Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 20
The Description of the Index/Summary of the Garuḍa
Purāṇa
गीतासारः फलोत्कीर्तिः पूर्वखंडोऽयमीरितः । अथास्यैवोत्तरे खंडे प्रेतकल्पः पुरोदितः ॥ २० ॥
gītāsāraḥ phalotkīrtiḥ pūrvakhaṃḍo'yamīritaḥ | athāsyaivottare khaṃḍe pretakalpaḥ puroditaḥ || 20 ||
So ist der frühere Abschnitt beschrieben worden: als enthielte er die Essenz der Gītā und die Verkündigung ihrer Früchte; und sodann ist im späteren Abschnitt eben dieses Werkes die Pretakalpa — die Ordnung hinsichtlich der Verstorbenen — bereits zuvor dargelegt worden (wie erwähnt).
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana’s section-contents in an anukramanika style)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It functions as a table-of-contents marker, stressing that the text includes (1) a distilled teaching like a Gītā-sāra with its promised fruits, and (2) practical dharma concerning the departed (Pretakalpa), showing that wisdom and rite-based duty are both preserved in the Purāṇa.
By highlighting “Gītā-sāra” and “phala-utkīrti,” the verse signals that devotional listening/recitation and internalizing the core teaching yields spiritual fruit—typical of Purāṇic bhakti pedagogy where hearing (śravaṇa) and remembrance (smaraṇa) are emphasized along with promised results.
Direct Vedāṅga instruction is not the focus; the practical takeaway is ritual-dharma orientation via Pretakalpa—i.e., procedural guidance for preta-related observances (connected to kalpa/ritual practice), rather than grammar (vyākaraṇa) or astrology (jyotiṣa) in this specific verse.