Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 111
The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī
Index/Summary
स्तवमार्षं नामेदं च कालरात्रिकथा ततः । महादेवस्तुतिः पश्चात्पृथक्कल्पकथाद्भुता ॥ १११ ॥
stavamārṣaṃ nāmedaṃ ca kālarātrikathā tataḥ | mahādevastutiḥ paścātpṛthakkalpakathādbhutā || 111 ||
Di sini hadir pujian para resi yang disebut Ārṣa-stava; kemudian menyusul kisah Kālarātri. Sesudah itu datanglah stuti memuliakan Mahādeva, dan seterusnya suatu penceritaan menakjubkan tentang kalpa-kalpa, masing-masing dihuraikan berasingan.
Suta (narrator) summarizing the section (Anukramanika-style listing)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It functions as an Anukramanika (table-of-contents) marker, signaling a sequence of spiritually potent materials—ṛṣi-tradition hymns, the Kālarātri narrative, Śiva-stuti, and kalpa accounts—showing how stotra, deity-kathā, and cosmological cycles are woven into Purāṇic instruction.
By foregrounding stava/stuti (hymn and praise), it highlights bhakti as a primary Purāṇic method: devotion expressed through sacred praise of divine forms (here including Mahādeva) alongside kathā (narrative) as a vehicle for faith and remembrance.
It points to kalpa-kathā, which aligns with Kalpa (one of the Vedāṅga domains in the sense of ritual-ordering and procedural tradition) and also indicates Purāṇic cosmological kalpas—useful for understanding ritual/cosmic time-structures referenced in Narada Purana teachings.