Narasimha Purana — Chapter 22

NsP 22.1

सोमवंशं शृणुष्वाथ भरद्वाज महामुने पुराणे विस्तरेणोक्तं संक्षेपात् कथये ऽधुना

somavaṃśaṃ śṛṇuṣvātha bharadvāja mahāmune purāṇe vistareṇoktaṃ saṃkṣepāt kathaye 'dhunā

Now hear the lunar lineage, Bharadvāja, great sage; it has been told at length in the Purāṇa, (but) I recount it now in brief.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 22.14

य इदं शृणुयान् नित्यं राजवंशम् अनुत्तमम् सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ rājavaṃśam anuttamam sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

He who constantly hears this most excellent lineage of kings, his self purified of all sin, goes to the world of Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 22.15

यश् चेदं पठते नित्यं श्राद्धे वा श्रावयेत् पितॄन् वंशानुकीर्तनं पुण्यं पितॄणां दत्तम् अक्षयम्

yaś cedaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ śrāddhe vā śrāvayet pitṝn vaṃśānukīrtanaṃ puṇyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dattam akṣayam

And he who recites this constantly, or has the fathers hear it at a śrāddha—this meritorious recitation of the lineage is an imperishable gift to the fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NsP 22.16

राज्ञां हि सोमस्य मया तवेरिता वंशानुकीर्तिर् द्विज पापनाशनी शृणुष्व विप्रेन्द्र मयोच्यमानं मन्वन्तरं चापि चतुर्दशाख्यम्

rājñāṃ hi somasya mayā taveritā vaṃśānukīrtir dvija pāpanāśanī śṛṇuṣva viprendra mayocyamānaṃ manvantaraṃ cāpi caturdaśākhyam

So the recitation of the lineage of the kings of the Moon, destroyer of sin, has been told to you by me, O twice-born. Now hear, chief of brahmins, as I speak, of the Manu-periods, fourteen in number.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition