Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 178
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे बुहदुपाख्याने सनत्कुमारविभागे तृतीयपादे रामाद्युपासनावर्णनं नाम त्रिसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ॥ ७३ ॥
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge buhadupākhyāne sanatkumāravibhāge tṛtīyapāde rāmādyupāsanāvarṇanaṃ nāma trisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 73 ||
இவ்வாறு ஸ்ரீ ப்ருஹந்நாரதீய புராணத்தின் பூர்வபாகத்தில் உள்ள ப்ருஹதுபாக்யானத்தில், ஸனத்குமார பிரிவின் மூன்றாம் பாதத்தில் ‘ராமாதி உபாசனை வர்ணனம்’ எனும் எழுபத்திமூன்றாம் அதிகாரம் நிறைவுற்றது॥ ७३ ॥
Sūta (colophon / editorial closing formula of the Purāṇa)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
This verse is the chapter-colophon: it seals the completion of a teaching unit and preserves the textual hierarchy (Bhāga–Pāda–Vibhāga–Adhyāya), emphasizing that the preceding material is an integrated upāsanā (devotional practice) instruction within the Purāṇic tradition.
While not giving a new doctrine, it identifies the chapter’s theme—“Rāma and others’ worship”—thereby framing the preceding content as bhakti-oriented upāsanā, i.e., disciplined devotion expressed through remembrance, praise, and prescribed modes of worship.
It mainly reflects technical textual organization rather than a specific Vedāṅga rule: it situates the chapter in Book 1.3 (the Vedāṅga/technical-sciences pada), helping readers index and retrieve ritual and procedural teachings accurately within the Purāṇa.