Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 102
NarP 1 102.1
यश्चानुक्रमणीं चापि पठेद्वा शृणुयादपि । सो ऽपि कृष्णप्रसादेन लभते वाञ्छितं फलम् ॥ नर्प्_१,१०१।२४ ॥ इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे बृहदुपाख्याने ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणानुक्रमणीनिरूपणं नामैकोत्तरशततमो ऽध्यायाः ॥ १०१ ॥ ब्रह्मोवाच शृणु पुत्र प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं लिङ्गसंज्ञितम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चैव भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायकम्
yaścānukramaṇīṃ cāpi paṭhedvā śṛṇuyādapi / so 'pi kṛṣṇaprasādena labhate vāñchitaṃ phalam // narp_1,101.24 // iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne brahmavaivartapurāṇānukramaṇīnirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyāḥ // 101 // brahmovāca śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ liṅgasaṃjñitam / paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva bhuktimuktipradāyakam
And whoever should recite or even hear this table of contents, he too by Kṛṣṇa's grace obtains the fruit he desires. [Thus the 101st chapter, named 'The Setting Forth of the Contents of the Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa,' in the great narrative of the first part of the glorious Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa.] Brahmā said: Listen, son, I shall declare the Purāṇa called the Liṅga, which bestows enjoyment and liberation on those who recite and hear it.
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NarP 1 102.2
यच्च लिङ्गाभिधं तिष्ठन्वह्निलिङ्गे हरो ऽभ्यधात् । मह्यं धर्मादिसिद्ध्यर्थं मग्निकल्पकथाश्रयम्
yacca liṅgābhidhaṃ tiṣṭhanvahniliṅge haro 'bhyadhāt / mahyaṃ dharmādisiddhyarthaṃ magnikalpakathāśrayam
That which, named the Liṅga, Hara, standing within the liṅga of fire, declared to me for the attainment of dharma and the rest, resting on the story of the Agni-kalpa;
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NarP 1 102.3
तदेव व्यासदेवेन भागद्वयसमन्वितम् । पुराणं लिङ्गमुदितं बह्वाख्यानविचित्रितम्
tadeva vyāsadevena bhāgadvayasamanvitam / purāṇaṃ liṅgamuditaṃ bahvākhyānavicitritam
That very same Liṅga Purāṇa was set forth by Vyāsadeva in two parts, variegated with many narratives.
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NarP 1 102.4
तदेकादशसाहस्रं हरमाहात्म्यसूचकम् । परं सर्वपुराणानां सारभूतं जगत्त्रये
tadekādaśasāhasraṃ haramāhātmyasūcakam / paraṃ sarvapurāṇānāṃ sārabhūtaṃ jagattraye
It has eleven thousand (verses), indicating the greatness of Hara, supreme among all the Purāṇas, the very essence in the three worlds.
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NarP 1 102.5
पुराणोपक्रमे प्रश्नः सृष्टिः संक्षेपतः पुरा । योगाख्यानं ततः प्रोक्तं कल्पाख्यानं ततः परम्
purāṇopakrame praśnaḥ sṛṣṭiḥ saṃkṣepataḥ purā / yogākhyānaṃ tataḥ proktaṃ kalpākhyānaṃ tataḥ param
At the opening of the Purāṇa, the question; then creation in brief; then the account of yoga is stated, and after that the account of the kalpas.
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NarP 1 102.6
लिङ्गोद्भवस्तदंबा च कीर्तिता हि ततः परम् । सनत्कुमारशैलादिसंवादश्चाथ पावनः
liṅgodbhavastadaṃbā ca kīrtitā hi tataḥ param / sanatkumāraśailādisaṃvādaścātha pāvanaḥ
Next the arising of the liṅga and its mother are proclaimed; and then the purifying dialogue of Sanatkumāra and Śailādi.
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NarP 1 102.7
ततो दाधीचचरितं युगधर्मनिरूपणम् । ततो भुवन कोशाख्या सूर्यसोमान्वयस्ततः
tato dādhīcacaritaṃ yugadharmanirūpaṇam / tato bhuvana kośākhyā sūryasomānvayastataḥ
Then the deeds of Dadhīca (Dadhīci), the exposition of the duties of the (four) ages; then the section called the world-sphere, then the solar and lunar lineages.
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NarP 1 102.8
ततश्च विस्तरात्सर्गस्त्रिपुराख्यानकं तथा । लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठा च ततः पशुपाशविमोक्षणम्
tataśca vistarātsargastripurākhyānakaṃ tathā / liṅgapratiṣṭhā ca tataḥ paśupāśavimokṣaṇam
And then creation at length, and likewise the story of Tripura; then the installation of the liṅga, and the release of the bound soul from its fetters.
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NarP 1 102.9
शिवव्रतानि च तथा सदाचारनिरूपणम् । प्रायश्चितान्यरिष्टानि काशीश्रीशैलवर्णनम्
śivavratāni ca tathā sadācāranirūpaṇam / prāyaścitānyariṣṭāni kāśīśrīśailavarṇanam
And the Śiva vows, likewise the exposition of good conduct; expiations, ill omens, the description of Kāśī and Śrīśaila.
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NarP 1 102.10
अन्धकाख्यानकं पश्चाद्वाराहचरितं पुनः । नृसिंहचरितं पश्चाज्जलन्धरवधस्ततः
andhakākhyānakaṃ paścādvārāhacaritaṃ punaḥ / nṛsiṃhacaritaṃ paścājjalandharavadhastataḥ
Afterwards the story of Andhaka, then again the deeds of the Boar; then the deeds of the Man-lion, then the slaying of Jalandhara.
