Narada Purana · Chapter 1.109

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde gāruḍānukramaṇīvarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
brahmovāca
śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi brahmāṇḍākhyaṃ purātanam /
yacca dvādaśasāhasramādikalpakathāyutam

prakriyākhyo 'nuṣaṅgākhya upodghātastṛtīyakaḥ /
caturtha upasaṃhāraḥ pādāścatvāra eva hi

pūrvapādadvayaṃ pūrvo bhāgo 'tra samudāhṛtaḥ /
tṛtīyo madhyamo bhāgaścaturthastūttaro mataḥ

ādau kṛtyasamuddeśo naimiṣākhyānakaṃ tataḥ /
hiraṇyagarbhotpattiśca lokakalpanameva ca

eṣa vai prathamaḥ pādo dvitīyaṃ śṛṇu mānada /
kalpamanvantarākhyānaṃ lokajñānaṃ tataḥ param

mānasīsṛṣṭikathanaṃ rudraprasavavarṇanam /
mahādevavibhūtiśca ṛṣisargastataḥ param

agnīnāṃ vijayaścātha kālasadbhāvavarṇanam /
priyavratānvayoddeśaḥ pṛthivyāyāmavistaraḥ

varṇanaṃ bhāratasyāsya tato 'nyeṣāṃ nirūpaṇam /
jambvādisaptadvīpākhyā tato 'dholokavarṇanam

urddhvalokānukathanaṃ grahacārastataḥ param /
ādityavyūhakathanaṃ devagrahānukīrtanam

nīlakaṇṭhāhvayākhyānaṃ mahādevasya vaibhavam /
amāvāsyānukathanaṃ yugatattvanirūpaṇam

yajñapravartanaṃ cātha yugayorantyayoḥ kṛtiḥ /
yugaprajālakṣaṇaṃ ca ṛṣipravaravarṇanam

vedānāṃ vyasanākhyānaṃ svāyambhuvanirūpaṇam /
śeṣamanvantarākhyānaṃ pṛthivīdohanaṃ tataḥ

cākṣuṣe 'dyatane sarge dvitīyo 'ṅghriḥ purodale /
athopodghātapāde tu saptarṣiparikīrtanam

prajāpatyanvayastasmāddevādīnāṃ samudbhavaḥ /
tato jayābhilāṣaśca marudutpattikīrtanam

kāśyapeyānukathanaṃ ṛṣivaṃśanirūpaṇam /
pitṛkalpānukathanaṃ śrāddhakalpastataḥ param

vaivasvatasamutpattiḥ sṛṣṭistasya tataḥ param /
manuputrānvayaścānto gāndharvasya nirūpaṇam

ikṣvākuvaṃśakathanaṃ vaṃśo 'treḥ sumahātmanaḥ /
amāvasoranvayaśca rajeścaritamadbhutam

yayāticaritaṃ cātha yaduvaṃśanirūpaṇam /
kārtavīryasya caritaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ tataḥ param

vṛṣṇivaṃśānukathanaṃ sagarasyātha saṃbhavaḥ /
bhārgavasyānucaritaṃ pitṛkāryavadhāśrayam

sagarasyātha caritaṃ bhārgavasya kathā punaḥ /
devāsurāhavakathā kṛṣṇāvirbhāvavarṇanam

indrasya tu stavaḥ puṇyaḥ śukreṇa parikīrtitaḥ /
viṣṇumāhātmyakathanaṃ balivaṃśanirūpaṇam

bhaviṣyarājacaritaṃ saṃprāpte 'tha kalau yuge /
samupoddhātapādo 'yaṃ tṛtīyo madhyame dale

caturthamupasaṃhāraṃ vakṣye khaṇḍe tathottare /
vaivasvatāntarākhyānaṃ vistareṇa yathātathām

pūrvameva samuddiṣṭaṃ saṃkṣepādiha kathyate /
bhaviṣyāṇāṃ manūnāṃ ca caritaṃ hi tataḥ param

kalpapralayanirdeśaḥ kālamānaṃ tataḥ param /
lokāścaturddaśa tataḥ kathitāḥ prāptalakṣaṇaiḥ

varṇanaṃ narakāṇāṃ ca vikarmācaraṇaistataḥ /
manomayapurākhyānaṃ layaḥ prākṛtikastataḥ

śaivasyātha purasyāpi varṇanaṃ ca tataḥ param /
trividhā guṇasaṃbandhājjantūnāṃ kīrtitā gatiḥ

anirdeśyāpratarkyasya brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ /
anvayavyatirekābhyāṃ varṇanaṃ hi tataḥ param

ityeṣa upasaṃhārapādo vṛttaḥ sahottaraḥ /
catuṣpādaṃ purāṇaṃ te brahmāṇḍaṃ samudāhṛtakam

aṣṭādaśamanaupamyaṃ sārātsārataraṃ dvija /
brahmāṇḍaṃ yaccaturlakṣaṃ purāṇaṃ yena vaṭhyate

tadetadasya gaditamatrāṣṭādaśadhā pṛthak /
pāsaśaryeṇa muninā sarveṣāmapi mānada

vastutastūpadeṣṭrātha munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām /
mattaḥ śrutvā purāṇāni lokebhyaḥ pracakāśire

munayo dharmaśīlāste dīnānugrahakāriṇaḥ /
mayācedaṃ purāṇaṃ tu vasiṣṭāya puroditam

tena śaktisutāyoktaṃ jātūkarṇyāya tena ca /
vyāso labdhvā tataścaitatprabhañjanamukhodgatam

pramāṇīkṛtya loke 'sminprāvartayadanuttamam /
ya idaṃ kīrtayedvatsa śṛṇoti ca samāhitaḥ

sa vidhūyeha pāpāni yāti lokamanāmayam /
likhitvaitatpurāṇaṃ tu svarṇasiṃhāsanasthitam

vastreṇācchāditaṃ yastu brāhmaṇāya prayacchati /
sa yādi brahmaṇo lokaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

marīce 'ṣṭādaśaitāni mayā proktāni yāni te /
purāṇāni tu saṃkṣepācchrotavyāni ca vistarāt

aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni yaḥ śṛṇoti narottamaḥ /
kathayedvā vidhānena neha bhūyaḥ sa jāyate

sūtrametatpurāṇānāṃ yanmayoktaṃ tavādhunā /
tannityaṃ śīlanīyaṃ hi purāṇaphalamicchatā

na dāṃbhikāya pāpāya devagurvanusūyave /
deyaṃ kadāpi sādhūnāṃ dveṣiṇe na śaṭhāya ca

śāntāya śamacittāya śuśrūṣābhiratāya ca /
nirmatsarāya śucaye deyaṃ sadvaiṣṇavāya ca