Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
The Description of the Index/Summary of the Garuḍa
Purāṇa
योगोऽषटांगो दानधर्माः प्रयश्चित्तविधिक्रिया । द्वीपेशनरकाख्यानं सूर्यव्यूहश्च ज्योतिषम् ॥ ९ ॥
yogo'ṣaṭāṃgo dānadharmāḥ prayaścittavidhikriyā | dvīpeśanarakākhyānaṃ sūryavyūhaśca jyotiṣam || 9 ||
ここには、六支のヨーガ（ṣaḍ-aṅga yoga）、布施のダルマ（dāna-dharma）、贖罪の作法プラーヤシュチッタ（prāyaścitta）が説かれる。さらに、諸大陸（dvīpa）とその支配者、諸地獄（naraka）の叙述、そして太陽の宇宙的配列（sūrya-vyūha）とジョーティシャ（jyotiṣa：占星学）も明かされる。
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana’s contents in an anukramanika-style list)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
This verse functions as a table-of-contents marker, showing that the Purana integrates inner discipline (sixfold yoga) with outward dharma (charity and expiation), and frames both within a cosmic-ethical worldview (dvīpas, narakas, and the Sun’s order).
While bhakti is not named here, the verse situates devotional life within supportive disciplines—yoga for steadiness, dāna for purity of intention, and prāyaścitta for restoring dharmic alignment—commonly presented in the Narada Purana as aids to sustained devotion.
Jyotiṣa is explicitly highlighted—practical Vedic astronomy/astrology—along with sūrya-vyūha (the Sun’s configuration), indicating the text’s engagement with calendrical, timing, and cosmological knowledge relevant to rites and observances.