Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 94
NarP 1 94.1
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं वैष्णवं महत् । त्रयोविंशतिसहस्रं सर्वपातकनाशनम्
śrībrahmovāca śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ mahat / trayoviṃśatisahasraṃ sarvapātakanāśanam
Śrī Brahmā said: Listen, my child; I shall declare the great Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa, of twenty-three thousand (verses), destroyer of all sins,
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NarP 1 94.2
यत्रादिभागे निर्विष्टाः षडंशाः शक्तिजेन ह । मैत्रेयायादिमे तत्र पुराणस्यावतारिकाम्
yatrādibhāge nirviṣṭāḥ ṣaḍaṃśāḥ śaktijena ha / maitreyāyādime tatra purāṇasyāvatārikām
in which, in the first part, six portions have been set down by the son of Śakti (Parāśara); there, at the beginning, (he tells) Maitreya the introduction to the Purāṇa;
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NarP 1 94.3
आदिकारणसर्गश्च देवादीनां च संभवः । समुद्रमथनाख्यानं दक्षादीनां ततो ऽन्वयः
ādikāraṇasargaśca devādīnāṃ ca saṃbhavaḥ / samudramathanākhyānaṃ dakṣādīnāṃ tato 'nvayaḥ
and the creation from the first cause, the coming into being of the gods and the rest, the story of the churning of the ocean, then the lineage of Dakṣa and the others;
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NarP 1 94.4
ध्रुवस्य चरितं चैव पृथोश्चरितमेव च । प्रचेतसं तथाख्यानं प्रह्लादस्य कथानकम्
dhruvasya caritaṃ caiva pṛthoścaritameva ca / pracetasaṃ tathākhyānaṃ prahlādasya kathānakam
And the deeds of Dhruva, and likewise the deeds of Pṛthu, then the tale of the Pracetases, the story of Prahlāda,
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NarP 1 94.5
पृथग्राज्याधिकाराख्या प्रथम्ॐऽशैतीरितः । प्रियव्रतान्वयाख्याख्यानं द्वीपवर्षनिरूपणम्
pṛthagrājyādhikārākhyā prathamoṃ'śaitīritaḥ / priyavratānvayākhyākhyānaṃ dvīpavarṣanirūpaṇam
the account of the separate assignment of kingdoms — thus the first section is declared; (then) the narrative called the lineage of Priyavrata, the description of the continents and their regions,
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NarP 1 94.6
पातालनरकाख्यानं सप्तस्वर्गनिरूपणम् । सूर्यादिवारकथनं पृथग्लक्षणसंयुतम्
pātālanarakākhyānaṃ saptasvarganirūpaṇam / sūryādivārakathanaṃ pṛthaglakṣaṇasaṃyutam
the account of the nether regions and the hells, the description of the seven heavens, the telling of the (planets) beginning with the Sun and of the weekdays, together with their separate characteristics,
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NarP 1 94.7
चरितं भरतस्याथ मुक्तिमार्गनिदर्शनम् । निदाघऋभुसंवादो द्वितीय्ॐश उदाहृतः
caritaṃ bharatasyātha muktimārganidarśanam / nidāghaṛbhusaṃvādo dvitīyoṃśa udāhṛtaḥ
then the deeds of Bharata, the demonstration of the path to liberation, the dialogue of Nidāgha and Ṛbhu — (thus) the second section is set forth.