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NarP 1 102.11
शैवं सहस्रनामाथ दक्षयज्ञविनाशनम् । कामस्य दहनं पश्चाद्गिरिजायाः करग्रहः
śaivaṃ sahasranāmātha dakṣayajñavināśanam / kāmasya dahanaṃ paścādgirijāyāḥ karagrahaḥ
Then Śiva's thousand names, the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice; then the burning of Kāma, (then) the taking of the hand of the Mountain's daughter.
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NarP 1 102.12
ततो विनायकाख्यानं नृपाख्यानं शिवस्य च । उपमन्युकथा चापि पूर्वभाग इतीरितः
tato vināyakākhyānaṃ nṛpākhyānaṃ śivasya ca / upamanyukathā cāpi pūrvabhāga itīritaḥ
Then the story of Vināyaka, and the story of Śiva as king; and also the tale of Upamanyu — thus the first part is declared.
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NarP 1 102.13
विष्णुमाहात्म्यकथनमंबरीषकथा ततः । सनत्कुमारनन्दीशसंवादश्च पुनर्मुने
viṣṇumāhātmyakathanamaṃbarīṣakathā tataḥ / sanatkumāranandīśasaṃvādaśca punarmune
The telling of Viṣṇu's greatness, then the tale of Ambarīṣa; and again, O sage, the dialogue of Sanatkumāra and Nandīśa.
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NarP 1 102.14
शिवमाहा त्म्यसेयुक्तः स्त्रानयागादिकं ततः । सूर्यपूजाविधिश्चैव शिवपूजा च मुक्तिदा
śivamāhā tmyaseyuktaḥ strānayāgādikaṃ tataḥ / sūryapūjāvidhiścaiva śivapūjā ca muktidā
Joined with the greatness of Śiva, then bathing, sacrifice and the rest; and the rule for the worship of the Sun, and the worship of Śiva that grants liberation.
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NarP 1 102.15
दानानि बहुधाक्तानि श्राद्धप्रकरणं ततः । प्रतिष्ठातं त्रमुदितं ततो ऽघोरस्य कीर्तनम्
dānāni bahudhāktāni śrāddhaprakaraṇaṃ tataḥ / pratiṣṭhātaṃ tramuditaṃ tato 'ghorasya kīrtanam
Gifts of many kinds (are described), then the section on śrāddha; the rules of consecration are set forth, and after that the praise of Aghora.
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NarP 1 102.16
वज्रेश्वरी महाविद्या गायत्रीमहिमा ततः । त्र्यंबकस्य च माहात्म्यं पुराणश्रवणस्य च
vajreśvarī mahāvidyā gāyatrīmahimā tataḥ / tryaṃbakasya ca māhātmyaṃ purāṇaśravaṇasya ca
Then Vajreśvarī, the great vidyā, the greatness of the Gāyatrī, and the glory of Tryambaka, and (the glory) of listening to the Purāṇa.
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NarP 1 102.17
एवं चोपरिभागस्ते लैङ्गस्य कथितो मया । व्यासेन हि निबद्धस्य रुद्रामाहात्म्यसूचितः
evaṃ coparibhāgaste laiṅgasya kathito mayā / vyāsena hi nibaddhasya rudrāmāhātmyasūcitaḥ
Thus the latter portion of the Liṅga (Purāṇa) has been told by me to you—(the portion) composed by Vyāsa, which indicates the greatness of Rudra.
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NarP 1 102.18
लिखित्वैतत्पुराणं तु तिलधेनुसमन्वितम् । फआल्गुन्यां पूर्णिमायां यो दद्याद्भक्त्या द्विजातये
likhitvaitatpurāṇaṃ tu tiladhenusamanvitam / phaālgunyāṃ pūrṇimāyāṃ yo dadyādbhaktyā dvijātaye
But he who, having had this Purāṇa written, together with a cow (made) of sesame, gives it with devotion to a brahmin on the full-moon day of Phālguna—
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NarP 1 102.19
स लभेच्छिवसायुज्यं जरामरणवर्जितम् । यः पटेच्छृणुयाद्वापि लैङ्गं पापापहं नरः
sa labhecchivasāyujyaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam / yaḥ paṭecchṛṇuyādvāpi laiṅgaṃ pāpāpahaṃ naraḥ
—he attains union with Śiva, free from old age and death. The man who recites or even hears the Liṅga (Purāṇa), the remover of sin,
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NarP 1 102.20
स भुक्तभोगो लोके ऽस्मिन्नन्ते शिवपुरं व्रजेत् । लिङ्गानुक्रमणीमेतां पठेद्यः शृणुयात्तथा
sa bhuktabhogo loke 'sminnante śivapuraṃ vrajet / liṅgānukramaṇīmetāṃ paṭhedyaḥ śṛṇuyāttathā
having enjoyed enjoyments in this world, at the end goes to the city of Śiva. And whoever recites this table of contents of the Liṅga (Purāṇa), and likewise hears it—
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NarP 1 102.21
तावुभौ शिवभक्तौ तु लोकद्वितयभोगिनौ । जायतां गिरिजाभर्तुः प्रसादान्नात्र संशयः
tāvubhau śivabhaktau tu lokadvitayabhoginau / jāyatāṃ girijābhartuḥ prasādānnātra saṃśayaḥ
let both of them become devotees of Śiva, enjoying both worlds, by the grace of the husband of the Mountain-daughter; here there is no doubt.
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