Narada Purana · Chapter 1.4

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde sṛṣṭibharatakhaṇḍaprāśastyabhūgolānāṃ varṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanaka uvāca
śraddhāpūrvāḥ sarvadharmā manorathaphalapradāḥ /
śraddhayāsādhyate sarvaṃ śraddhayā tuṣyate hariḥ

bhaktirbhaktyaiva karttavyātathā karmāṇi bhaktitaḥ /
karmaścaddhāvihīnāni na sidhyantiṃ dvijo tamāḥ

yathā'loko hi jantūnāṃ ceṣṭākāraṇatāṃ gataḥ /
tathaiva sarvasiddhīnāṃ bhaktiḥ paramakāraṇam

yathā samasta lokānāṃ jīvanaṃ salilaṃ smṛtam /
tathā samastasiddhīnāṃ jīvanaṃ bhaktiriṣyate

yathā bhūmiṃ samāśritya sarve jīvanti jantavaḥ /
tathā bhaktiṃ samāśritya sarvakāryyāṇi sādhayet

śraddhāvāṃllabhate dharṃmaṃ śraddhāvātarthamāpnuyāt /
śraddhayā sādhyate kāmaḥ śraddhāvānmokṣamānpuyāt

na dānairna tapobhirvā yajñairvā bahudakṣiṇaiḥ /
bhaktihīnermuniśceṣṭha tuṣyate bhagavānhariḥ

merumātrasuvarṇānāṃ koṭikoṭisahasraśaḥ /
dattā cāpyarthanāśāya yatobhaktivivarjitā

abhaktyā yattapastaptaiḥ kevalaṃ kāyaśoṣaṇam /
abhaktyā yaddhutaṃ havyaṃ bhasmani nyastahavyavat

yatkiñcitkurute karṃmaśraddhayāpyaṇumātrumātrakam /.
tannāma jāyate puṃsāṃ śāśvataṃ pratīdāyakam

aśvameghasahasraṃ vā karṃma vedoditaṃ kṛtam /
tatsarvaṃ niṣphalaṃ brahmanyadi bhaktivivarjitam

haribhaktiḥ parā nṝṇāṃ kāmadhenūpamā smṛtā /
tasyāṃ satyāṃ pibantyajñāḥ saṃsāragaralaṃ hyaho

asārabhūte saṃsāre sārametadajātmaja /
bhagavadbhaktasaṅgaśca haribhaktistitikṣutā

asūyopetamanasāṃ bhaktidānādikarṃma yat /
avehi niṣphalaṃ brahaṃsteṣāṃ dūrataro hariḥ

pariśriyābhitatpānāṃ dambhācāraratātmanām /
mṛṣā tu kurvatāṃ karma teṣāṃ dūrataro hariḥ

pṛcchatāṃ ca mahādharṃmānvadatāṃ vai mṛṣā ca tān /
dharmeṣvabhaktimanasāṃ teṣāṃ dūrataro hariḥ

vedapraṇihito dharṃmo dharṃmo vedo nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ /
tatrāśraddhāparā ye tu teṣāṃ dūrataro hariḥ

yasya dharṃmavihīnāni dinānyāyānti yānti ca /
sa lohakārabhastreva śvasannapi na jīvati

dharmārthakāmamokṣākhyāḥ puruṣārthāḥ sanātanāḥ /
śraddhāvatāṃ hi sidhyanti nānyathā brahmanandanā

svācāramanatikramya haribhaktiparo hi yaḥ /
sa yāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ yadvai paśyanti sūrayaḥ

kurvanvedoditāndharṃmānmunīndra svāśramocitān /
haridhyānaparoyastu sa yāti paramaṃ padam

ācāraprabhavo dharmaḥ dharṃmasya prabhuracyutaḥ /
āśramācārayuktena pūjitaḥ sarvadā hariḥ

yaḥ svācāraparibhraṣṭaḥ sāṅgavedāntago 'pi vā /
sa eva patito jñeyo yataḥ karmabahiṣkṛtaḥ

haribhaktipari vāpi haridhyānaparo 'pi vā /
bhraṣṭo yaḥ svāśramācārātpatitaḥ so 'bhidhīyate

vedo vā haribhaktirvā bhaktirvāpi maheśvare /
ācārātpatitaṃ mūḍhaṃ na punāti dvijottama

puṇyakṣetrābhigamanaṃ puṇyatīrthaniṣevaṇam /
yajño vā vividho brahmaṃstyaktācāraṃna rakṣati

