Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
The Exposition of the Index (Anukramaṇī) of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata
ब्रह्मोवाच । मरीचे श्रृणु वक्ष्यामि वेदव्यासेन यत्कृतम् । श्रीमद्भागवतं नाम पुराणं ब्रह्मसम्मितम् ॥ १ ॥
brahmovāca | marīce śrṛṇu vakṣyāmi vedavyāsena yatkṛtam | śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ brahmasammitam || 1 ||
ဗြဟ္မာက မိန့်တော်မူသည်—«မရီချိ၊ နားထောင်လော့။ ဝေဒဗျာသက ပြုစုရေးသားထားသော အလုပ်ကို ငါဟောပြမည်။ ၎င်းသည် ‘သရီမဒ် ဘာဂဝတ’ ဟု အမည်ရသော ပုရာဏဖြစ်၍ ဗြဟ္မ (ဝေဒ) နှင့် တန်းတူဟု ချီးမြှောက်ခံရသော ကျမ်းတော်ဖြစ်သည်။»
Brahma
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It establishes the Śrīmad Bhāgavata as a supremely authoritative Purāṇa—“brahma-sammitam”—and frames it as a Veda-aligned revelation meant to be heard with reverence.
By glorifying the Bhāgavata Purāṇa—traditionally centered on Bhagavān and devotion—it signals that hearing (śravaṇa) such a text is itself a foundational bhakti practice.
The verse emphasizes textual lineage and authority (who composed it—Vedavyāsa—and its Veda-equivalent status), a key practical principle for śāstra-study rather than a specific Vedāṅga technique like Jyotiṣa or Vyākaraṇa.