Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 109
NarP 1 109.1
ब्रह्मोवाच शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रह्माण्डाख्यं पुरातनम् । यच्च द्वादशसाहस्रमादिकल्पकथायुतम्
brahmovāca śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi brahmāṇḍākhyaṃ purātanam / yacca dvādaśasāhasramādikalpakathāyutam
Brahmā said: Listen, my child, I shall declare the ancient (Purāṇa) named Brahmāṇḍa, which is of twelve thousand (verses) and joined with the tale of the first kalpa.
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NarP 1 109.2
प्रक्रियाख्यो ऽनुषङ्गाख्य उपोद्घातस्तृतीयकः । चतुर्थ उपसंहारः पादाश्चत्वार एव हि
prakriyākhyo 'nuṣaṅgākhya upodghātastṛtīyakaḥ / caturtha upasaṃhāraḥ pādāścatvāra eva hi
(The first is) called Prakriyā (procedure), (the second) called Anuṣaṅga (sequel), the third is Upodghāta (introduction), the fourth is Upasaṃhāra (conclusion) — the quarters are just four.
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NarP 1 109.3
पूर्वपादद्वयं पूर्वो भागो ऽत्र समुदाहृतः । तृतीयो मध्यमो भागश्चतुर्थस्तूत्तरो मतः
pūrvapādadvayaṃ pūrvo bhāgo 'tra samudāhṛtaḥ / tṛtīyo madhyamo bhāgaścaturthastūttaro mataḥ
Here the first two quarters are declared to be the first (earlier) portion; the third is the middle portion, and the fourth is held to be the latter one.
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NarP 1 109.4
आदौ कृत्यसमुद्देशो नैमिषाख्यानकं ततः । हिरण्यगर्भोत्पत्तिश्च लोककल्पनमेव च
ādau kṛtyasamuddeśo naimiṣākhyānakaṃ tataḥ / hiraṇyagarbhotpattiśca lokakalpanameva ca
At the beginning (comes) the statement of what is to be done, then the narrative of Naimiṣa, and the birth of Hiraṇyagarbha, and the fashioning of the worlds.
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NarP 1 109.5
एष वै प्रथमः पादो द्वितीयं शृणु मानद । कल्पमन्वन्तराख्यानं लोकज्ञानं ततः परम्
eṣa vai prathamaḥ pādo dvitīyaṃ śṛṇu mānada / kalpamanvantarākhyānaṃ lokajñānaṃ tataḥ param
This indeed is the first quarter; hear the second, O giver of honour: the account of the kalpa and the manvantaras, and after that the knowledge of the worlds.
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NarP 1 109.6
मानसीसृष्टिकथनं रुद्रप्रसववर्णनम् । महादेवविभूतिश्च ऋषिसर्गस्ततः परम्
mānasīsṛṣṭikathanaṃ rudraprasavavarṇanam / mahādevavibhūtiśca ṛṣisargastataḥ param
The telling of the mind-born creation, the description of Rudra's birth, and the manifest power of Mahādeva, and after that the creation of the sages.
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NarP 1 109.7
अग्नीनां विजयश्चाथ कालसद्भाववर्णनम् । प्रियव्रतान्वयोद्देशः पृथिव्यायामविस्तरः
agnīnāṃ vijayaścātha kālasadbhāvavarṇanam / priyavratānvayoddeśaḥ pṛthivyāyāmavistaraḥ
And then the victory of the fires, the description of the true nature of time, the account of Priyavrata's lineage, the extent of the earth's expanse.
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NarP 1 109.8
वर्णनं भारतस्यास्य ततो ऽन्येषां निरूपणम् । जम्ब्वादिसप्तद्वीपाख्या ततो ऽधोलोकवर्णनम्
varṇanaṃ bhāratasyāsya tato 'nyeṣāṃ nirūpaṇam / jambvādisaptadvīpākhyā tato 'dholokavarṇanam
The description of this Bhārata (land), then the delineation of the others, the account of the seven continents beginning with Jambu, then the description of the lower worlds.