ācārātprāpyate svarga ācārātprāpyate sukham /
ācārātprāpyate mokṣa ācārātkiṃ na labhyate

ācārāṇāntu sarveṣāṃ yogānāṃ caiva sattam /
haribhaktepari tathā nidānaṃ bhaktiriṣyate

bhaktyaiva pūjyate viṣṇurvāñchitārthaphalapradaḥ /
tasmātsamastalokānāṃ bhaktirmāteti gīyate

jīvanti jantavaḥ sarve yathā mātarāśritāḥ /
tathā bhaktiṃ samāśritya sarve jīvanti dhārṃmikāḥ

svāśramācārayuktasya haribhaktiryadā bhavet /
na tasya triṣu lokeṣu sadṛśo 'styajanandana

bhaktyā sidhyanti karṃmāṇi karṃmāṇi karṃmābhistuṣyate hariḥ /
tasmiṃstuṣṭe bhavejjñānaṃ jñānānmokṣamavāpyate

bhaktistu bhagavadbhaktasaṅgena khalu jāyate /
tatsaṅgaṃ prāpyate pumbhiḥ sukṛtaiḥ pūrvasañcitaiḥ

varṇāśramācāraratā bhagavadbhaktilālasāḥ /
kāmādidoṣanir muktāste santo lokaśikṣakāḥ

sastaṅgaḥ paramo brahmanna labhyetākṛtātmanām /
yadi labhyeta vijñeyaṃ puṇyaṃ janmāntarārjitam

pūrvārjitāni pāpāni nāśamāyānti yasya vai /
satsaṅgatirbhavettasya nānyathā ghaṭate hi sā

ravirhi raśimajālena divā hantibahistamaḥ /
santaḥ sūktimarīcyoścāntardhvāntaṃ hi sarvadā

durlabhāḥ puruṣā loke bhagavadbhaktilālasāḥ /
teṣāṃ saṅgo bhavedyasya tasya śāntirhi śāśvatī

nārada uvāca
kiṃlakṣaṇā bhāgavatāste ca kiṃ karṃma kurvate /
teṣāṃ loko bhavetkīdṛktatsarvaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ

tvaṃ hi bhakto rameśasya devadevasya citriṇaḥ /
etānnigadituṃ śaktastvato nāstyadhiko 'paraḥ

sanaka uvāca
śṛṇu brahmanparaṃ guhyaṃ mārkaṇḍeyasya dhīmanaḥ ña /
yamuvāca jagannātho yoganidrāvimocitaḥ

yo 'sau viṣṇuḥ paraṃ jyotirdevadevaḥ sanātanaḥ /
jagatkarttā śivabrahma svarupavān

yugānte raudrarupeṇa brahmāṇḍagrāhitaḥ /
jagatyekārṇavībhūte naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame

bhagavāneva śeṣātmā śete vaṭadale hariḥ /
asaṃkhyātābjajanmādyairābhūṣitatanūrūhaḥ

pādāṅguṣṭāgraniryātagaṅgāśītāmbupāvanaḥ /
sūkṣmātsūkṣmataro devo brahmāṇḍagrāsaṃbṛṃhitaḥ

vaṭacchade śayāno 'bhūtsarvaśaktisamanvitaḥ /
tasminsthāne mahābhāgo nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ /
mārkaṇḍeyaḥ sthinastasya līlāḥ paśyanmahe śituḥ