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NarP 1 94.8
मन्वन्तरसमाख्यानं वेदव्यासावतारकम् । नरकोद्धारकं कर्म गदितं च ततः परम्
manvantarasamākhyānaṃ vedavyāsāvatārakam / narakoddhārakaṃ karma gaditaṃ ca tataḥ param
The account of the manvantaras, the descent of Vedavyāsa, and after that the rite that delivers (one) from hell is told;
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NarP 1 94.9
सगरस्यौर्वसंवादे सर्वधर्मनिरूपणम् । श्राद्धकल्पं तथोद्दिष्टं वर्णाश्रमनिबन्धनम्
sagarasyaurvasaṃvāde sarvadharmanirūpaṇam / śrāddhakalpaṃ tathoddiṣṭaṃ varṇāśramanibandhanam
in the dialogue of Sagara and Aurva, the exposition of all duties; likewise the śrāddha ritual is set forth, and the ordinances of the classes and the stages of life,
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NarP 1 94.10
सदाचारश्च कथितो मायामोहकथा ततः । तृतीय्ॐऽशो ऽयमुदितः सर्वपापप्रणाशनः
sadācāraśca kathito māyāmohakathā tataḥ / tṛtīyoṃ'śo 'yamuditaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ
and good conduct is told, then the story of Māyāmoha: this third section, destroying all sins, is declared.
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NarP 1 94.11
सूर्यवंशकथ पुण्या सोमवंशानुकीर्तनम् । चतुर्थेंऽशेमुनिश्रेष्ठ नानाराजकथान्वितम्
sūryavaṃśakatha puṇyā somavaṃśānukīrtanam / caturtheṃ'śemuniśreṣṭha nānārājakathānvitam
The holy account of the solar line, the recital of the lunar line — in the fourth section, O best of sages, joined with tales of various kings;
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NarP 1 94.12
कृष्णावतारसंप्रश्नो गोकुलीया कथा ततः । पूतनादिवधो बाल्ये कौमारे ऽघादिहिंसनम्
kṛṣṇāvatārasaṃpraśno gokulīyā kathā tataḥ / pūtanādivadho bālye kaumāre 'ghādihiṃsanam
the inquiry about Kṛṣṇa's descent, then the story set in Gokula, the killing of Pūtanā and others in infancy, the slaying of Agha and the rest in childhood,
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NarP 1 94.13
कैशोरे कंसहननं माथुरं चरितं तथा । ततस्तु यौवने प्रोक्ता लीला द्वारवतीभवा
kaiśore kaṃsahananaṃ māthuraṃ caritaṃ tathā / tatastu yauvane proktā līlā dvāravatībhavā
in boyhood the killing of Kaṃsa and likewise the deeds at Mathurā; and then, in youth, the play that took place at Dvāravatī is told,
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NarP 1 94.14
सर्वदैत्यवधो यत्र विवाहाश्च पृथग्विधाः । यत्र स्थित्वाजगन्नाथः कृष्णो योगेश्वरेश्वरः
sarvadaityavadho yatra vivāhāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ / yatra sthitvājagannāthaḥ kṛṣṇo yogeśvareśvaraḥ
wherein (occur) the killing of all the demons and marriages of various kinds; where, abiding, Kṛṣṇa, lord of the world, lord of the lords of yoga,
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NarP 1 94.15
भूभारहरणं चक्रे परेषां हननादिभिः । अष्टावक्रीयमाख्यानं पञ्चम्ॐऽश इतीरितः
bhūbhāraharaṇaṃ cakre pareṣāṃ hananādibhiḥ / aṣṭāvakrīyamākhyānaṃ pañcamoṃ'śa itīritaḥ
accomplished the removal of the earth's burden by killing enemies and so forth; (and) the tale concerning Aṣṭāvakra — thus the fifth section is declared.