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NarP 1 109.9
उर्द्ध्वलोकानुकथनं ग्रहचारस्ततः परम् । आदित्यव्यूहकथनं देवग्रहानुकीर्तनम्
urddhvalokānukathanaṃ grahacārastataḥ param / ādityavyūhakathanaṃ devagrahānukīrtanam
The recounting of the upper worlds, and after that the courses of the planets, the telling of the array of the sun, the enumeration of the divine planets.
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NarP 1 109.10
नीलकण्ठाह्वयाख्यानं महादेवस्य वैभवम् । अमावास्यानुकथनं युगतत्त्वनिरूपणम्
nīlakaṇṭhāhvayākhyānaṃ mahādevasya vaibhavam / amāvāsyānukathanaṃ yugatattvanirūpaṇam
The narrative of the name Nīlakaṇṭha, the might of Mahādeva, the account of the new-moon day, the determination of the nature of the yugas.
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NarP 1 109.11
यज्ञप्रवर्तनं चाथ युगयोरन्त्ययोः कृतिः । युगप्रजालक्षणं च ऋषिप्रवरवर्णनम्
yajñapravartanaṃ cātha yugayorantyayoḥ kṛtiḥ / yugaprajālakṣaṇaṃ ca ṛṣipravaravarṇanam
And the institution of sacrifice, the doings in the last two yugas, and the marks of the creatures of the yugas, and the description of the foremost sages.
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NarP 1 109.12
वेदानां व्यसनाख्यानं स्वायम्भुवनिरूपणम् । शेषमन्वन्तराख्यानं पृथिवीदोहनं ततः
vedānāṃ vyasanākhyānaṃ svāyambhuvanirūpaṇam / śeṣamanvantarākhyānaṃ pṛthivīdohanaṃ tataḥ
The account of the division of the Vedas, the delineation of the Svāyambhuva (manvantara), the narrative of the remaining manvantaras, then the milking of the earth.
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NarP 1 109.13
चाक्षुषे ऽद्यतने सर्गे द्वितीयो ऽङ्घ्रिः पुरोदले । अथोपोद्घातपादे तु सप्तर्षिपरिकीर्तनम्
cākṣuṣe 'dyatane sarge dvitīyo 'ṅghriḥ purodale / athopodghātapāde tu saptarṣiparikīrtanam
In the present creation, that of Cākṣuṣa — (thus) the second quarter, in the earlier half. Then in the Upodghāta quarter (comes) the celebration of the seven sages.
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NarP 1 109.14
प्रजापत्यन्वयस्तस्माद्देवादीनां समुद्भवः । ततो जयाभिलाषश्च मरुदुत्पत्तिकीर्तनम्
prajāpatyanvayastasmāddevādīnāṃ samudbhavaḥ / tato jayābhilāṣaśca marudutpattikīrtanam
The lineage of Prajāpati, thence the origin of the gods and the rest; then the desire for victory, and the account of the birth of the Maruts.
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NarP 1 109.15
काश्यपेयानुकथनं ऋषिवंशनिरूपणम् । पितृकल्पानुकथनं श्राद्धकल्पस्ततः परम्
kāśyapeyānukathanaṃ ṛṣivaṃśanirūpaṇam / pitṛkalpānukathanaṃ śrāddhakalpastataḥ param
The recounting of Kaśyapa's descendants, the delineation of the sages' lineage, the account of the rite for the fathers, and after that the rule of śrāddha.
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NarP 1 109.16
वैवस्वतसमुत्पत्तिः सृष्टिस्तस्य ततः परम् । मनुपुत्रान्वयश्चान्तो गान्धर्वस्य निरूपणम्
vaivasvatasamutpattiḥ sṛṣṭistasya tataḥ param / manuputrānvayaścānto gāndharvasya nirūpaṇam
The origin of Vaivasvata, and after that his creation, and the lineage of Manu's sons, at the end the delineation of the Gandharva (matter).
