Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 105
NarP 1 105.1
ब्रह्मोवाच शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं वामनाभिधम् । त्रिविक्रमचरित्राढ्यं दशसाहस्रसंख्यकम्
brahmovāca śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ vāmanābhidham / trivikramacaritrāḍhyaṃ daśasāhasrasaṃkhyakam
Brahmā said: Listen, child; I shall declare the Purāṇa named Vāmana, rich in the deeds of Trivikrama, comprising ten thousand (verses).
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NarP 1 105.2
कूर्मकल्पसमाख्यानं वर्गत्रयकथानम् । भागद्वयसमायुक्तं वक्तृश्रोतृशुभावहम्
kūrmakalpasamākhyānaṃ vargatrayakathānam / bhāgadvayasamāyuktaṃ vaktṛśrotṛśubhāvaham
(It is) the narration of the Kūrma-kalpa, the telling of three classes, joined with two portions, bringing good to speaker and hearer.
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NarP 1 105.3
पुराणप्रश्नः प्रथमं ब्रह्मशीर्षच्छिदा ततः । कपालमोचनाख्यानं दक्षयज्ञविहिंसनम्
purāṇapraśnaḥ prathamaṃ brahmaśīrṣacchidā tataḥ / kapālamocanākhyānaṃ dakṣayajñavihiṃsanam
First the question about the Purāṇa; then the cutting off of Brahmā's head, the narrative of Kapālamocana, the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice.
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NarP 1 105.4
हरस्य कालरूपाख्या कामस्य दहनं ततः । प्रह्लादनारायणयोर्युद्धं देवासुराहवः
harasya kālarūpākhyā kāmasya dahanaṃ tataḥ / prahlādanārāyaṇayoryuddhaṃ devāsurāhavaḥ
The account of Hara's form as Time; then the burning of Kāma; the battle between Prahlāda and Nārāyaṇa; the war of the gods and the demons.
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NarP 1 105.5
सुकेश्यर्कसमाख्यानं ततो भुवनकोशकम् । ततः काम्यव्रताख्यानं श्रीदुर्गाचरितं ततः
sukeśyarkasamākhyānaṃ tato bhuvanakośakam / tataḥ kāmyavratākhyānaṃ śrīdurgācaritaṃ tataḥ
The narrative of Sukeśin and the sun; then the description of the world-sphere; then the narrative of the optional vows; then the deeds of Śrī Durgā.
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NarP 1 105.6
तपतीचरितं पश्चात्कुरुक्षेत्रस्य वर्णनम् । सत्यामाहात्म्यमतुलं पार्वतीजन्मकीर्तनम्
tapatīcaritaṃ paścātkurukṣetrasya varṇanam / satyāmāhātmyamatulaṃ pārvatījanmakīrtanam
Afterwards the story of Tapatī; the description of Kurukṣetra; the unequalled greatness of Satyā; the recital of Pārvatī's birth.
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NarP 1 105.7
तपस्तस्या विवाहश्च गौर्युपाख्यानकं ततः । ततः कौशिक्युपाख्यानं कुमारचरितं ततः
tapastasyā vivāhaśca gauryupākhyānakaṃ tataḥ / tataḥ kauśikyupākhyānaṃ kumāracaritaṃ tataḥ
Her austerity and her marriage; then the tale of Gaurī; then the tale of Kauśikī; then the deeds of Kumāra.
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NarP 1 105.8
ततो ऽन्धकवधाख्यानंसाध्योपाख्यानकन्ततः । जाबालिचरितं पश्चादरजायाः कथाद्भुता
tato 'ndhakavadhākhyānaṃsādhyopākhyānakantataḥ / jābālicaritaṃ paścādarajāyāḥ kathādbhutā
Then the account of the slaying of Andhaka, then the tale of Sādhya; afterwards the deeds of Jābāli, and the marvellous story of Arajā.
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NarP 1 105.9
अन्धकेशरयोर्युद्धं गणत्वं चान्धकस्य च । मरुतां जन्मकथनं बलेश्च चरितं ततः
andhakeśarayoryuddhaṃ gaṇatvaṃ cāndhakasya ca / marutāṃ janmakathanaṃ baleśca caritaṃ tataḥ
The battle of Andhaka and Īśa (Śiva), and Andhaka's becoming (chief of) the Gaṇas; the telling of the birth of the Maruts, and then the deeds of Bali.
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NarP 1 105.10
ततस्तु लक्ष्म्याश्चरितं त्रैविक्रममतः परम् । प्रह्लादतीर्थयात्रायां प्रोच्यन्ते ऽथ कथाः शुभाः
tatastu lakṣmyāścaritaṃ traivikramamataḥ param / prahlādatīrthayātrāyāṃ procyante 'tha kathāḥ śubhāḥ
Then the deeds of Lakṣmī, and after that (the tale) of Trivikrama; then the auspicious stories are told in (the section on) Prahlāda's pilgrimage to the sacred fords.
