Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2
Kūrmāpurāṇa-Anukramaṇikā
Index/Summary of the Kūrma Purāṇa
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां माहात्म्यं च पृथक्पृथक् । इंद्रद्युम्नप्रसंगेन प्राहर्षिभ्यो दयान्वितः ॥ २ ॥
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ māhātmyaṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak | iṃdradyumnaprasaṃgena prāharṣibhyo dayānvitaḥ || 2 ||
ด้วยความเมตตา ท่านได้ยกเหตุการณ์ของอินทรทยุมน์ขึ้นกล่าวแก่เหล่าฤษี ถึงมหิมาอันจำแนกกันของธรรมะ อรรถะ กามะ และโมกษะ ตามลำดับ
Narada (narrator/teacher addressing sages in the Anukramanika flow)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It frames the teaching as a structured exposition of the four puruṣārthas—dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa—showing that each has its own domain and “greatness,” but is best understood through lived examples such as the Indradyumna narrative.
While bhakti is not named here, the verse signals a Purāṇic method: teachings on life-goals are conveyed through exemplary devotees and kings (like Indradyumna), where devotion typically becomes the integrating force that purifies artha and kāma under dharma and culminates in mokṣa.
No specific Vedāṅga (śikṣā, vyākaraṇa, chandas, nirukta, jyotiṣa, kalpa) is taught in this verse; it functions instead as a thematic index, indicating an organized, “topic-by-topic” exposition characteristic of Purāṇic summaries.