Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 97
NarP 1 97.1
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच शृणु विप्र प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं नारदीयकम् । पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रं बृहत्कल्पकथाश्रयम्
śrībrahmovāca śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ nāradīyakam / pañcaviṃśatisāhasraṃ bṛhatkalpakathāśrayam
Śrī Brahmā said: Listen, brahmin; I shall declare the Nāradīya Purāṇa, of twenty-five thousand (verses), based on the story of the Bṛhatkalpa.
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NarP 1 97.2
सूतशौनकसंवादः सृष्टिसंक्षेपवर्णनम् । नानाधर्मकथाः पुण्याः प्रवृत्ते समुदाहृताः
sūtaśaunakasaṃvādaḥ sṛṣṭisaṃkṣepavarṇanam / nānādharmakathāḥ puṇyāḥ pravṛtte samudāhṛtāḥ
In the first part (pravṛtta) there are set forth the conversation of Sūta and Śaunaka, a brief description of creation, and holy accounts of various duties.
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NarP 1 97.3
प्राग्भागे प्रथमे पादे सनकेन महात्मना । द्वितीये मोक्षधर्माख्ये मोक्षोपायनिरूपणम्
prāgbhāge prathame pāde sanakena mahātmanā / dvitīye mokṣadharmākhye mokṣopāyanirūpaṇam
In the earlier portion, in the first pāda, (this was told) by the great-souled Sanaka; in the second, called Mokṣadharma, there is the exposition of the means of liberation.
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NarP 1 97.4
वेदाङ्गानां च कथनं शुकोत्पत्तिश्च विस्तरात् । सनन्दनेन गदिता नारदाय महात्मने
vedāṅgānāṃ ca kathanaṃ śukotpattiśca vistarāt / sanandanena gaditā nāradāya mahātmane
And the account of the Vedāṅgas, and the birth of Śuka at length, were told by Sanandana to the great-souled Nārada.
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NarP 1 97.5
महातन्त्रे समुद्दिष्टं पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् । मन्त्राणां शोधनं दीक्षामन्त्रोद्धारश्च पूजनम्
mahātantre samuddiṣṭaṃ paśupāśavimokṣaṇam / mantrāṇāṃ śodhanaṃ dīkṣāmantroddhāraśca pūjanam
In the great Tantra (section) are set forth the release of the bound soul from its fetters, the purification of mantras, initiation, the extraction of mantras, and worship;
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NarP 1 97.6
प्रयोगाः कवचं नामसहस्रं स्तोत्रमेव च । गणेशसूर्यविष्णूनां शिवशक्त्योरनुक्रमात्
prayogāḥ kavacaṃ nāmasahasraṃ stotrameva ca / gaṇeśasūryaviṣṇūnāṃ śivaśaktyoranukramāt
the ritual applications, the kavaca (armour-hymn), the thousand names, and the hymn of praise, of Gaṇeśa, Sūrya and Viṣṇu, and of Śiva and Śakti, in order —
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NarP 1 97.7
सनत्कुमारमुनिना नारदाय तृतीयके । पुराणलक्षणं चैव प्रमाणं दानमेव च
sanatkumāramuninā nāradāya tṛtīyake / purāṇalakṣaṇaṃ caiva pramāṇaṃ dānameva ca
(all this told) by the sage Sanatkumāra to Nārada in the third (pāda); and also the definition of a Purāṇa, its extent, and its gift,
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NarP 1 97.8
पृथक्पृथक् समुद्दिष्टं दानकालपुरःसरम् । चैत्रादिसर्वमासेषु तिथीनाञ्चपृथक्पृथक्
pṛthakpṛthak samuddiṣṭaṃ dānakālapuraḥsaram / caitrādisarvamāseṣu tithīnāñcapṛthakpṛthak
each separately set forth, preceded by (the statement of) the proper time for giving; and in all the months beginning with Caitra, of the lunar days each separately,
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NarP 1 97.9
प्रोक्तं प्रतिपदादीनां व्रतं सर्वाघनाशनम् । सनातनेन मुनिना नारदाय चतुर्थके
proktaṃ pratipadādīnāṃ vrataṃ sarvāghanāśanam / sanātanena muninā nāradāya caturthake
the vow of the first (lunar) day and the rest, destroying all sin, was declared by the sage Sanātana to Nārada in the fourth (pāda).
