Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 41
The Description of the Index (Anukramaṇikā) of the Padma Purāṇa
इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे बृहदुपाख्याने चतुर्थपादे पद्मपुराणानुक्रमणिकावर्णनं नाम त्रिनवतितमोऽध्यायः ॥ ९३ ॥
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde padmapurāṇānukramaṇikāvarṇanaṃ nāma trinavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 93 ||
Thus ends the ninety-third chapter—called “The Description of the Index (Anukramaṇikā) of the Padma Purāṇa”—in the First Part of the Śrī Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa, within the Great Narrative, in the Fourth Section (Pāda).
Suta (traditional colophon/narrative editor’s closing formula)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
This is a colophon marking completion of a chapter; its significance is archival and traditional—affirming the sacred transmission, sectioning (pāda), and the completion of the Padma Purāṇa’s outline within the Narada Purāṇa’s purāṇic summaries.
Direct bhakti instruction is not given here; instead, it supports bhakti indirectly by organizing and authenticating the textual roadmap through which devotees locate teachings, vows, and narratives (especially Vaiṣṇava material) across Purāṇas.
It highlights a practical śāstric skill of textual organization and indexing (anukramaṇikā), useful for systematic study—though it is not a direct Vedāṅga topic like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.