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NarP 1 109.17
इक्ष्वाकुवंशकथनं वंशो ऽत्रेः सुमहात्मनः । अमावसोरन्वयश्च रजेश्चरितमद्भुतम्
ikṣvākuvaṃśakathanaṃ vaṃśo 'treḥ sumahātmanaḥ / amāvasoranvayaśca rajeścaritamadbhutam
The telling of the lineage of Ikṣvāku, the lineage of the great-souled Atri, and the line of Amāvasu, and the marvellous deeds of Raji.
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NarP 1 109.18
ययातिचरितं चाथ यदुवंशनिरूपणम् । कार्तवीर्यस्य चरितं जामदग्न्यं ततः परम्
yayāticaritaṃ cātha yaduvaṃśanirūpaṇam / kārtavīryasya caritaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ tataḥ param
And then the deeds of Yayāti, the delineation of the Yadu lineage, the deeds of Kārtavīrya, and after that (the story) of the son of Jamadagni.
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NarP 1 109.19
वृष्णिवंशानुकथनं सगरस्याथ संभवः । भार्गवस्यानुचरितं पितृकार्यवधाश्रयम्
vṛṣṇivaṃśānukathanaṃ sagarasyātha saṃbhavaḥ / bhārgavasyānucaritaṃ pitṛkāryavadhāśrayam
The recounting of the Vṛṣṇi lineage, then the birth of Sagara, the deeds of the Bhārgava resting on the slaying (done) for his father's sake.
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NarP 1 109.20
सगरस्याथ चरितं भार्गवस्य कथा पुनः । देवासुराहवकथा कृष्णाविर्भाववर्णनम्
sagarasyātha caritaṃ bhārgavasya kathā punaḥ / devāsurāhavakathā kṛṣṇāvirbhāvavarṇanam
Then the deeds of Sagara, again the story of the Bhārgava, the story of the battle of gods and demons, the description of Kṛṣṇa's manifestation.
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NarP 1 109.21
इन्द्रस्य तु स्तवः पुण्यः शुक्रेण परिकीर्तितः । विष्णुमाहात्म्यकथनं बलिवंशनिरूपणम्
indrasya tu stavaḥ puṇyaḥ śukreṇa parikīrtitaḥ / viṣṇumāhātmyakathanaṃ balivaṃśanirūpaṇam
And the holy hymn to Indra proclaimed by Śukra, the telling of Viṣṇu's greatness, the delineation of Bali's lineage.
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NarP 1 109.22
भविष्यराजचरितं संप्राप्ते ऽथ कलौ युगे । समुपोद्धातपादो ऽयं तृतीयो मध्यमे दले
bhaviṣyarājacaritaṃ saṃprāpte 'tha kalau yuge / samupoddhātapādo 'yaṃ tṛtīyo madhyame dale
(and) the deeds of the future kings when the Kali age has arrived — this is the third, the introductory (upodghāta) section, in the middle part.
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NarP 1 109.23
चतुर्थमुपसंहारं वक्ष्ये खण्डे तथोत्तरे । वैवस्वतान्तराख्यानं विस्तरेण यथातथाम्
caturthamupasaṃhāraṃ vakṣye khaṇḍe tathottare / vaivasvatāntarākhyānaṃ vistareṇa yathātathām
Fourth, I shall declare the Conclusion (upasaṃhāra), and likewise in the latter section, the account of the Vaivasvata (Manu) interval, at length and just as it is.
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NarP 1 109.24
पूर्वमेव समुद्दिष्टं संक्षेपादिह कथ्यते । भविष्याणां मनूनां च चरितं हि ततः परम्
pūrvameva samuddiṣṭaṃ saṃkṣepādiha kathyate / bhaviṣyāṇāṃ manūnāṃ ca caritaṃ hi tataḥ param
What was set forth earlier is told here in brief; and after that, indeed, the deeds of the Manus yet to come.
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NarP 1 109.25
कल्पप्रलयनिर्देशः कालमानं ततः परम् । लोकाश्चतुर्द्दश ततः कथिताः प्राप्तलक्षणैः
kalpapralayanirdeśaḥ kālamānaṃ tataḥ param / lokāścaturddaśa tataḥ kathitāḥ prāptalakṣaṇaiḥ
(Then) the exposition of the kalpa and the dissolution, and after that the measurement of time; then the fourteen worlds are told with the marks proper to them.