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NarP 1 94.16
कलिजं चरितं प्रोक्तं चातुर्विध्यं लयस्य च । ब्रह्मज्ञानसमुद्देशः खाण्डिक्यस्य निरूपितः
kalijaṃ caritaṃ proktaṃ cāturvidhyaṃ layasya ca / brahmajñānasamuddeśaḥ khāṇḍikyasya nirūpitaḥ
The conduct arising in the Kali (age) is told, and the fourfold nature of dissolution; the imparting of the knowledge of Brahman to Khāṇḍikya is set forth
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NarP 1 94.17
केशिध्वजेन चेत्येष षष्ठाएंऽशः परिकीर्तितः । अतः परं तु सूतेन शौनकादिभिरादरात्
keśidhvajena cetyeṣa ṣaṣṭhāeṃ'śaḥ parikīrtitaḥ / ataḥ paraṃ tu sūtena śaunakādibhirādarāt
by Keśidhvaja — thus this sixth section is proclaimed. After this, by the Sūta, questioned respectfully by Śaunaka and the others
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NarP 1 94.18
पृष्टेन चोदिताः शश्वद्विष्णुधर्मोत्तराह्वयाः । नानाधर्मकथाः पुण्या व्रतानि नियमा यमाः
pṛṣṭena coditāḥ śaśvadviṣṇudharmottarāhvayāḥ / nānādharmakathāḥ puṇyā vratāni niyamā yamāḥ
and repeatedly urged (on), (there were told) those (portions) named Viṣṇudharmottara: holy discourses on various duties, observances, restraints and abstentions,
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NarP 1 94.19
धर्मशास्त्रं चार्थशास्त्रं वेदान्तं ज्योतिषं तथा । वंशाख्यानं प्रकरणात् स्तोत्राणि मनवस्तथा
dharmaśāstraṃ cārthaśāstraṃ vedāntaṃ jyotiṣaṃ tathā / vaṃśākhyānaṃ prakaraṇāt stotrāṇi manavastathā
and the science of dharma and the science of statecraft, Vedānta, and astronomy, the account of lineages by topic, hymns, and mantras,
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NarP 1 94.20
नानाविद्यास्तथा प्रोक्ताः सर्वलोकोपकारिकाः । एतद्विष्णुपुराणं वै सर्वशास्त्रार्थसंग्रहम्
nānāvidyāstathā proktāḥ sarvalokopakārikāḥ / etadviṣṇupurāṇaṃ vai sarvaśāstrārthasaṃgraham
and various branches of knowledge are told, beneficial to all the world. This Viṣṇu Purāṇa is indeed a compendium of the sense of all the scriptures.
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NarP 1 94.21
वाराहकल्पवृत्तान्तं व्यासेन कथितं त्विह । यो नरः पठते भक्त्या यः शृणोति च सादरम्
vārāhakalpavṛttāntaṃ vyāsena kathitaṃ tviha / yo naraḥ paṭhate bhaktyā yaḥ śṛṇoti ca sādaram
The narrative of the Vārāha kalpa was told here by Vyāsa; the man who recites it with devotion, and he who listens to it respectfully —
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NarP 1 94.22
तावुभौ विष्णुलोकं हि व्रजेतां भुक्तभोगकौ । तल्लिखित्वा च यो दद्यादाषाढ्यां घृतधेनुना
tāvubhau viṣṇulokaṃ hi vrajetāṃ bhuktabhogakau / tallikhitvā ca yo dadyādāṣāḍhyāṃ ghṛtadhenunā
both of them, having enjoyed enjoyments, go to the world of Viṣṇu; and he who, having had it copied, should give it on the full-moon day of Āṣāḍha along with a cow (made) of ghee
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NarP 1 94.23
सहितं विणुभक्ताय पुराणार्थविदेद्विज । स याति वैष्णवं धाम विमानेनार्कवर्चसा
sahitaṃ viṇubhaktāya purāṇārthavidedvija / sa yāti vaiṣṇavaṃ dhāma vimānenārkavarcasā
to a devotee of Viṣṇu who knows the meaning of the Purāṇas, O twice-born — he goes to the abode of Viṣṇu in a celestial car with the splendour of the sun.
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NarP 1 94.24
यश्च विष्णुपुराणस्य समनुक्रमणीं द्विज । कथयेच्छृणुयाद्वापि स पुराणफलं लभेत्
yaśca viṣṇupurāṇasya samanukramaṇīṃ dvija / kathayecchṛṇuyādvāpi sa purāṇaphalaṃ labhet
And whoever, O brahmin, should recite or even hear the table of contents of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, he would obtain the fruit of (hearing) the Purāṇa.
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