Shloka 50
Invocations, Definition and Authority of Purāṇa, Pulastya–Bhīṣma Frame, and the Creation–Dissolution Schema
पादमस्य विदन्सम्यग्योधीयीत जितेंद्रियः । तेनाधीतं पुराणं स्यात्सर्वं नास्त्यत्र संशयः
pādamasya vidansamyagyodhīyīta jiteṃdriyaḥ | tenādhītaṃ purāṇaṃ syātsarvaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
ജിതേന്ദ്രിയനായ ഒരാൾ ഈ പുരാണത്തിന്റെ ഒരു പാദം (നാലിലൊന്ന്) പോലും ശരിയായി ഗ്രഹിച്ചാൽ, അത് പഠിക്കണം; അതിനാൽ സമഗ്രപുരാണം പഠിച്ചതായി തന്നെ കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.
Unspecified (narratorial/instructional voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: विदन् + सम्यक् → विदन्सम्यक्; सम्यक् + अध्यीयीत → सम्यगध्यीयीत (क्→ग्); जित + इन्द्रियः → जितेन्द्रियः; तेन + अधीतम् → तेनाधीतम्; स्यात् + सर्वम् → स्यात्सर्वम्; न + अस्ति → नास्ति
FAQs
It recommends disciplined study/recitation by a jitendriya (self-controlled person), emphasizing correct understanding rather than mere quantity of verses.
The verse presents a traditional Purāṇic idea: grasping the essential meaning with proper comprehension can confer the fruit of the whole, because the core teaching is effectively assimilated.
Self-mastery (jitendriyatā)—control of the senses—is highlighted as key for fruitful learning and internalization of the Purāṇa’s teaching.