Narada Purana · Chapter 1.97
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde śrīmadbhāgavatānukramaṇīnirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṇṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrībrahmovāca
śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ nāradīyakam /
pañcaviṃśatisāhasraṃ bṛhatkalpakathāśrayam
sūtaśaunakasaṃvādaḥ sṛṣṭisaṃkṣepavarṇanam /
nānādharmakathāḥ puṇyāḥ pravṛtte samudāhṛtāḥ
prāgbhāge prathame pāde sanakena mahātmanā /
dvitīye mokṣadharmākhye mokṣopāyanirūpaṇam
vedāṅgānāṃ ca kathanaṃ śukotpattiśca vistarāt /
sanandanena gaditā nāradāya mahātmane
mahātantre samuddiṣṭaṃ paśupāśavimokṣaṇam /
mantrāṇāṃ śodhanaṃ dīkṣāmantroddhāraśca pūjanam
prayogāḥ kavacaṃ nāmasahasraṃ stotrameva ca /
gaṇeśasūryaviṣṇūnāṃ śivaśaktyoranukramāt
sanatkumāramuninā nāradāya tṛtīyake /
purāṇalakṣaṇaṃ caiva pramāṇaṃ dānameva ca
pṛthakpṛthak samuddiṣṭaṃ dānakālapuraḥsaram /
caitrādisarvamāseṣu tithīnāñcapṛthakpṛthak
proktaṃ pratipadādīnāṃ vrataṃ sarvāghanāśanam /
sanātanena muninā nāradāya caturthake
pūrvabhāgo 'yamudito bṛhadākhyānasaṃjñitaḥ /
asyottare vibhāge tu praśna ekādaśīvrate
vasiṣṭhenātha saṃvādo māndhātuḥ parikīrtitaḥ /
rukmāṅgadakathā puṇyāmohinyutpattikarma ca
vasuśāpaśca mohinyai paścāduddharaṇakriyā /
gaṅgākathā puṇyatamā gayāyātrānukīrtanam
kāśyā māhātmyamatulaṃ puruṣottamavarṇanam /
yātrāvidhānaṃ kṣetrasya bahvākhyānasamanvitam
prayāgasyātha māhātmyaṃ kurukṣetrasya tatparam /
haridvārasya cākhyānaṃ kāmodākhyānakaṃ tathā
badarītīrthamāhātmyaṃ kāmākṣāyāstathaiva ca /
prabhāsasya ca māhātmyaṃ puṣkarākhyānakaṃ tataḥ
gautamākhyānakaṃ paścādvedapādastavastataḥ /
gokarṇakṣetramāhātmyaṃ lakṣmaṇākhyānakaṃ tathā
setumāhātmyakathanaṃ narmadātīrthavarṇanam /
avantyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ madhurāyāstataḥ param
bṛndāvanasya mahimā paśorbrahmāntike gatiḥ /
mohinīcaritaṃ paścādevaṃ paścādevaṃ vai nāradīyakam
yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyāśrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ /
sa yāti brahmaṇo dhāma nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
yastvetadiṣupūrṇāyāṃ dhenūnāṃ saptakānvitam /
pradadyāddijarṃyāya saṃlabhenmokṣameva ca
yaścānukramaṇīmetāṃ nāradīyasya varṇayet /
śṛṇuyadvaikacittena so 'pi svargagatiṃ labhet
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