Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 103
NarP 1 103.1
ब्रह्मोवाच शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि वाराहं वै पुराणकम् । भागद्वययुतं शश्वद्विष्णुमाहात्म्यसूचकम्
brahmovāca śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi vārāhaṃ vai purāṇakam / bhāgadvayayutaṃ śaśvadviṣṇumāhātmyasūcakam
Brahmā said: Listen, my child, I shall declare the Vārāha Purāṇa, which has two parts and constantly indicates the greatness of Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 103.2
मानवस्य तु कल्पस्य प्रसंगं मत्कृतं पुरा । निबबन्ध पुराणे ऽस्मिंश्चतुर्विंशसहस्रके
mānavasya tu kalpasya prasaṃgaṃ matkṛtaṃ purā / nibabandha purāṇe 'smiṃścaturviṃśasahasrake
The account of the Mānava kalpa, formerly made by me, he set down in this Purāṇa of twenty-four thousand (verses)—
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NarP 1 103.3
व्यासो हि विदुषां श्रेष्ठः साक्षान्नारायणो भुवि । तत्रादौ शुभसंवादः स्मृतोभूमिवराहयोः
vyāso hi viduṣāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sākṣānnārāyaṇo bhuvi / tatrādau śubhasaṃvādaḥ smṛtobhūmivarāhayoḥ
—Vyāsa, the best of the learned, Nārāyaṇa himself on earth. There, at the beginning, is recorded the auspicious dialogue of the Earth and the Boar.
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NarP 1 103.4
अथादिकृतवृत्तान्ते रंभस्य चरितं ततः । दुर्जयस्य च तत्पश्चाच्छ्राद्धकल्प उदीरितः
athādikṛtavṛttānte raṃbhasya caritaṃ tataḥ / durjayasya ca tatpaścācchrāddhakalpa udīritaḥ
Then, in the account of the first (Kṛta age), the story of Rambha, and after that of Durjaya; thereafter the śrāddha-kalpa is set forth.
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NarP 1 103.5
महातपस आख्यानं गौर्युत्पत्तिस्ततः परा । विनायकस्य नागानां सेनान्यादित्ययोरपि
mahātapasa ākhyānaṃ gauryutpattistataḥ parā / vināyakasya nāgānāṃ senānyādityayorapi
The tale of Mahātapas, then the birth of Gaurī, and (the tales) of Vināyaka, of the Nāgas, of the army-commander (Skanda) and of the Sun,
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NarP 1 103.6
गणानां च तथा देव्या धनदस्य वृषस्य च । आख्यानं सत्यतपसो व्रताख्यानसमन्वितम्
gaṇānāṃ ca tathā devyā dhanadasya vṛṣasya ca / ākhyānaṃ satyatapaso vratākhyānasamanvitam
and likewise of the Gaṇas, of the Goddess, of the Wealth-giver (Kubera) and of the Bull; the tale of Satyatapas, together with the account of vows.
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NarP 1 103.7
अगस्त्यगीता तत्पश्चाद्रुद्रगीता प्रकीर्तिता । महिषासुरविध्वंसमाहात्म्यं च त्रिशक्तिजम्
agastyagītā tatpaścādrudragītā prakīrtitā / mahiṣāsuravidhvaṃsamāhātmyaṃ ca triśaktijam
After that the Agastya-gītā, then the Rudra-gītā is proclaimed, and the glory of the destruction of the buffalo-demon, born of the three śaktis.
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NarP 1 103.8
पर्वाध्यायस्ततः श्वेतोपाख्यानं गोप्रदानिकम् । इत्यादि कृतवृत्तान्तं प्रथमे दर्शितं मया
parvādhyāyastataḥ śvetopākhyānaṃ gopradānikam / ityādi kṛtavṛttāntaṃ prathame darśitaṃ mayā
Then the chapter on the lunar days, the tale of Śveta, the section on the gift of cows—all this account of the Kṛta (age) has been shown by me in the first (part).
