Narada Purana · Chapter 1.106

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde vāmanapurāṇānukramaṇīvarṇanaṃ nāma pañcādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
brahmovāca
śṛṇu vatsa marīce tvaṃ purāṇaṃ kūrmasaṃjñakam /
lakṣmīkalpānucaritaṃ yatra kūrmavapurhariḥ

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ māhātmyaṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak /
indradyumnaprasaṃgena prāharṣibhyo dayānvitaḥ

tatsaptadaśasāhasraṃ sucatuḥ saṃhitaṃ śubham /
yatra brāhmāḥ purā proktā dharmā nānāvidhā mune

nānanākathāprasaṃgena nṛṇāṃ sadgatidāyakāḥ /
tatra pūrvavibhāge tu purāṇopakramaḥ purā

lakṣmīndradyumnasaṃvādaḥ kūrṃmarṣigaṇasaṃkathā /
varṇāśramācārakathā jagadutpattikīrtanam

kālasaṃkhyā samāsena layānte stavanaṃ vibhoḥ //
tataḥ saṃkṣepataḥ sargaḥ śāṅkaraṃ caritaṃ tathā

sahasranāma pārvatyā yogasya ca nirūpaṇam /
bhṛguvaṃśasamākhyānaṃ tataḥ svāyambhuvasya ca

devādīnāṃ samutpattirdakṣayajñāhatistataḥ /
dakṣasṛṣṭikathā paścātkaśyapānvayakīrtanam

ātreyavaṃśakathanaṃ kṛṣṇasyaṃ caritaṃ śubham /
mārtaṇḍakṛṣṇasaṃvādo vyāsapāṇḍavasaṃkathā

yugadharmānukathanaṃ vyāsajaiminikīrtanam /
vārāṇasyāśca māhātmyaṃ prayāgasya tataḥ param

trailokyavarṇanaṃ caiva vedaśākhānirūpaṇam /
uttare 'syā vibhāge tu purā gītaiśvarī tataḥ

vyāsagītā tataḥ proktā nānādharmaprabodhinī /
nānāvidhānāṃ tīrthānāṃ māhātmyaṃ ca pṛthak tataḥ

pratisargaprakathanaṃ brāhmīyaṃ saṃhitā smṛtā /
ataḥ paraṃ bhāgavatīsaṃhitārtha nirūpaṇam

kathitā yatra varṇānāṃ pṛthakvṛttirudāhṛtā /
pāda'syāḥ prathame proktā brāhmaṇānāṃ vyavasthitiḥ

sadā cāgatmikā vatsa bhogasaukhyavivarddhanī /
dvitīye kṣattriyāṇāṃ tu vṛttiḥ samyakprakīrtitā

yayā tvāśritayā pāpaṃ vidhūyeha vrajeddivam /
tṛtīye vaiśyajātīnāṃ vṛttiruktā caturvidhā

yayā caritayā samyaglabhe gatimuttamām /
caturthe 'syāstathā pāde śūdravṛttirudāhṛtā

yayā saṃtuṣyati śrīśo nṛṇāṃ śreyovivarddhanaḥ /
pañcame 'syāstataḥ pāde vṛttiḥ saṃkarajoditā

yayā caritayāpnoti bhāvinīṃ gatimuttamām /
ityeṣā pañcapadyuktā dvitīyā saṃhitā mune

tṛtīyātroditā saurī nṝṇāṃ kāryavidhāyinī /
ṣoḍhā ṣaṭkarmasirddhi bodhayantī ca kāminām

caturthīvaiṣṇavo nāma mokṣadā parikīrtitā /
catuṣpadī dvijātīnāṃ sākṣādbrahmasvarūriṇī

tāḥ kramātṣaṭcaturdvīṣusāhasrāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

etatkūrmapurāṇaṃ tu caturvargaphalapradam /
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvotkṛṣṭagatipradam

likhitvaitattu yo bhaktyā hemakūrmasamanvitam /
brāhmaṇāyā yane dadyātsa yāti paramāṃ gatim