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NarP 1 105.11
ततश्च धुन्धु चरितं प्रेतोपाख्यानकं ततः । नक्षत्रपुरुषाख्यानं श्रीदामचरितं ततः
tataśca dhundhu caritaṃ pretopākhyānakaṃ tataḥ / nakṣatrapuruṣākhyānaṃ śrīdāmacaritaṃ tataḥ
And then the deeds of Dhundhu, then the tale of the ghost; the account of the Nakṣatra-puruṣa, then the deeds of Śrīdāman.
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NarP 1 105.12
त्रिविक्रमचरित्रान्ते ब्रह्मप्रोक्तः स्तवोत्तमः । प्रह्लादबलिसंवादे सुतले हरिशंसनम्
trivikramacaritrānte brahmaproktaḥ stavottamaḥ / prahlādabalisaṃvāde sutale hariśaṃsanam
At the end of the story of Trivikrama, the excellent hymn spoken by Brahmā; in the dialogue of Prahlāda and Bali, the praise of Hari in Sutala.
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NarP 1 105.13
इत्येष पूर्वभागो ऽस्य पुराणस्य तवोदितः । शृण्णतो ऽस्योत्तरं भागं बहद्वामनसंज्ञकम्
ityeṣa pūrvabhāgo 'sya purāṇasya tavoditaḥ / śṛṇṇato 'syottaraṃ bhāgaṃ bahadvāmanasaṃjñakam
Thus this former part of that Purāṇa has been declared to you; hear now its latter part, called the Great Vāmana.
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NarP 1 105.14
माहेश्वरी भागवती सौरी गाणेश्वरी तथा । चतस्रः संहिताश्चात्र पृथक् साहस्रसंख्यया
māheśvarī bhāgavatī saurī gāṇeśvarī tathā / catasraḥ saṃhitāścātra pṛthak sāhasrasaṃkhyayā
The Māheśvarī, the Bhāgavatī, the Saurī, and likewise the Gāṇeśvarī: four Saṃhitās are here, each separately of a thousand (verses) in number.
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NarP 1 105.15
माहेश्वर्यां तु कृष्णस्य तद्भक्तानां च कीर्तनम् । भागवत्यां जगन्मातुखतारकथाद्भुता
māheśvaryāṃ tu kṛṣṇasya tadbhaktānāṃ ca kīrtanam / bhāgavatyāṃ jaganmātukhatārakathādbhutā
In the Māheśvarī, the celebration of Kṛṣṇa and of his devotees; in the Bhāgavatī, the marvellous story of the Mother of the world (and) of Khatāra(?).
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NarP 1 105.16
सौर्यां सूर्यस्य महिमा गदितः पापनाशनः । गाणेश्वर्यां गणेशस्य चरितं च महेशितुः
sauryāṃ sūryasya mahimā gaditaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ / gāṇeśvaryāṃ gaṇeśasya caritaṃ ca maheśituḥ
In the Saurī is declared the greatness of the Sun, destroyer of sins; in the Gāṇeśvarī, the deeds of Gaṇeśa and of the Great Lord.
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NarP 1 105.17
इत्येतद्वामनं नाम पुराणं सुविचित्रकम् । पुलस्त्येन समाख्यातं नारदाय महात्मने
ityetadvāmanaṃ nāma purāṇaṃ suvicitrakam / pulastyena samākhyātaṃ nāradāya mahātmane
Thus this most wonderful Purāṇa named Vāmana was fully related by Pulastya to the great-souled Nārada.
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NarP 1 105.18
ततो नारदतः प्राप्तं व्यासेन सुमहात्मना । व्यासात्तु लब्धवांश्चैतत् तच्छिष्यो रोमहर्षणः
tato nāradataḥ prāptaṃ vyāsena sumahātmanā / vyāsāttu labdhavāṃścaitat tacchiṣyo romaharṣaṇaḥ
Then it was obtained from Nārada by the very great-souled Vyāsa; and from Vyāsa his pupil Romaharṣaṇa received it.
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NarP 1 105.19
स चाख्यास्यति विप्रेभ्यो नैमिषीयेभ्य एव च । एवं परंपराप्राप्तं पुराणं वामनं शुभम्
sa cākhyāsyati viprebhyo naimiṣīyebhya eva ca / evaṃ paraṃparāprāptaṃ purāṇaṃ vāmanaṃ śubham
And he will relate it to the brahmins, indeed to those of Naimiṣa. Thus the auspicious Vāmana Purāṇa, received through the succession (of teachers)—
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NarP 1 105.20
ये पठन्ति च शृण्वन्ति ते ऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् । लिखित्वैतत्पुराणं तु यः शरद्विषुवेर्ऽपयेत्
ye paṭhanti ca śṛṇvanti te 'pi yānti parāṃ gatim / likhitvaitatpurāṇaṃ tu yaḥ śaradviṣuver'payet
those who recite it and those who hear it, they too go to the highest state. And he who, having written this Purāṇa, offers it at the autumn equinox...
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