Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 37
The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī
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यस्योत्सवविधानं च नाममाहात्म्यकीर्तनम् । ध्यानादिपुण्यकथनं माहात्म्यं मथुराभवम् ॥ ३७ ॥
yasyotsavavidhānaṃ ca nāmamāhātmyakīrtanam | dhyānādipuṇyakathanaṃ māhātmyaṃ mathurābhavam || 37 ||
Es enthält die vorgeschriebenen Ordnungen der Feste, die Verkündigung der Größe der heiligen Namen und die Darlegung der Verdienste von Meditation und verwandten Übungen—dies ist die Māhātmya, die in Mathurā entstand.
Narada (summarizing to the Sanatkumara brothers in an anukramanika-style listing)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta (wonder)
FAQs
The verse frames a Māhātmya as a practical and devotional guide: it sanctifies festival observances, elevates nāma-kīrtana as spiritually potent, and affirms meditation as a source of puṇya—especially in the sacred sphere of Mathurā.
By highlighting “nāma-māhātmya-kīrtana,” it points to devotion through glorifying the divine name—Bhakti expressed as reverent recitation and praise, supported by disciplined practices like dhyāna.
It most directly reflects ritual procedure (vidhi) for utsavas—applied dharma/kalpa-style guidance—rather than technical Vedanga topics like Vyakarana or Jyotisha.