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NarP 1 109.26
वर्णनं नरकाणां च विकर्माचरणैस्ततः । मनोमयपुराख्यानं लयः प्राकृतिकस्ततः
varṇanaṃ narakāṇāṃ ca vikarmācaraṇaistataḥ / manomayapurākhyānaṃ layaḥ prākṛtikastataḥ
And the description of the hells (as brought about) by the doing of forbidden deeds; then the account of the city made of mind, then the dissolution into primal matter.
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NarP 1 109.27
शैवस्याथ पुरस्यापि वर्णनं च ततः परम् । त्रिविधा गुणसंबन्धाज्जन्तूनां कीर्तिता गतिः
śaivasyātha purasyāpi varṇanaṃ ca tataḥ param / trividhā guṇasaṃbandhājjantūnāṃ kīrtitā gatiḥ
Then, after that, also the description of Śiva's city; and the threefold course of creatures, due to their connection with the guṇas, is proclaimed.
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NarP 1 109.28
अनिर्देश्याप्रतर्क्यस्य ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः । अन्वयव्यतिरेकाभ्यां वर्णनं हि ततः परम्
anirdeśyāpratarkyasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ / anvayavyatirekābhyāṃ varṇanaṃ hi tataḥ param
And after that, indeed, the description of Brahman, the supreme Self, who cannot be pointed out nor reasoned about, by way of (positive) concomitance and exclusion.
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NarP 1 109.29
इत्येष उपसंहारपादो वृत्तः सहोत्तरः । चतुष्पादं पुराणं ते ब्रह्माण्डं समुदाहृतकम्
ityeṣa upasaṃhārapādo vṛttaḥ sahottaraḥ / catuṣpādaṃ purāṇaṃ te brahmāṇḍaṃ samudāhṛtakam
Thus this Conclusion section, together with the latter (part), has been set forth; the four-sectioned Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa has (thus) been recounted to you.
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NarP 1 109.30
अष्टादशमनौपम्यं सारात्सारतरं द्विज । ब्रह्माण्डं यच्चतुर्लक्षं पुराणं येन वठ्यते
aṣṭādaśamanaupamyaṃ sārātsārataraṃ dvija / brahmāṇḍaṃ yaccaturlakṣaṃ purāṇaṃ yena vaṭhyate
The eighteenth, without compare, more essential than the essence, O twice-born — the Brahmāṇḍa, which is the Purāṇa of four lakhs (of verses), by which it is recited.
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NarP 1 109.31
तदेतदस्य गदितमत्राष्टादशधा पृथक् । पासशर्येण मुनिना सर्वेषामपि मानद
tadetadasya gaditamatrāṣṭādaśadhā pṛthak / pāsaśaryeṇa muninā sarveṣāmapi mānada
All this of it has been told here in eighteen ways separately by the sage Pārāśarya (Vyāsa), for all (people), O giver of honour.
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NarP 1 109.32
वस्तुतस्तूपदेष्ट्राथ मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । मत्तः श्रुत्वा पुराणानि लोकेभ्यः प्रचकाशिरे
vastutastūpadeṣṭrātha munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām / mattaḥ śrutvā purāṇāni lokebhyaḥ pracakāśire
But in truth, then, having heard from me — the instructor of the sages whose selves are contemplative — the Purāṇas became manifest to the worlds.
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NarP 1 109.33
मुनयो धर्मशीलास्ते दीनानुग्रहकारिणः । मयाचेदं पुराणं तु वसिष्टाय पुरोदितम्
munayo dharmaśīlāste dīnānugrahakāriṇaḥ / mayācedaṃ purāṇaṃ tu vasiṣṭāya puroditam
Those sages, of righteous conduct, doers of favour to the wretched — and by me this Purāṇa was formerly declared to Vasiṣṭha.
