Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 75
The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī
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सत्यलोकप्रभावश्चागस्त्यावासे सुरागमः । पतिव्रताचरित्रं च तीर्थयात्रा प्रशंसनम् ॥ ७५ ॥
satyalokaprabhāvaścāgastyāvāse surāgamaḥ | pativratācaritraṃ ca tīrthayātrā praśaṃsanam || 75 ||
ที่นี่กล่าวถึงมหิทธิแห่งสัทยโลก การเสด็จมาของเหล่าเทพสู่สำนักฤๅษีอคัสตยะ จริยาวัตรอันเป็นแบบอย่างของภรรยาผู้ถือพรต และการสรรเสริญการจาริกไปยังทีรถะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์
Narada (topic-summary narration within the Narada Purana’s anukramanika flow)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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It functions as an anukramanika (topic-index) verse, signaling that the text teaches dharma through four linked themes: the exalted efficacy of Satyaloka, reverence shown by devas to sages (Agastya), the moral ideal of pativrata conduct, and the purifying merit of tīrtha-pilgrimage.
While not naming a specific deity here, it frames bhakti in Purāṇic terms as disciplined sacred living—honoring holy beings and holy places, and practicing steadfast vows (vrata-like fidelity and service), which are repeatedly presented in the Narada Purana as supports for devotional purity.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is ritual-dharma practice—tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage discipline) and vrata-based ethical conduct (pativratā-dharma).