Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 17
The Description of the Anukramaṇikā (Chapter-wise Summary) of the Varāha Purāṇa
यो वानुक्रमणीमेंतां श्रृणोत्यपि पठत्यपि । सोऽपि भक्तिं लभेद्विष्णौ संसारोच्छेदकारिणीम् ॥ १७ ॥
yo vānukramaṇīmeṃtāṃ śrṛṇotyapi paṭhatyapi | so'pi bhaktiṃ labhedviṣṇau saṃsārocchedakāriṇīm || 17 ||
Wer diese Anukramaṇī (Inhaltsübersicht) hört oder auch nur rezitiert, erlangt ebenfalls Bhakti zu Viṣṇu—eine Bhakti, die den Saṁsāra, das weltliche Dasein, durchschneidet.
Sage Narada (addressing the Sanatkumara brothers, in the Anukramaṇikā context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It declares that even engaging with the Anukramaṇikā (the structured index/summary) through hearing or recitation generates Viṣṇu-bhakti powerful enough to sever saṁsāra, highlighting the Purāṇic principle that sacred hearing and recitation themselves are liberating practices.
Bhakti here is presented as accessible and practice-based: śravaṇa (hearing) and pāṭha (recitation) of Purāṇic content—even its summary—awakens devotion to Viṣṇu, and that devotion is defined by its transformative result: the cessation of worldly bondage.
The verse implicitly emphasizes pāṭha-vidhi (disciplined recitation) and śravaṇa as core scriptural practices—aligned with Śikṣā (phonetics/recitation training) and Vyākaraṇa-supported correct reading—though it is primarily a bhakti-fruit statement rather than a technical Vedāṅga teaching.