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
tasminkāle mahāghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame /
harirekaḥ sthita iti mune pūrvaṃ hi śuśruma

jagatyekārṇavībhūte naṣṭe sthāvarañjagame /
sarvagrastena hariṇā kimarthaṃ so 'vaśeṣitaḥ

paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hyatraṃ varttate 'tīva sūta naḥ /
harikīrtisudhāpāne kasyālasyaṃ prajā yate

sūta uvāca
āsīnmunirmahābhāgo mṛkaṇḍuriti viśrutaḥ /
śālagrāme mahātīrthe so 'tapyata mahātapāḥ

yugānāma yutaṃ brahmangṛṇanbrahma sanātanam //ṭa
nirāhāraḥ kṣamāyuktaḥ satyasandho jitendriyaḥ

ātmavatsarvabhūtāni paśyanviṣayaniḥspṛhaḥ /
sarvabhūtahito dānta statāpa sumahattapaḥ

tattāpaḥśaṅkitāḥ sarve devā indrādayastadā /
pareśaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurnārāyaṇamanāmayam

kṣīrābdheruttaraṃ tīraṃ saṃprāpyatrivivaukasaḥ /
tuṣṭuvurdevadeveśaṃ pahmanābhaṃ jagadgurum

devā ūcuḥ
nārāyaṇākṣarānanta śaraṇāgatapālaka /
mṛkaṇḍutapasā trastānpāhi naḥ śaraṇāgatān

jaya devādhideveśa jaya śaṅkhagadādhara /
jayo lokasvarupāya jayo brahmāṇḍahetave

namaste devadeveśa namaste lokapāvana /
namaste lokanāthāya namaste lokasākṣiṇe

namaste dhyānagamyāya namaste dhyānahetave /
namaste dhyānarupāya namaste dhyānapākṣiṇe

keśihantre namastubhyaṃ madhuhantre parātmane /
namo bhūmyādirūpāya namaścaitanyarupiṇe

namo jyeṣṭāya śuddhāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane /
arupāya svarupāya bahurupāya te namaḥ

namo brahmaṇyadevāya gobrāhmaṇahitāya ca /
jagaddhitāya kṛṣṇāya govindāya namonamaḥ

namo hikṣamagarbhāya namo brahmādirupiṇe /
namaḥ sūryyādirupāya havyakavyabhuje namaḥ

namo nityāya vandyāya sadānandaikarupiṇe /
namaḥ smṛtārtināśāya bhūyo bhūyo namo namaḥ

evaṃ devastutiṃ śrutvā bhagavānkamalāpatiḥ /
pratyakṣatāmagātteṣāṃ śaṅkacatragadādharaḥ

vikacāmbujapatrākṣaṃ sūryyakoṭisamaprabham /
sarvālaṅkārasaṃyuktaṃ śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣasam

pītāmbaradharaṃ saumyaṃ svarṇayajñopavītinam /
stṛyamānaṃ munivaraiḥ pārṣadapravarāvṛttam

taṃ dṛṣyvā devasaṃghāste tattejohatatejasaḥ /
namaścakrurmudā yuktā aṣṭāṅgauravaniṃ gatāḥ

tataḥ prasanno bhagavānmeghagaṃbhīranisvanaḥ /
uvāca prīṇayandevānnatānindrapurogamān

śrībhagavānuvāca
jāne vo mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ mṛkaṇḍutapasoṅgam /
yuṣmānna bādhate devāḥ sa ṛṣiḥ sajjanāgrāṇīḥ

saṃpadbhiḥ saṃyutā vāpi vipadbhiścāpi sajjanāḥ /
sarvathānyaṃ na bādhante svapne 'pi surasattamāḥ

satataṃ bādhyamāno 'pi viṣayākhyairarātibhiḥ /
avidhāyātmano rakṣāmanyāndveṣṭi kathaṃ sudhīḥ

tāpatrayābhidhānena bādhyamāno hi mānavaḥ /
anyaṃ krīḍayituṃ śaktaḥ kathaṃ bhavati sattamaḥ

karmaṇā manasā vācā bādhate yaḥ sadā parān /
nityaṃ kāmādibhiryukto mūḍhadhīḥ procyate tu saḥ

yo lokahitakṛnmartyo gatāsuryo vimatsaraḥ /
niḥśaṅgaḥ procyate sadbhirihāmātra ca sattamāḥ

