Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 84
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे प्रथमपादे सृष्टिभरतखण्डप्राशस्त्यभूगोलानां वर्णनं नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ॥ ३ ॥
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde sṛṣṭibharatakhaṇḍaprāśastyabhūgolānāṃ varṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 3 ||
इस प्रकार श्री बृहन्नारदीय पुराण के पूर्वभाग के प्रथम पाद में ‘सृष्टि-वर्णन, भारतखण्ड-प्राशस्त्य तथा भूगोल-वर्णन’ नामक तृतीय अध्याय समाप्त हुआ।
Sūta (compiler-style colophon; not a dialogue line)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
This is a chapter-ending colophon that formally names the topics covered—creation, the sacred stature of Bharata-khaṇḍa, and the world’s geography—signaling that these themes are to be read as part of Purāṇic sacred instruction, not merely as history or cartography.
It does not directly teach bhakti; it functions as a structural marker. Indirectly, it frames cosmology and the praise of Bharata-khaṇḍa as a devotional context in which Purāṇic teachings (often culminating in Viṣṇu-bhakti elsewhere) are situated.
No specific Vedāṅga is taught in this colophon; it primarily catalogs subject-matter (sṛṣṭi and bhūgola). It is closer to an anukramaṇikā-style organizational note than a technical science passage.