Narada Purana · Chapter 1.101

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde bhaviṣyapurāṇānukramaṇī nirūpaṇaṃ nāma śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrībrahmovāca
śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ daśamaṃ tava /
brahmavaivartakaṃ nāma vedamārgānudarśakam

sāvarṇiryatra bhagavānsākṣāddevarṣaye sthitaḥ /
nāradāya purāṇārthaṃ prāha sarvamalaukikam

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ sāraḥ prītirharau hare /
tayorabhedasiddhyarthaṃ brahmavaivartamuttamam

rathantarasya kalpasya vṛttāntaṃ yanmayoditam /
śatakoṭipurāṇe tatsaṃkṣipya prāha vedavit

vyāsaścaturddhā saṃvyasya brahmavaivartasaṃjñite /
aṣṭādaśasahasraṃ tatpurāṇaṃ parikīrtitam

brahmaprakṛtivighneśakṛṣṇakhaṇḍasamanvitam /
tatra sūtarṣisaṃvāde purāṇopakramastataḥ

sṛṣṭiprakaraṇaṃ tvādyaṃ tato nāradavedhasoḥ /
vivādaḥ sumahānyatra dvayorāsītparābhavaḥ

śivalokagatiḥ paścājjñānalābhaḥ śivātmane /
śivavākyena tatpaścānmarīcernāradasya tu

gamanaṃ caiva sāvarṇerjñānārthaṃ siddhasevite /
āśrame sumahāpuṇye trailokyāścaryakāriṇī

etaddhi brahmakhaṇḍaṃ hi śrutaṃ pāpavināśanam /
tataḥ sāvarṇisaṃvādo nāradasya samīritaḥ

kṛṣṇamāhātmyasaṃyukto nānākhyānakathottaram /
prakṛteraṃśabhūtānāṃ kalānāṃ cāpi varṇitam

māhātmyaṃ pūjanādyaṃ ca vistareṇa yathāsthitam /
etatprakṛtikhaṇḍaṃ hi śrutaṃ bhūtividhāyakam

gaṇeśajanmasaṃpraśnaḥ sapuṇyakamahāvratam /
pārvatyāḥ kārtikeyena saha vighneśasaṃbhavam

caritaṃ kārtavīryasya jāmadagryasya cādbhutam /
vivādaḥ sumahānāsījjāmadagryagaṇeśayoḥ

etadvighneśakhaṇḍaṃ hi sarvavighnavināśanam /
śrīkṛṣṇajanmasaṃpraśno janmākhyānaṃ tato 'dbhutam

gokule gamanaṃ gaścātpūtanādivadādbhūtāḥ /
bālyakaumārajā līlā vividhāstatra varṇitāḥ

rāsakrīḍā ca gopībhiḥ śāradī samudāhṛtā /
rahasye rādhayā krīḍā varṇitā bahuvistarā

sahākrūreṇa tatpaścānmathurāgamanaṃ hareḥ /
kaṃsādīnāṃ vadhe vṛtte kṛṣṇasya dvijasaṃskṛtiḥ

kāśyasāṃdīpaneḥ paścādvidyopādānamadbhutam /
yavanasya vadhaḥ paścāddvārakāgamanaṃ hareḥ

narakādivadhastatra kṛṣṇena vihito 'dbhutaḥ /
kṛṣṇakhaṇḍamidaṃ vipra nṛṇāṃ saṃsārakhaṇḍanam

paṭhitaṃ ca śrutaṃ dhyātaṃ pūjitaṃ cābhivanditam /
ityetadbrahmavaivartapurāṇaṃ cātyalaukikam

vyāsoktaṃ cādi saṃbhūtaṃ paṭhañchṛṇvanvimucyate /
vijñānājñānaśamanāddhorātsaṃsārasāgarāt

likhitvedaṃ ca yo dadyānmādhyāṃ dhenusamanvitam /
brahmalokamavāpnoti sa mukto 'jñānabandhanāt

yaścānukramaṇīṃ cāpi paṭhedvā śṛṇuyādapi /
so 'pi kṛṣṇaprasādena labhate vāñchitaṃ phalam