Narada Purana · Chapter 1.100
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde 'gnipurāṇānukramaṇīnirūpaṇaṃ nāmaikonaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrībrahmovāca
atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ sarvasiddhidam /
bhaviṣyaṃ bhavataḥ sarvalokābhīṣṭapradāyakam
yatrāhaṃ sarvadevānāmādikartā samudgataḥ /
sṛṣṭyarthaṃ tatra saṃjāto manuḥ svāryabhuvaḥ purā
sa māṃ praṇamya papraccha dharmaṃ sarvāthasādhakam /
ahaṃ tasmai tadā prītaḥ prāvocaṃ dharmasaṃhitām
purāṇānāṃ yadā vyāso vyāsaṃ caktre mahāmatiḥ /
tadā tāṃ saṃhitāṃ sarvāṃ pañcadhā vyabhajanmuniḥ
adhorakalpavṛttāntaṃ nānāścaryakathanvitam /
tatrādimaṃ smṛtaṃ parvaṃ brāhmaṃ yatrāstyupakramaḥ
sūtaśaunakasaṃvāde purāṇapraśnasaṃkramaḥ /
ādityacaritaprāyaḥ sarvākhyānasamanvitaḥ
sṛṣṭyādilakṣaṇopetaḥ śāstrasarvasvarūpakaḥ /
pustalekhakalekhānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ ca tataḥ param
saṃskārāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ cātra kīrtitam /
pakṣasyāditithīnāṃ ca kalpāḥ sapta ca kīrtitāḥ
aṣṭamyādyāḥ śeṣakalpā vaiṣṇave parvaṇi smṛtāḥ /
śaive ca kāyato bhinnāḥ saure cāntyakathānvayaḥ
pratisargāhvayaṃ paścānnānākhyānasamanvitam /
purāṇasyopasaṃhārasahitaṃ parva pañcamam
eṣu pañcasu pūrvasmin brahmaṇo mahimādhikāḥ /
dharme kāme ca mokṣe tu viṣṇoścāpi śivasya ca
dvitīyaṃ ca tṛtīye ca saure vargacatuṣṭaye /
pratisargāhvayaṃ tvantyaṃ proktaṃ sarvakathānvitam
sabhaviṣyaṃ vinirddiṣṭaṃ parva vyāsena dhīmatā /
caturddaśasahasraṃ tu purāṇaṃ parikīrtitam
bhaviṣyaṃ sarvadevānāṃ sāmyaṃ yatra prakīrtitam /
guṇānāṃ tāratamyena samaṃ brahmeti hi śrutiḥ
taṃ likhitvā tu yo dadyātpauṣyāṃ vidvānvimatsaraḥ /
guḍadhenuyutaṃ hemavastramālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ
vācakaṃ pustakaṃ cāpi pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ /
gandhādyairbhojyabhakṣyaiśca kṛtvā nīrājanādikam
yo vai jitendriyo bhūtvā sopavāsaḥ samāhitaḥ /
atha vaikahaviṣyāśī kīrtayecchṛṇuyādapi
sa muktaḥ pātakairghoraiḥ prayāti brahmaṇaḥ padam /
yo 'pyanukramaṇīmetāṃ bhaviṣyasya nirūpitām
paṭhedvā śṛṇuyāccaitāṃ bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca vindati
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