Vamana Purana — Narada Questions Pulastya, Shloka 10
Narada Questions Pulastya: The Vamana Purana Begins and Satī’s Monsoon Lament
पुलस्त्य उवाच पुराणं वामनं वक्ष्ये क्रमान्निखिलमादितः अवधानं स्थिरं कृत्वा शृणुष्व मुनिसत्त्म
pulastya uvāca purāṇaṃ vāmanaṃ vakṣye kramānnikhilamāditaḥ avadhānaṃ sthiraṃ kṛtvā śṛṇuṣva munisattma
プラスタヤは言った。「我は『ヴァーマナ・プラーナ』を、初めより順序正しく、余すところなく説き明かそう。注意を堅く定めて聴け、ああ、牟尼の最勝者よ。」
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds śravaṇa (attentive listening) as a discipline: sacred knowledge is not merely heard but received through steadiness (sthiratā) and ordered comprehension (kramāt).
This is part of the framing transmission and does not yet instantiate the five marks directly; it functions as an upodghāta (prefatory setup) that precedes sections that may later map onto vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita and other lakṣaṇas.
The ‘from the beginning, in order’ emphasis symbolizes dharma as an intelligible cosmic sequence—Purāṇic truth is conveyed as a structured unfolding rather than a random collection of tales.