Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19
The Description of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa’s Table of Contents
Anukramaṇī
वृष्णिवंशानुकथनं सगरस्याथ संभवः । भार्गवस्यानुचरितं पितृकार्यवधाश्रयम् ॥ १९ ॥
vṛṣṇivaṃśānukathanaṃ sagarasyātha saṃbhavaḥ | bhārgavasyānucaritaṃ pitṛkāryavadhāśrayam || 19 ||
ഇവിടെ വൃഷ്ണിവംശത്തിന്റെ അനുകഥനം, തുടർന്ന് സഗരന്റെ ജനനം; പിന്നീടു ഭാര്ഗവന്റെ അനുചരിതം—പിതൃകാര്യനിവർത്തനത്തിനായി ചെയ്ത വധത്തെ ആധാരമാക്കി—വിവരിക്കുന്നു।
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana’s chapter-wise contents in an anukramanika style)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
As an anukramanika (contents-index) verse, it signals key dharmic narratives—dynastic remembrance, righteous kingship, and the gravity of pitṛ-dharma—used to frame moral causality across the Purana’s stories.
Indirectly: by pointing to puranic histories that illustrate dharma and adharma, it prepares the listener for Vishnu-centered bhakti teachings elsewhere in the text, where devotion is strengthened through reflection on exemplary lives and consequences of action.
The verse is primarily a thematic index rather than a Vedanga lesson; its practical takeaway is dharma-oriented—pitṛkārya (duty to one’s father/ancestors) as a guiding principle in conduct and ritual responsibility.