Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 98
NarP 1 98.1
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच अथ ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि मार्कण्डेयाभिधं मुने । पुराणं सुमहत्पुण्यं पठतां शृण्वतां सदा
śrībrahmovāca atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi mārkaṇḍeyābhidhaṃ mune / purāṇaṃ sumahatpuṇyaṃ paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sadā
Śrī Brahmā said: Now, O sage, I shall tell you fully of the Purāṇa named Mārkaṇḍeya, of very great merit for those who ever recite and hear it.
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NarP 1 98.2
यत्राधिकृत्य शकुनीन्सर्वधर्मनिरूपणम् । मार्कण्डेयपुराणं तन्नवसाहस्रमीरितम्
yatrādhikṛtya śakunīnsarvadharmanirūpaṇam / mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇaṃ tannavasāhasramīritam
That Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, wherein the exposition of all the dharmas is made with reference to the birds, is said to have nine thousand (verses).
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NarP 1 98.3
मार्कण्डेयमुनेः प्रश्नो जैमिनेः प्राक्समीरितः । पक्षिणां धर्मसंज्ञानं ततो जन्मनिरूपणम्
mārkaṇḍeyamuneḥ praśno jaimineḥ prāksamīritaḥ / pakṣiṇāṃ dharmasaṃjñānaṃ tato janmanirūpaṇam
First is set forth the question of Jaimini to the sage Mārkaṇḍeya, then the birds' knowledge of dharma, then the account of (their) birth.
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NarP 1 98.4
पूर्वजन्मकथा चैषां विक्रिया चा दिवस्पतेः । तीर्थयात्रा बलस्याथ द्रौपदेयकथानकम्
pūrvajanmakathā caiṣāṃ vikriyā cā divaspateḥ / tīrthayātrā balasyātha draupadeyakathānakam
And the story of their former birth, and the transformation of the lord of heaven (Indra); then Bala's pilgrimage to the sacred fords, and the tale of Draupadī's sons.
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NarP 1 98.5
हरिश्चन्द्रकथा पुण्या युद्धमाडीबकाभिधम् । पितापुत्रसमाख्यानं दत्तात्रेयकथ ततः
hariścandrakathā puṇyā yuddhamāḍībakābhidham / pitāputrasamākhyānaṃ dattātreyakatha tataḥ
The meritorious story of Hariścandra, the battle called that of Āḍī and Baka, the narrative of father and son, and then the story of Dattātreya.
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NarP 1 98.6
हैहसस्याथ चरितं महाख्यानसमन्वितम् । मदालकसाकथा प्रोक्ता ह्यलर्कचरितान्विता
haihasasyātha caritaṃ mahākhyānasamanvitam / madālakasākathā proktā hyalarkacaritānvitā
Then the deeds of the Haihaya, furnished with a great narrative; the story of Madālasā is told, joined with the deeds of Alarka.
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NarP 1 98.7
सृष्टिसंकीर्तनं पुण्यं नवधापारिकीर्तितम् । कल्पान्तकालनिर्देशो यक्षसृष्टिनिरूपणम्
sṛṣṭisaṃkīrtanaṃ puṇyaṃ navadhāpārikīrtitam / kalpāntakālanirdeśo yakṣasṛṣṭinirūpaṇam
The meritorious recounting of creation, proclaimed in nine ways; the statement of the time of the end of the kalpa, the exposition of the creation of the Yakṣas.
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NarP 1 98.8
रुद्रादिसृष्टिरप्युक्ता द्वीपचर्यानुकीर्तनम् । मनूनां च कथा नानाकीर्तिताः पापहारिकाः
rudrādisṛṣṭirapyuktā dvīpacaryānukīrtanam / manūnāṃ ca kathā nānākīrtitāḥ pāpahārikāḥ
The creation of Rudra and the rest is also told, and the recounting of the practices of the (continental) islands; and various merit-bringing, sin-removing stories of the Manus are related.
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NarP 1 98.9
तासु दुर्गाकथात्यन्तं पुण्यदा चाष्टमेंऽतरे । तत्पश्चात्प्रणवोत्पत्तिस्त्रयीतेजः समुद्भवा
tāsu durgākathātyantaṃ puṇyadā cāṣṭameṃ'tare / tatpaścātpraṇavotpattistrayītejaḥ samudbhavā
Among them, in the eighth interval (manvantara), the exceedingly merit-giving story of Durgā; after that, the origin of the praṇava (Oṃ), arisen from the splendour of the triple Veda.
