Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 99
NarP 1 99.1
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि तवाग्नेयपुराणकम् । ईशानकल्पवृत्तान्तं वसिष्ठायानलो ऽब्रवीत्
śrībrahmovāca athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi tavāgneyapurāṇakam / īśānakalpavṛttāntaṃ vasiṣṭhāyānalo 'bravīt
Śrī Brahmā said: Now next I shall declare to you the Āgneya Purāṇa, the account of the Īśāna Kalpa, which Fire spoke to Vasiṣṭha.
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NarP 1 99.2
तत्पञ्चदशसाहस्रं नाना चरितमद्भुतम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चैव सर्वपापहरं नृणाम्
tatpañcadaśasāhasraṃ nānā caritamadbhutam / paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva sarvapāpaharaṃ nṛṇām
It has fifteen thousand (verses) and various wondrous narratives; for the men who recite and who hear it, it removes all sins.
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NarP 1 99.3
प्रश्नः पूर्वं पुराणस्य कथा सर्वावतारजा । सृष्टिप्रकरणं चाथ विष्णुपूजादिकं ततः
praśnaḥ pūrvaṃ purāṇasya kathā sarvāvatārajā / sṛṣṭiprakaraṇaṃ cātha viṣṇupūjādikaṃ tataḥ
First the question about the Purāṇa, then the account arising from all the incarnations, then the section on creation, then the worship of Viṣṇu and so on.
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NarP 1 99.4
अग्निकार्यं ततः पश्चान्मन्त्रमुद्रादिलक्षणम् । सर्वदीक्षाविधानं च अभिषेकनिरूपणम्
agnikāryaṃ tataḥ paścānmantramudrādilakṣaṇam / sarvadīkṣāvidhānaṃ ca abhiṣekanirūpaṇam
Then afterwards the fire-rite, the characteristics of mantras, hand-gestures and the rest, and the prescriptions for all initiations, and the exposition of consecration.
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NarP 1 99.5
लक्षणं मण्डलादीनां कुशापामार्जनं ततः । पवित्रारोपणविधिर्देवालयविधिस्ततः
lakṣaṇaṃ maṇḍalādīnāṃ kuśāpāmārjanaṃ tataḥ / pavitrāropaṇavidhirdevālayavidhistataḥ
The characteristics of the maṇḍalas and the rest, then the wiping-clean with kuśa grass, the rule for putting on the sacred thread, then the rule concerning temples.
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NarP 1 99.6
शालग्रामादिपूजा च मूर्तिलक्ष्म पृथक्पृथक् । न्यासादीनां विधानं च प्रतिष्ठापूर्तकं ततः
śālagrāmādipūjā ca mūrtilakṣma pṛthakpṛthak / nyāsādīnāṃ vidhānaṃ ca pratiṣṭhāpūrtakaṃ tataḥ
And the worship of the śālagrāma and the rest, the marks of the images each separately, and the prescription for the placings (nyāsa) and so forth, then the installation-rite in full.
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NarP 1 99.7
विनायकादिपूजा च नानादीक्षाविधिः परम् । प्रतिष्ठा सर्वदेवानां ब्रह्मण्डस्य निरूपणम्
vināyakādipūjā ca nānādīkṣāvidhiḥ param / pratiṣṭhā sarvadevānāṃ brahmaṇḍasya nirūpaṇam
And the worship of Vināyaka and the rest, then the rules for the various initiations, the installation of all the gods, the exposition of the egg of Brahmā.
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NarP 1 99.8
गङ्गादितीर्थमाहात्म्यं द्वीपवर्षानुवर्णनम् । ऊर्द्ध्वाधोलोकरचना ज्योतिश्चक्रनिरूपणम्
gaṅgāditīrthamāhātmyaṃ dvīpavarṣānuvarṇanam / ūrddhvādholokaracanā jyotiścakranirūpaṇam
The greatness of the Ganges and other holy places, the description of the continents and regions, the arrangement of the upper and lower worlds, the exposition of the sphere of the luminaries.
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NarP 1 99.9
ज्योतिषं च ततः प्रोक्तं शास्त्रं युद्धजयार्णवम् । षट्कर्म च ततः प्रोक्तं मन्त्रमन्त्रौषधीगणः
jyotiṣaṃ ca tataḥ proktaṃ śāstraṃ yuddhajayārṇavam / ṣaṭkarma ca tataḥ proktaṃ mantramantrauṣadhīgaṇaḥ
And then astronomy is told, and the treatise (called) the Ocean of Victory in Battle; and then the six (magical) acts are told, and the collection of mantras and mantra-herbs.
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NarP 1 99.10
कुब्जिकादिसमर्चत्वं षोढा न्यासविधिस्तथा । कोटिहोमविधानं च मन्वन्तरनिरूपणम्
kubjikādisamarcatvaṃ ṣoḍhā nyāsavidhistathā / koṭihomavidhānaṃ ca manvantaranirūpaṇam
The full worship of Kubjikā and the others, and likewise the sixfold rule of placings, and the prescription for the ten-million oblation, and the exposition of the manvantaras.
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NarP 1 99.11
ब्रह्मचर्यादिधर्मांश्च श्राद्धकल्पविधिस्ततः । ग्रहयज्ञस्ततः प्रोक्तोवैदिकस्मार्तकर्म च
brahmacaryādidharmāṃśca śrāddhakalpavidhistataḥ / grahayajñastataḥ proktovaidikasmārtakarma ca
And the duties beginning with studentship, then the rule of the śrāddha ritual; then the sacrifice to the planets is told, and the Vedic and smārta rites.
