Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 5
The Description of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa’s Table of Contents
Anukramaṇī
एष वै प्रथमः पादो द्वितीयं श्रृणु मानद । कल्पमन्वन्तराख्यानं लोकज्ञानं ततः परम् ॥ ५ ॥
eṣa vai prathamaḥ pādo dvitīyaṃ śrṛṇu mānada | kalpamanvantarākhyānaṃ lokajñānaṃ tataḥ param || 5 ||
এইটো নিশ্চয় প্ৰথম পাদ; এতিয়া, হে মানদ, দ্বিতীয় পাদ শুনা। তাত কল্প আৰু মন্বন্তৰৰ আখ্যান আছে, আৰু তাৰপিছত লোকবিষয়ক পৰম জ্ঞান আছে।
Sage Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames the Purana as a guided curriculum: after completing the “first pāda,” the listener is led into deeper cosmological teaching—kalpas, manvantaras, and loka-jñāna—so devotion and dharma are grounded in an ordered vision of time and creation.
Indirectly, by outlining the text’s progression: understanding cosmic cycles (kalpa/manvantara) and the worlds (lokas) supports steadiness in Vishnu-bhakti, showing the impermanence of worldly phases and the need for refuge in the eternal.
The verse points to Purāṇic cosmology and chronology rather than a specific Vedāṅga; it is most adjacent to jyotiṣa-style time-reckoning (kalpa/manvantara frameworks) used for understanding sacred history and ritual-temporal context.