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NarP 1 98.10
मार्तण्डस्य च जन्माख्यातन्माहात्म्यसमन्विता । वैवस्वतान्वयश्चापि वत्सप्रीश्चरितं ततः
mārtaṇḍasya ca janmākhyātanmāhātmyasamanvitā / vaivasvatānvayaścāpi vatsaprīścaritaṃ tataḥ
And the birth of Mārtaṇḍa (the sun) is told, together with his greatness; and also the lineage of Vivasvat's son, and then the deeds of Vatsaprī.
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NarP 1 98.11
खनित्रस्य ततः प्रोक्ता कथा पुण्या महात्मनः । अविक्षिच्चरितं चैव किमिच्छव्रतकीर्त्तनम्
khanitrasya tataḥ proktā kathā puṇyā mahātmanaḥ / avikṣiccaritaṃ caiva kimicchavratakīrttanam
Then is told the meritorious story of the great-souled Khanitra, and the deeds of Avikṣit, and the recounting of the Kimicchaka vow.
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NarP 1 98.12
नरिष्यन्तस्य चरितं इक्ष्वाकुचरितं ततः । नलस्य चरितं पश्चाद्रामचन्द्रस्य सत्कथा
nariṣyantasya caritaṃ ikṣvākucaritaṃ tataḥ / nalasya caritaṃ paścādrāmacandrasya satkathā
The deeds of Nariṣyanta, then the deeds of Ikṣvāku, afterwards the deeds of Nala, and the good story of Rāmacandra.
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NarP 1 98.13
कुशवंशसमाख्यानं सोमवंशानुकीर्त्तनम् । पुरुरवः कथा पुण्या नहुषस्य कथाद्भुता
kuśavaṃśasamākhyānaṃ somavaṃśānukīrttanam / pururavaḥ kathā puṇyā nahuṣasya kathādbhutā
The narration of Kuśa's line, the recounting of the lunar dynasty, the meritorious story of Purūravas, the marvellous story of Nahuṣa.
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NarP 1 98.14
ययातिचरितं पुण्यं यदुवंशानुकीर्त्तनम् । श्रीकृष्णबालचरितं माथुरं चरितं ततः
yayāticaritaṃ puṇyaṃ yaduvaṃśānukīrttanam / śrīkṛṣṇabālacaritaṃ māthuraṃ caritaṃ tataḥ
The meritorious deeds of Yayāti, the recounting of the Yadu line, the childhood deeds of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and then his doings at Mathurā.
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NarP 1 98.15
द्वारकाचरितं चाथ कथा सर्वावतारजा । ततः सांख्यसमुद्देशः प्रपञ्चासत्त्वकीर्तनम्
dvārakācaritaṃ cātha kathā sarvāvatārajā / tataḥ sāṃkhyasamuddeśaḥ prapañcāsattvakīrtanam
And then the doings at Dvārakā, and the story arising from all the incarnations; then the exposition of Sāṃkhya, the declaration of the unreality of the manifest world.
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NarP 1 98.16
मार्कण्डेयस्य चरितं पुराणश्रवणे फलम् । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या पुराणमिदमादरात्
mārkaṇḍeyasya caritaṃ purāṇaśravaṇe phalam / yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā purāṇamidamādarāt
The deeds of Mārkaṇḍeya, and the fruit in hearing the Purāṇa. The man who with devotion and reverence hears this Purāṇa (…)
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NarP 1 98.17
मार्कण्डेयाभिधं वत्स स लभेत्परमां गतिम् । यस्तु व्याकुरुते चैतच्छैवं स लभते पदम्
mārkaṇḍeyābhidhaṃ vatsa sa labhetparamāṃ gatim / yastu vyākurute caitacchaivaṃ sa labhate padam
That (Purāṇa) named after Mārkaṇḍeya, my child — he would attain the highest goal; and he who expounds this, he attains the abode of Śiva.
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NarP 1 98.18
तत्प्रयच्छेल्लिखित्वा यः सौवर्णकरिसंयुतम् । कार्तिक्यां द्विजवर्याय स लभेन्द्ब्रह्मणः पदम्
tatprayacchellikhitvā yaḥ sauvarṇakarisaṃyutam / kārtikyāṃ dvijavaryāya sa labhendbrahmaṇaḥ padam
He who, having had it written, presents it together with a golden elephant to a foremost brahmin on the full-moon day of Kārttika, he attains the abode of Brahmā.
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NarP 1 98.19
शृणोति श्रावयेद्वापि यश्चानुक्रमणीमिमाम् । मार्कण्डेयपुराणस्य स लभेद्वाञ्छितं फलम्
śṛṇoti śrāvayedvāpi yaścānukramaṇīmimām / mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇasya sa labhedvāñchitaṃ phalam
He who hears, or has (others) hear, this table of contents of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa obtains the fruit he desires.
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