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NarP 1 103.9
भगवद्धर्मके पश्चाद्वततीर्थकथानकम् । द्वात्रिंशदपराधानां प्रायश्चित्तं शरीरगम्
bhagavaddharmake paścādvatatīrthakathānakam / dvātriṃśadaparādhānāṃ prāyaścittaṃ śarīragam
Afterwards, in the (section on) the Lord's dharma, the story of the Vaṭa-tīrtha; the bodily expiation for the thirty-two offences;
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NarP 1 103.10
तीर्थानां चापि सर्वेषां माहात्म्यं पृथगीरितम् । मथुराया विशेषेण श्राद्धादीनां विधिस्ततः
tīrthānāṃ cāpi sarveṣāṃ māhātmyaṃ pṛthagīritam / mathurāyā viśeṣeṇa śrāddhādīnāṃ vidhistataḥ
and the glory of all the sacred fords is told separately, especially of Mathurā; then the rules of śrāddha and the rest;
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NarP 1 103.11
वर्णनं यमलोकस्य ऋषिपुत्रप्रसंगतः । विपाकः कर्मणां चैव विष्णुव्रतनिरूपणम्
varṇanaṃ yamalokasya ṛṣiputraprasaṃgataḥ / vipākaḥ karmaṇāṃ caiva viṣṇuvratanirūpaṇam
the description of Yama's world, in connection with the sage's son; the ripening of actions, and the exposition of the Viṣṇu vow;
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NarP 1 103.12
गोकर्णस्य च माहात्म्यं कीर्तितं पापनाशनम् । इत्येवं पूर्वभागो ऽयं पुराणस्य निरूपितः
gokarṇasya ca māhātmyaṃ kīrtitaṃ pāpanāśanam / ityevaṃ pūrvabhāgo 'yaṃ purāṇasya nirūpitaḥ
and the glory of Gokarṇa, destroying sin, is proclaimed. Thus this first part of the Purāṇa has been set forth.
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NarP 1 103.13
उत्तरे प्रविभागे तु पुलस्त्यकुरुराजयोः । संवादे सर्वतीर्थानां माहात्म्यं विस्तरात्पृथक्
uttare pravibhāge tu pulastyakururājayoḥ / saṃvāde sarvatīrthānāṃ māhātmyaṃ vistarātpṛthak
But in the latter division, in the dialogue of Pulastya and the Kuru king, the glory of all the sacred fords, separately and at length,
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NarP 1 103.14
अशेषधर्माश्चाख्याताः पौष्करं पुण्यपर्व च । इत्येवं तव वाराहं प्रोक्तं पापविनाशनम्
aśeṣadharmāścākhyātāḥ pauṣkaraṃ puṇyaparva ca / ityevaṃ tava vārāhaṃ proktaṃ pāpavināśanam
All the duties (dharmas) have been declared, and the Pushkara (section) and the holy festival; thus the Varāha (Purāṇa), destroyer of sin, has been recounted to you.
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NarP 1 103.15
पठतां शृण्वतां चैव भगवद्भक्तिवर्धनम् । काञ्चनं गरुड कृत्वा तिलधेनुसमन्वितम्
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva bhagavadbhaktivardhanam / kāñcanaṃ garuḍa kṛtvā tiladhenusamanvitam
For those who recite and for those who listen, it increases devotion to the Lord. Having made a golden (Purāṇa/image), O Garuḍa, together with a cow (made) of sesame,
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NarP 1 103.16
लिखित्वैतच्च यो दद्याच्चैत्र्यां विप्राय भक्तितः । स लभेद्वैष्णवं धाम देवर्षिगणवन्दितः
likhitvaitacca yo dadyāccaitryāṃ viprāya bhaktitaḥ / sa labhedvaiṣṇavaṃ dhāma devarṣigaṇavanditaḥ
and whoever, having had this written, gives it with devotion to a Brahmin on the full-moon day of Caitra, he attains the abode of Viṣṇu, honoured by the hosts of gods and sages.
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NarP 1 103.17
यो वानुक्रमणीमेन्तां शृणोत्यपि पठत्यपि । सो ऽपि भक्तिं लभेद्विष्णौ संसारोच्छेदकारिणीम्
yo vānukramaṇīmentāṃ śṛṇotyapi paṭhatyapi / so 'pi bhaktiṃ labhedviṣṇau saṃsārocchedakāriṇīm
Or whoever even hears or recites this table of contents, he too obtains devotion to Viṣṇu, which cuts off transmigration.
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