Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 85
The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī
Index/Summary
ततः पंचनदोत्पर्त्तिर्बिंदुमाधवसंभवः । ततो वैष्णवतीर्थाख्या शूलिनः काशिकागमः ॥ ८५ ॥
tataḥ paṃcanadotparttirbiṃdumādhavasaṃbhavaḥ | tato vaiṣṇavatīrthākhyā śūlinaḥ kāśikāgamaḥ || 85 ||
അതിന് ശേഷം പഞ്ചനദത്തിന്റെ ഉദ്ഭവവും ബിന്ദുമാധവന്റെ പ്രാദുര്ഭാവവും വിവരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. തുടർന്ന് ‘വൈഷ്ണവതീർത്ഥ’ എന്ന പ്രകരണം, കൂടാതെ ശൂലിനൻ (ശിവൻ) കാശിയിലേക്കുള്ള ആഗമനവും പറയുന്നു।
Sage Narada (narrating to the Sanatkumara brothers, in an anukramaṇikā/summary mode)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta (wonder)
Secondary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
FAQs
It functions as an anukramaṇikā (table-of-contents style) marker, indicating that sacred geography—Pañcanada, Bindumādhava, Vaiṣṇava tīrthas, and Kāśī—will be treated as spiritually potent themes that support purification and devotion.
By foregrounding Bindumādhava and the ‘Vaiṣṇava tīrtha’ section, the verse points to bhakti expressed through pilgrimage, darśana, and remembrance of Viṣṇu’s manifestations—standard Purāṇic supports for cultivating devotion.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; it is primarily a structural index of upcoming tīrtha and deity-related narratives used for organizing recitation and study.