saśaṅkaḥ sarvadā duḥkhī niḥśaṅkaḥ sukhamānpuyāt /
gacchadhvaṃ svālayaṃ svasthāḥ krīḍayiṣyati vo na saḥ

bhavatāṃ rakṣakaścāhaṃ viharadhvaṃ yathāsukham /
iti datvā varaṃ teṣāmatasīkusumaprabhaḥ

paśyatāmeva devānāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata /
tuṣṭātmānaḥ suragaṇāṃ yayurnākaṃ yathāgatam

mṛkaṇḍorapi tuṣṭātmā hariḥ pratyakṣatāmagāt /
arupaṃ paramaṃ brahmasvaprakāśaṃ nirañjanam

atasīpuṣpasaṃkāśaṃ pītavāsasamacyacutam /
divyāyudhadharaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛkaṇḍurvismito 'bhavat

dhyānādunmīlya nayanaṃ apaśyaddharimagrataḥ /
prasannavadanaṃ śāntaṃ dhātāraṃ viśvatejasam

romāñcitaśarīro 'sāvānandāśruvilocanaḥ /
nanāma daṇḍavadbhūmau devadeva sanātanam

aśrubhiḥ kṣālayaṃstasya caraṇau harṣasaṃbhavaiḥ /
śirasyañcalimādhāya stotuṃ samupacakrame

mṛkaṇḍuruvāca
namaḥ pareśāya parātmarupiṇe parātparasprātparataḥ parāya /
apārapārāya parānukartre namaḥ parebhyaḥ parapāraṇāya

yo nāmajātyādivikalpahīnaḥ śabdādidoṣavyatirekarupaḥ /
bahusvarupo 'pi nirañjano yastamīśamīḍhyaṃ paramaṃ bhajāmi

devāntavedyaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ hiraṇyagarbhādijagatsvarupam /
anūpamaṃ bhakti janānukampinaṃ bhajāmi sarveśvaramādimīḍyam

paśyanti yaṃ vītasamastadoṣā dhyānaikaniṣṭhā vigataspṛhāśca /
nivṛttamohāḥ paramaṃ pavitraṃ nato 'smi saṃsāranirvarttakaṃ tam

smṛtārtināśanaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaraṇāgatapālakam /
jagatsevyaṃ jagāddhāma pareśaṃ karuṇākaram

evaṃ stutaḥ sa bhagavānviṣṇustena maharṣiṇā /
avāpa paramāṃ tuṣṭiṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ

ayāliṅgya muniṃ devaścaturbhirdīrghabāhubhiḥ /
uvāca paramaṃ prītyā varaṃ baraya suvrata

prīto 'smi tapasā tena stotreṇa ca tavānagha /
manasā yadabhipretaṃ varaṃ varaya suvrata

mṛkaṇḍurūvāca
devadeva jagannātha kṛtārtho 'smi na saṃśayaḥ /
tvaddarśanamapuṇyānāṃ durlabhaṃ ca yataḥ smṛtam

brahmādyā yaṃ na vaśyanti yoginaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ /
dharmiṣṭā dīkṣitāśvāpi vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ

taṃ paśyāmi paraṃ dhāma kimato 'nyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇe /
etenaiva kṛtārtho 'smi janārdana jagaddharo

yatrāmasmṛtimātreṇa mahāpātakino 'pi ye /
tatpade paramaṃ yānni te dṛṣṭvā kiṣunācyuta

śrībhagavānuvāca
satyatpruktaṃ tvayā brahmānprīno 'smi tava paṇḍita /
madṛrśanaṃ hi viphalaṃ na kadācidbhaviṣyati

viṣṇirbhaktakuṭumbīti vadanti vivudhāḥ sadā /
tadeva pālayiṣyāmi majjano nānṛtaṃ vadet

tasmāttvattapasātuṣṭo yāsyāmi tava putratām /
samastaguṇasaṃyukto dīrghajīvī svarupavān

mama janma kule yasya katatkulaṃ mokṣagāmi vai /
mayi tuṣṭe muniśreṣṭha kimasādhyaṃ jagatraye

ityuktvā devadevaśo muneratasya samīkṣataḥ /
antardadhe mṛkaṇḍuśca tapasaḥ samavartata