Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 68
Maṅgalācaraṇa, Naimiṣāraṇya-Sabhā, Sūta-Āhvāna, and Narada Purāṇa-Māhātmya
यो नाम जात्यादिविकल्पहीनः परः पराणां परमः परस्मात् । वेदान्तवेद्यः स्वजनप्रकाशः समीड्यते सर्वपुराणवेदैः ॥ ६७ ॥
yo nāma jātyādivikalpahīnaḥ paraḥ parāṇāṃ paramaḥ parasmāt | vedāntavedyaḥ svajanaprakāśaḥ samīḍyate sarvapurāṇavedaiḥ || 67 ||
هو الذي اسمُه ذاته منزَّهٌ عن كل تمييز كالميلاد والطبقة وما شابه؛ المتعالي فوق كل تعالٍ، الأسمى بين الأسمى، الأعلى من الأعلى؛ يُعرَف بالڤيدانتا، ويشرق بذاته على عبّاده. وهو الممدوح في جميع البورانات والڤيدات.
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana context; invocatory praise of the Supreme, identified as Vishnu/Narayana in Purāṇic usage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It establishes the Supreme Lord as beyond social and ontological categories (birth, caste, conceptual distinctions) and affirms that authentic knowledge of Him arises through Vedānta and devotional self-revelation, validated by both Veda and Purāṇa.
By calling Him “svajanaprakāśa”—self-manifest to His own—this verse teaches that the Lord is ultimately known not merely by argument but by grace and intimacy with devotees, a core Purāṇic principle of Vishnu-bhakti.
The verse points to Vedānta (Upaniṣadic culmination of Vedic study) as the decisive means of knowing the Supreme; it does not directly teach a specific Vedāṅga technique (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) but frames scriptural authority as Veda + Purāṇa.