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NarP 1 99.12
प्रायश्चित्तानुकथनं तिथीनां च व्रतादिकम् । वारव्रतानुकथनं नक्षत्रव्रतकीर्तनम्
prāyaścittānukathanaṃ tithīnāṃ ca vratādikam / vāravratānukathanaṃ nakṣatravratakīrtanam
The relating of expiations, and the vows and so forth of the lunar days, the relating of the vows of the weekdays, the recounting of the vows of the lunar mansions.
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NarP 1 99.13
मासिकव्रतनिर्द्देशो दीपदानविधिस्तथा । नवव्यूहार्चनं प्रोक्तं नरकाणां निरूपणम्
māsikavratanirddeśo dīpadānavidhistathā / navavyūhārcanaṃ proktaṃ narakāṇāṃ nirūpaṇam
The specification of the monthly vows, and likewise the rule for the gift of lamps; the worship of the nine groupings is told, and the exposition of the hells.
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NarP 1 99.14
व्रतानां चापि दानानां निरूपणमिहोदितम् । नाडीचक्रसमुद्देशः संध्याविधिरनुत्तमः
vratānāṃ cāpi dānānāṃ nirūpaṇamihoditam / nāḍīcakrasamuddeśaḥ saṃdhyāvidhiranuttamaḥ
And here too the exposition of vows and of gifts is stated; the account of the circle of channels (nāḍīcakra), the unsurpassed rule for the twilight worship.
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NarP 1 99.15
गायत्र्यर्थस्य निर्द्देशो लिङ्गस्तोत्रं ततः परम् । राज्याभिषेकमन्त्रोक्तिर्द्धर्मकृत्यं च भूभुजाम्
gāyatryarthasya nirddeśo liṅgastotraṃ tataḥ param / rājyābhiṣekamantroktirddharmakṛtyaṃ ca bhūbhujām
The setting forth of the meaning of the Gāyatrī, and after that the hymn to the liṅga, the statement of the mantras for royal consecration, and the duties of kings.
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NarP 1 99.16
स्वप्नाध्यायस्ततः प्रोक्तः शकुनादिनिरूपणम् । मण्डलादिकनिर्द्देंशो रत्नदीक्षाविधिस्ततः
svapnādhyāyastataḥ proktaḥ śakunādinirūpaṇam / maṇḍalādikanirddeṃśo ratnadīkṣāvidhistataḥ
Then the chapter on dreams is told, the exposition of omens and the rest, the specification of maṇḍalas and so forth, then the rule for initiation with gems.
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NarP 1 99.17
रामोक्तनीतिनिर्द्देशो रत्नानां लक्षणं ततः । धनुर्विद्या ततः प्रोक्ता व्यवहारप्रदर्शनम्
rāmoktanītinirddeśo ratnānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ / dhanurvidyā tataḥ proktā vyavahārapradarśanam
The setting forth of the statecraft told by Rāma, then the characteristics of gems; then archery is told, and the presentation of legal procedure.
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NarP 1 99.18
देवासुरविमर्दाख्या ह्यायुर्वेदनिरूपणम् । गजादीनां चिकित्सा च तेषां शान्तिस्ततः परम्
devāsuravimardākhyā hyāyurvedanirūpaṇam / gajādīnāṃ cikitsā ca teṣāṃ śāntistataḥ param
(Then) the section called the clash of gods and demons, and the exposition of medicine; the treatment of elephants and the rest, and after that the pacificatory rites for them.
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NarP 1 99.19
गोनरादिचिकित्सा च नानापूजास्ततः परम् । शान्तयश्चापि विविधाश्छन्दः शास्त्रमतः परम्
gonarādicikitsā ca nānāpūjāstataḥ param / śāntayaścāpi vividhāśchandaḥ śāstramataḥ param
And the treatment of cattle, men and the rest, and after that the various worship-rites; also the manifold pacificatory rites, and after that the science of metre.
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NarP 1 99.20
साहित्यं च ततः पश्चादेकार्णादिसमाह्वयाः । सिद्धशब्दानुशिष्टिश्चकोशः सर्गादिवर्गकः
sāhityaṃ ca tataḥ paścādekārṇādisamāhvayāḥ / siddhaśabdānuśiṣṭiścakośaḥ sargādivargakaḥ
And then afterwards poetics, then the enumerations beginning with single-syllable (words); and the instruction in established words, the lexicon arranged in sections beginning with 'creation'.
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NarP 1 99.21
प्रलयानां लक्षणं च शारीरकनिरूपणम् । वर्णनं नरकाणां च योगाश्त्रमतः परम्
pralayānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ ca śārīrakanirūpaṇam / varṇanaṃ narakāṇāṃ ca yogāśtramataḥ param
And the description of the dissolutions, and the exposition of the doctrine of the embodied self; and the description of the hells, and after that the science of yoga.
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NarP 1 99.22
ब्रह्मज्ञानं ततः पश्चात्पुराणश्रवणे फलम् । एतदाग्नेयकं विप्र पुराणं परिकीर्तितम्
brahmajñānaṃ tataḥ paścātpurāṇaśravaṇe phalam / etadāgneyakaṃ vipra purāṇaṃ parikīrtitam
Then afterwards the knowledge of brahman, (and) the fruit in hearing the Purāṇa. This, O brahmin, is the Purāṇa of Agni as it has been proclaimed.
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NarP 1 99.23
तल्लिखित्वा तु यो दद्यात्सुवर्णकलमान्वितम् । तिलधेनु युतं चापि मार्गशीर्ष्यां विधानतः
tallikhitvā tu yo dadyātsuvarṇakalamānvitam / tiladhenu yutaṃ cāpi mārgaśīrṣyāṃ vidhānataḥ
But he who, having had it written, gives it away together with a golden pen, and also together with a cow (made) of sesame, in (the month of) Mārgaśīrṣa according to the rule—
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