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NarP 1 109.34
तेन शक्तिसुतायोक्तं जातूकर्ण्याय तेन च । व्यासो लब्ध्वा ततश्चैतत्प्रभञ्जनमुखोद्गतम्
tena śaktisutāyoktaṃ jātūkarṇyāya tena ca / vyāso labdhvā tataścaitatprabhañjanamukhodgatam
By him it was told to Śakti's son, and by him to Jātūkarṇya; and Vyāsa, obtaining this thereafter as it issued from the mouth of Prabhañjana,
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NarP 1 109.35
प्रमाणीकृत्य लोके ऽस्मिन्प्रावर्तयदनुत्तमम् । य इदं कीर्तयेद्वत्स शृणोति च समाहितः
pramāṇīkṛtya loke 'sminprāvartayadanuttamam / ya idaṃ kīrtayedvatsa śṛṇoti ca samāhitaḥ
making it authoritative, promulgated the unsurpassed (text) in this world. Whoever, dear child, recites this and hears it with concentrated mind,
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NarP 1 109.36
स विधूयेह पापानि याति लोकमनामयम् । लिखित्वैतत्पुराणं तु स्वर्णसिंहासनस्थितम्
sa vidhūyeha pāpāni yāti lokamanāmayam / likhitvaitatpurāṇaṃ tu svarṇasiṃhāsanasthitam
he, shaking off his sins here, goes to the world free from affliction. And having written this Purāṇa, placed upon a golden lion-throne,
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NarP 1 109.37
वस्त्रेणाच्छादितं यस्तु ब्राह्मणाय प्रयच्छति । स यादि ब्रह्मणो लोकं नात्र कार्या विचारणा
vastreṇācchāditaṃ yastu brāhmaṇāya prayacchati / sa yādi brahmaṇo lokaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
whoever presents it, covered with a cloth, to a brahmin, he goes to the world of Brahmā — no doubt is to be entertained here.
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NarP 1 109.38
मरीचे ऽष्टादशैतानि मया प्रोक्तानि यानि ते । पुराणानि तु संक्षेपाच्छ्रोतव्यानि च विस्तरात्
marīce 'ṣṭādaśaitāni mayā proktāni yāni te / purāṇāni tu saṃkṣepācchrotavyāni ca vistarāt
O Marīci, these eighteen Purāṇas which have been declared by me to you in brief are to be heard also at length.
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NarP 1 109.39
अष्टादश पुराणानि यः शृणोति नरोत्तमः । कथयेद्वा विधानेन नेह भूयः स जायते
aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni yaḥ śṛṇoti narottamaḥ / kathayedvā vidhānena neha bhūyaḥ sa jāyate
That best of men who hears the eighteen Purāṇas, or recites them according to the rule, is not born again here.
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NarP 1 109.40
सूत्रमेतत्पुराणानां यन्मयोक्तं तवाधुना । तन्नित्यं शीलनीयं हि पुराणफलमिच्छता
sūtrametatpurāṇānāṃ yanmayoktaṃ tavādhunā / tannityaṃ śīlanīyaṃ hi purāṇaphalamicchatā
This summary of the Purāṇas, which has now been spoken by me to you — that is to be practised constantly by one who desires the fruit of the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 109.41
न दांभिकाय पापाय देवगुर्वनुसूयवे । देयं कदापि साधूनां द्वेषिणे न शठाय च
na dāṃbhikāya pāpāya devagurvanusūyave / deyaṃ kadāpi sādhūnāṃ dveṣiṇe na śaṭhāya ca
It is never to be given to a hypocrite, to a sinner, to one who envies the gods and the teacher, to one who hates the good, nor to a deceitful man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 109.42
शान्ताय शमचित्ताय शुश्रूषाभिरताय च । निर्मत्सराय शुचये देयं सद्वैष्णवाय च
śāntāya śamacittāya śuśrūṣābhiratāya ca / nirmatsarāya śucaye deyaṃ sadvaiṣṇavāya ca
(It) is to be given to one who is calm, whose mind is tranquil, who delights in serving (his elders), who is free of envy, who is pure, and who is a true Vaiṣṇava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition