Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 95

NarP 1 95.1

ब्रह्मोवाच शृणु विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं वायवीयकम् । यस्मिञ्च्छ्रुते लभद्धाम रुद्रस्य परमात्मनः

brahmovāca śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ vāyavīyakam / yasmiñcchrute labhaddhāma rudrasya paramātmanaḥ

Brahmā said: Listen, brahmin, I shall declare the Purāṇa belonging to Vāyu, upon the hearing of which one attains the abode of Rudra, the supreme Self.

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NarP 1 95.2

चतुर्विंशतिसाहस्रं तत्पुराणं प्रकीर्तितम् । श्वेतकल्पप्रसंगेन धर्मानत्राह मारुतः

caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ tatpurāṇaṃ prakīrtitam / śvetakalpaprasaṃgena dharmānatrāha mārutaḥ

That Purāṇa is proclaimed to have twenty-four thousand (verses); therein, in connection with the Śveta Kalpa, the Wind (god) declared the duties.

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NarP 1 95.3

तद्बायवीयनुदितं भागद्वयसमन्वितम् । सर्गादिलक्षणं यत्र प्रोक्तं विप्र सविस्तरम्

tadbāyavīyanuditaṃ bhāgadvayasamanvitam / sargādilakṣaṇaṃ yatra proktaṃ vipra savistaram

That (Purāṇa) uttered by Vāyu has two parts; in it, O brahmin, the description of creation and so forth is set forth at length.

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NarP 1 95.4

मन्वन्तरेषु वंशाश्च राज्ञां ये यत्र कीर्तिताः । गयासुरस्य हननं विस्तराद्यत्र कीर्तितम्

manvantareṣu vaṃśāśca rājñāṃ ye yatra kīrtitāḥ / gayāsurasya hananaṃ vistarādyatra kīrtitam

And (in it) the lineages of kings in the several Manu-periods are recounted, and there the slaying of the demon Gaya is recounted at length.

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NarP 1 95.5

मासानां चैव माहात्म्यं माघस्योक्तं फलाधिकम् । दानधर्मा राजधर्मा विस्तरेणोदिता स्तथा

māsānāṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ māghasyoktaṃ phalādhikam / dānadharmā rājadharmā vistareṇoditā stathā

And the greatness of the months, with the surpassing fruit of Māgha, is told; likewise the duties of giving and the duties of kings are set forth at length.

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NarP 1 95.6

भूपातालककुब्व्योमचारिणां यत्र निर्णयः । व्रतादीनां च पूर्वो ऽयं विभागः समुदाहृतः

bhūpātālakakubvyomacāriṇāṃ yatra nirṇayaḥ / vratādīnāṃ ca pūrvo 'yaṃ vibhāgaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ

Wherein there is the determination concerning beings that move on earth, in the underworld, in the (quarters of) space and the sky, and concerning vows and the rest — this is declared to be the first section.

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NarP 1 95.7

उत्तरे तस्य भागेतु नर्मदातीर्थवर्णनम् । शिवस्य संहितोक्ता वै विस्तरेण मुनीश्वर

uttare tasya bhāgetu narmadātīrthavarṇanam / śivasya saṃhitoktā vai vistareṇa munīśvara

But in the latter part of it there is the description of the sacred fords of the Narmadā; indeed the Saṃhitā of Śiva is told at length, O lord of sages.

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NarP 1 95.8

यो देवः सर्वदेवानां दुर्विज्ञेयः सनातनः । स तु सर्वात्मना यस्यास्तीरे तिष्ठति संततम्

yo devaḥ sarvadevānāṃ durvijñeyaḥ sanātanaḥ / sa tu sarvātmanā yasyāstīre tiṣṭhati saṃtatam

The god who, of all the gods, is hard to know, the eternal one — he indeed dwells constantly with his whole being on the bank of her (the Narmadā).

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NarP 1 95.9

इदं ब्रह्मा हारीरिदं साक्षाच्चेदं परो हरः । इदं ब्रह्म निराकारं कैवल्यं नर्मदाजलम्

idaṃ brahmā hārīridaṃ sākṣāccedaṃ paro haraḥ / idaṃ brahma nirākāraṃ kaivalyaṃ narmadājalam

This is Brahmā, this is Hari, this is directly Hara the supreme; this water of the Narmadā is the formless brahman, (it is) absolute release.

