrtitāḥ
And here the description of all the sacraments is proclaimed, and of the fortnight and the first lunar days; and seven observances (kalpas) are proclaimed.
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NarP 1 100.9
अष्टम्याद्याः शेषकल्पा वैष्णवे पर्वणि स्मृताः । शैवे च कायतो भिन्नाः सौरे चान्त्यकथान्वयः
aṣṭamyādyāḥ śeṣakalpā vaiṣṇave parvaṇi smṛtāḥ / śaive ca kāyato bhinnāḥ saure cāntyakathānvayaḥ
The remaining observances, beginning with the eighth, are recorded in the Vaiṣṇava section; and in the Śaiva they are different in extent, and in the Saura there is the connection of the final narrative.
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NarP 1 100.10
प्रतिसर्गाह्वयं पश्चान्नानाख्यानसमन्वितम् । पुराणस्योपसंहारसहितं पर्व पञ्चमम्
pratisargāhvayaṃ paścānnānākhyānasamanvitam / purāṇasyopasaṃhārasahitaṃ parva pañcamam
Afterwards (comes) the one named Pratisarga, provided with various narratives; the fifth section, together with the conclusion of the Purāṇa.
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NarP 1 100.11
एषु पञ्चसु पूर्वस्मिन् ब्रह्मणो महिमाधिकाः । धर्मे कामे च मोक्षे तु विष्णोश्चापि शिवस्य च
eṣu pañcasu pūrvasmin brahmaṇo mahimādhikāḥ / dharme kāme ca mokṣe tu viṣṇoścāpi śivasya ca
Among these five, in the first the glories of Brahmā are predominant; but in (the sections on) dharma, on kāma, and on mokṣa, (those) of Viṣṇu and also of Śiva.
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NarP 1 100.12
द्वितीयं च तृतीये च सौरे वर्गचतुष्टये । प्रतिसर्गाह्वयं त्वन्त्यं प्रोक्तं सर्वकथान्वितम्
dvitīyaṃ ca tṛtīye ca saure vargacatuṣṭaye / pratisargāhvayaṃ tvantyaṃ proktaṃ sarvakathānvitam
And the second, and in the third, in the Saura, in the group of four classes; but the last, named Pratisarga, is declared to be provided with all the narratives.
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NarP 1 100.13
सभविष्यं विनिर्द्दिष्टं पर्व व्यासेन धीमता । चतुर्द्दशसहस्रं तु पुराणं परिकीर्तितम्
sabhaviṣyaṃ vinirddiṣṭaṃ parva vyāsena dhīmatā / caturddaśasahasraṃ tu purāṇaṃ parikīrtitam
The section together with the Bhaviṣya has been set forth by the wise Vyāsa; and the Purāṇa is proclaimed as fourteen thousand (verses).
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NarP 1 100.14
भविष्यं सर्वदेवानां साम्यं यत्र प्रकीर्तितम् । गुणानां तारतम्येन समं ब्रह्मेति हि श्रुतिः
bhaviṣyaṃ sarvadevānāṃ sāmyaṃ yatra prakīrtitam / guṇānāṃ tāratamyena samaṃ brahmeti hi śrutiḥ
The Bhaviṣya, in which the equality of all the gods is proclaimed—by the gradation of their qualities—for brahman is equal (in all), so says the Vedic revelation.
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NarP 1 100.15
तं लिखित्वा तु यो दद्यात्पौष्यां विद्वान्विमत्सरः । गुडधेनुयुतं हेमवस्त्रमाल्यविभूषणैः
taṃ likhitvā tu yo dadyātpauṣyāṃ vidvānvimatsaraḥ / guḍadhenuyutaṃ hemavastramālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ
But whoever, learned and free of envy, writes it out and gives it away in the month of Pauṣa, together with a cow (made) of molasses, with gold, cloth, garlands and ornaments—
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NarP 1 100.16
वाचकं पुस्तकं चापि पूजयित्वा विधानतः । गन्धाद्यैर्भोज्यभक्ष्यैश्च कृत्वा नीराजनादिकम्
vācakaṃ pustakaṃ cāpi pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ / gandhādyairbhojyabhakṣyaiśca kṛtvā nīrājanādikam
—and having honoured the reciter and also the book according to the prescription, with perfumes and the rest, with foods to be eaten and chewed, and having performed the waving of lamps and so forth,
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NarP 1 100.17
यो वै जितेन्द्रियो भूत्वा सोपवासः समाहितः । अथ वैकहविष्याशी कीर्तयेच्छृणुयादपि
yo vai jitendriyo bhūtvā sopavāsaḥ samāhitaḥ / atha vaikahaviṣyāśī kīrtayecchṛṇuyādapi
whoever, having mastered his senses, fasting and concentrated—or else eating only sacrificial food once (a day)—should recite it, or even hear it (obtains the reward).
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