Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
The Exposition of the Contents (Anukramaṇī) of the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच । अथ ते संप्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणं सर्वसिद्धिदम् । भविष्यं भवतः सर्वलोकाभीष्टप्रदायकम् ॥ १ ॥
śrībrahmovāca | atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ sarvasiddhidam | bhaviṣyaṃ bhavataḥ sarvalokābhīṣṭapradāyakam || 1 ||
શ્રીબ્રહ્માએ કહ્યું—હવે હું તને આ પુરાણ સંપૂર્ણ રીતે કહું છું; તે સર્વ સિદ્ધિઓ આપનાર છે અને તારા ભવિષ્યહિત માટે, સર્વ લોકોના અભીષ્ટ ફળ આપનાર બનશે ॥ ૧ ॥
Brahma
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames the Purāṇa as a complete, efficacious teaching—capable of granting spiritual attainments (siddhi) and fulfilling rightful aspirations—thereby establishing faith in the text’s transformative power.
By presenting the Purāṇa as “sarva-lokābhīṣṭa-pradāyakam” (granting cherished aims), it supports the Purāṇic model where hearing and assimilating sacred narration (śravaṇa) becomes a direct means to grace and fulfillment, a core Bhakti methodology.
No specific Vedāṅga is taught in this verse; it functions as a prologue (prastāva) emphasizing the fruit (phala) of Purāṇic instruction rather than technical disciplines like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.