Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
The Exposition of the Contents (Anukramaṇī) of the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa
प्रतिसर्गाह्वयं पश्चान्नानाख्यानसमन्वितम् । पुराणस्योपसंहारसहितं पर्व पंचमम् ॥ १० ॥
pratisargāhvayaṃ paścānnānākhyānasamanvitam | purāṇasyopasaṃhārasahitaṃ parva paṃcamam || 10 ||
त्यानंतर ‘प्रतिसर्ग’ नावाचे पाचवे पर्व येते; ते नानाविध आख्यानांनी युक्त असून पुराणाच्या उपसंहारासहित वर्णिले आहे।
Suta (narrating the Purana’s structure in an anukramanika-style summary)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames the Purāṇa as a carefully ordered teaching: the ‘Pratisarga’ portion explains cyclical re-manifestation of the world and is paired with an upasaṃhāra (concluding recapitulation), guiding the reader from cosmology to integrated understanding.
Indirectly: by signaling that many ākhyānas (sacred narratives) appear in the Pratisarga section, it points to the Purāṇic method of teaching bhakti through stories that illustrate divine order, dharma, and remembrance.
This verse is primarily structural (anukramaṇikā) rather than Vedāṅga-specific; its practical takeaway is textual organization—how a Purāṇa arranges topics like creation cycles, narratives, and the final upasaṃhāra for systematic study.