Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 75
The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī
Index/Summary
सत्यलोकप्रभावश्चागस्त्यावासे सुरागमः । पतिव्रताचरित्रं च तीर्थयात्रा प्रशंसनम् ॥ ७५ ॥
satyalokaprabhāvaścāgastyāvāse surāgamaḥ | pativratācaritraṃ ca tīrthayātrā praśaṃsanam || 75 ||
Ferner werden die Größe Satyalokas, das Kommen der Götter zur Einsiedelei Agastyas, das vorbildliche Verhalten der treuen Gattin (pativratā) und das Lob der Pilgerfahrt zu den tīrthas, den heiligen Badeplätzen (tīrthayātrā), geschildert.
Narada (topic-summary narration within the Narada Purana’s anukramanika flow)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It functions as an anukramanika (topic-index) verse, signaling that the text teaches dharma through four linked themes: the exalted efficacy of Satyaloka, reverence shown by devas to sages (Agastya), the moral ideal of pativrata conduct, and the purifying merit of tīrtha-pilgrimage.
While not naming a specific deity here, it frames bhakti in Purāṇic terms as disciplined sacred living—honoring holy beings and holy places, and practicing steadfast vows (vrata-like fidelity and service), which are repeatedly presented in the Narada Purana as supports for devotional purity.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is ritual-dharma practice—tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage discipline) and vrata-based ethical conduct (pativratā-dharma).