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NarP 1 97.10
पूर्वभागो ऽयमुदितो बृहदाख्यानसंज्ञितः । अस्योत्तरे विभागे तु प्रश्न एकादशीव्रते
pūrvabhāgo 'yamudito bṛhadākhyānasaṃjñitaḥ / asyottare vibhāge tu praśna ekādaśīvrate
This former part, named Bṛhadākhyāna, has been set forth; but in its latter division there is the question concerning the Ekādaśī vow,
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NarP 1 97.11
वसिष्ठेनाथ संवादो मान्धातुः परिकीर्तितः । रुक्माङ्गदकथा पुण्यामोहिन्युत्पत्तिकर्म च
vasiṣṭhenātha saṃvādo māndhātuḥ parikīrtitaḥ / rukmāṅgadakathā puṇyāmohinyutpattikarma ca
and then the conversation of Vasiṣṭha with Māndhātā is recounted, the holy story of Rukmāṅgada, and the birth and deeds of Mohinī,
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NarP 1 97.12
वसुशापश्च मोहिन्यै पश्चादुद्धरणक्रिया । गङ्गाकथा पुण्यतमा गयायात्रानुकीर्तनम्
vasuśāpaśca mohinyai paścāduddharaṇakriyā / gaṅgākathā puṇyatamā gayāyātrānukīrtanam
and Vasu's curse upon Mohinī, and afterwards the rite of her deliverance; the most holy story of the Gaṅgā, the recounting of the pilgrimage to Gayā,
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NarP 1 97.13
काश्या माहात्म्यमतुलं पुरुषोत्तमवर्णनम् । यात्राविधानं क्षेत्रस्य बह्वाख्यानसमन्वितम्
kāśyā māhātmyamatulaṃ puruṣottamavarṇanam / yātrāvidhānaṃ kṣetrasya bahvākhyānasamanvitam
the incomparable greatness of Kāśī, the description of Puruṣottama, the rule for pilgrimage to that holy place, together with many narratives,
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NarP 1 97.14
प्रयागस्याथ माहात्म्यं कुरुक्षेत्रस्य तत्परम् । हरिद्वारस्य चाख्यानं कामोदाख्यानकं तथा
prayāgasyātha māhātmyaṃ kurukṣetrasya tatparam / haridvārasya cākhyānaṃ kāmodākhyānakaṃ tathā
then the greatness of Prayāga, and after that of Kurukṣetra, and the account of Haridvāra, and likewise the story of Kāmoda,
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NarP 1 97.15
बदरीतीर्थमाहात्म्यं कामाक्षायास्तथैव च । प्रभासस्य च माहात्म्यं पुष्कराख्यानकं ततः
badarītīrthamāhātmyaṃ kāmākṣāyāstathaiva ca / prabhāsasya ca māhātmyaṃ puṣkarākhyānakaṃ tataḥ
the greatness of the Badarī shrine, and likewise of Kāmākṣā, and the greatness of Prabhāsa, then the story of Puṣkara,
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NarP 1 97.16
गौतमाख्यानकं पश्चाद्वेदपादस्तवस्ततः । गोकर्णक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यं लक्ष्मणाख्यानकं तथा
gautamākhyānakaṃ paścādvedapādastavastataḥ / gokarṇakṣetramāhātmyaṃ lakṣmaṇākhyānakaṃ tathā
afterwards the story of Gautama, then the Vedapāda hymn, the greatness of the Gokarṇa holy place, and likewise the story of Lakṣmaṇa,
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NarP 1 97.17
सेतुमाहात्म्यकथनं नर्मदातीर्थवर्णनम् । अवन्त्याश्चैव माहात्म्यं मधुरायास्ततः परम्
setumāhātmyakathanaṃ narmadātīrthavarṇanam / avantyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ madhurāyāstataḥ param
the telling of the greatness of the Setu, the description of the Narmadā shrine, and the greatness of Avantī, and after that of Mathurā,
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NarP 1 97.18
बृन्दावनस्य महिमा पशोर्ब्रह्मान्तिके गतिः । मोहिनीचरितं पश्चादेवं पश्चादेवं वै नारदीयकम्
bṛndāvanasya mahimā paśorbrahmāntike gatiḥ / mohinīcaritaṃ paścādevaṃ paścādevaṃ vai nāradīyakam
The greatness of Vṛndāvana, the going of an animal to the presence of Brahman, then the deeds of Mohinī — such indeed is the Nāradīya (Purāṇa).
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NarP 1 97.19
यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्याश्रावयेद्वा समाहितः । स याति ब्रह्मणो धाम नात्र कार्या विचारणा
yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyāśrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ / sa yāti brahmaṇo dhāma nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
The man who hears it with devotion, or has it recited while composed in mind, goes to the abode of Brahman — no deliberation need be made about this.
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NarP 1 97.20
यस्त्वेतदिषुपूर्णायां धेनूनां सप्तकान्वितम् । प्रदद्याद्दिजर्ंयाय संलभेन्मोक्षमेव च
yastvetadiṣupūrṇāyāṃ dhenūnāṃ saptakānvitam / pradadyāddijarṃyāya saṃlabhenmokṣameva ca
But he who, on the full-moon day of (the month) ... gives this (Purāṇa) together with seven milch cows to a worthy brahmin, he attains liberation.
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NarP 1 97.21
यश्चानुक्रमणीमेतां नारदीयस्य वर्णयेत् । शृणुयद्वैकचित्तेन सो ऽपि स्वर्गगतिं लभेत्
yaścānukramaṇīmetāṃ nāradīyasya varṇayet / śṛṇuyadvaikacittena so 'pi svargagatiṃ labhet
And whoever recites this table of contents of the Nāradīya, or hears it with a one-pointed mind, he too attains the way to heaven.
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