Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 58
The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī
Index/Summary
दिवः स्थानविभागश्च बकुलार्ककथा शुभा । छत्रानन्दा तथा शांता श्रीमाता च मतंगिनी ॥ ५८ ॥
divaḥ sthānavibhāgaśca bakulārkakathā śubhā | chatrānandā tathā śāṃtā śrīmātā ca mataṃginī || 58 ||
Ferner werden die Einteilung der himmlischen Bereiche beschrieben, die glückverheißende Erzählung von Bakula und Arka sowie die Geschichten von Chatrānandā, Śāntā, Śrīmātā und Mataṅginī.
Sūta (Anukramaṇikā-style enumeration within the Narada Purana)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
This verse functions as an Anukramaṇikā (table-of-contents) marker: it signals that the Purāṇa includes cosmological teaching (the division of heavenly abodes) alongside dharmic narratives of exemplary figures, indicating that knowledge and moral instruction are conveyed through both doctrine and story.
Direct bhakti instruction is not stated here; instead, the verse points to upcoming kathās. In the Narada Purana, such kathās typically serve as vehicles for devotion by showing how auspicious conduct, faith, and reverence toward dharma (often culminating in Viṣṇu-bhakti in the wider text) lead to spiritual merit.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it is a topical index. The only “technical” element is cosmological classification (sthāna-vibhāga), which supports later ritual and dharma discussions by mapping the results of actions to higher or lower realms.