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NarP 1 95.10

ध्रुवं लोकहितार्थाय शिवेन स्वशरीरतः । शक्तिः कापि सरिदृपा रेवेयमवतारिता

dhruvaṃ lokahitārthāya śivena svaśarīrataḥ / śaktiḥ kāpi saridṛpā reveyamavatāritā

Surely, for the welfare of the world, by Śiva out of his own body some power (śakti) in the form of a river, this Revā, was brought down.

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NarP 1 95.11

ये वसंत्युत्तरे कूले रुद्रस्यानुचरा हि ते । वसंति याम्यतीरे ये लोकं ते यान्ति वैष्णवम्

ye vasaṃtyuttare kūle rudrasyānucarā hi te / vasaṃti yāmyatīre ye lokaṃ te yānti vaiṣṇavam

Those who dwell on the northern bank become attendants of Rudra; those who dwell on the southern shore go to the world of Viṣṇu.

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NarP 1 95.12

ओङ्कारेश्वरमारभ्ययावत्पश्चिमसागरः । संगमाः पञ्च च त्रिंशन्नदीनां पापनाशनी

oṅkāreśvaramārabhyayāvatpaścimasāgaraḥ / saṃgamāḥ pañca ca triṃśannadīnāṃ pāpanāśanī

Beginning from Oṅkāreśvara as far as the western ocean, the confluences of rivers (with the) destroyer of sin are thirty-five.

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NarP 1 95.13

दशैकमुत्तरे तीरे त्रयोविंशतिर्दक्षिणे । पञ्चत्रिंशत्तमः प्रोक्तो रेवासागरसगमः

daśaikamuttare tīre trayoviṃśatirdakṣiṇe / pañcatriṃśattamaḥ prokto revāsāgarasagamaḥ

Eleven on the northern bank, twenty-three on the southern; the thirty-fifth is said to be the meeting of the Revā with the ocean.

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NarP 1 95.14

संगमैः सहितान्येव रेवातीरद्वये ऽपि च । चतुःशतानि तीर्थानि प्रसिद्धानि च संति हि

saṃgamaiḥ sahitānyeva revātīradvaye 'pi ca / catuḥśatāni tīrthāni prasiddhāni ca saṃti hi

Together with the confluences, on both banks of the Revā there are indeed four hundred well-known sacred fords.

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NarP 1 95.15

षष्टितीर्थसहस्राणि षष्टिकोट्यो मुनीश्वर । संति चान्यानि रेवायास्तीरयुग्मे पदे पदे

ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭikoṭyo munīśvara / saṃti cānyāni revāyāstīrayugme pade pade

Sixty thousand fords, sixty crores, O lord of sages, and others too there are on the Revā's two banks at every step.

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NarP 1 95.16

संहितेयं महापुण्या शिवस्य परमात्मनः । नर्मदाचरितं यत्र वायुना परिकीर्तितम्

saṃhiteyaṃ mahāpuṇyā śivasya paramātmanaḥ / narmadācaritaṃ yatra vāyunā parikīrtitam

This Saṃhitā of Śiva, the supreme Self, is greatly meritorious, wherein the story of the Narmadā is fully proclaimed by Vāyu.

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NarP 1 95.17

लिखित्वेदं पुराणं तु गुडधेनुसमन्वितम् । श्रावण्यां यो ददेद्भक्त्या ब्राह्मणाय कुटुंबिने

likhitvedaṃ purāṇaṃ tu guḍadhenusamanvitam / śrāvaṇyāṃ yo dadedbhaktyā brāhmaṇāya kuṭuṃbine

He who, having had this Purāṇa written, gives it with devotion, together with molasses and a cow, on the full moon of Śrāvaṇa to a brahmin who has a household —

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NarP 1 95.18

रुद्रलोके वसेत्सो ऽपि यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्द्दश । यः श्रावयेद्वा शृणुयाद्वायवीयमिदं नरः

rudraloke vasetso 'pi yāvadindrāścaturddaśa / yaḥ śrāvayedvā śṛṇuyādvāyavīyamidaṃ naraḥ

he too shall dwell in Rudra's world for as long as fourteen Indras (endure); (so also) the man who has this Vāyu (Purāṇa) recited or hears it.

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