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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6

The Description of the Index (Anukramaṇikā) of the Padma Purāṇa

माहात्म्यं च गवादीनां कीर्तितं सर्वपुण्यदम् । कालकेयादिदैत्यानां वधो यत्र पृथक्पृथक् ॥ ६ ॥

māhātmyaṃ ca gavādīnāṃ kīrtitaṃ sarvapuṇyadam | kālakeyādidaityānāṃ vadho yatra pṛthakpṛthak || 6 ||

ในส่วนนั้นประกาศมหิมาอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของโคและสิ่งอื่น ๆ ซึ่งประทานบุญกุศลทั้งปวง และยังบรรยายการปราบอสูรพวกกาลเกยะเป็นลำดับ ๆ ด้วย

माहात्म्यम्the greatness (glory)
माहात्म्यम्:
कर्म/विषय (Karma/Topic)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
and
:
समुच्चय (Coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
गवादीनाम्of cows and others
गवादीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootगव + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); 'गव-आदि' = आदि-तत्पुरुष (etc.-compound: 'cows and others')
कीर्तितम्is narrated/celebrated
कीर्तितम्:
कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (Predicate in passive)
TypeVerb
Rootकीर्तय् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle/कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; √कीर्तय् (to praise/narrate)
सर्वपुण्यदम्bestowing all merit
सर्वपुण्यदम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + पुण्यद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयभाव (giver of all merit), qualifying माहात्म्यम्
कालकेयादिदैत्यानाम्of the Kālakeya and other demons
कालकेयादिदैत्यानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootकालकेय + आदि + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural); 'कालकेय-आदि-दैत्य' = आदि-तत्पुरुष ('Kālakeyas and other demons')
वधःthe slaying
वधः:
कर्म/विषय (Karma/Topic)
TypeNoun
Rootवध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय/देशवाचक (relative adverb: 'where')
पृथक्separately
पृथक्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
पृथक्each separately
पृथक्:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

Suta (summarizing the Purana’s contents in an Anukramanika-style register)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

K
Kālakeyas
D
Daityas
G
Gau (Cow)

FAQs

It signals that this section contains two major merit-yielding themes: the dharmic glorification of the cow (gau-mahātmya), and exemplary narratives of adharma being removed through the destruction of demons—both framed as sources of puṇya.

By praising sacred supports of dharma (like the cow) and recounting demon-slaying episodes, the text directs the listener toward reverence for the divine order upheld by Vishnu and allied deities—strengthening śraddhā and devotion through remembrance (smaraṇa) and hearing (śravaṇa).

Primarily Purāṇic anukramaṇikā methodology (structured content-indexing and thematic cataloging) rather than a specific Vedāṅga; it classifies topics (māhātmya, daitya-vadha) for guided study and ritual reading aimed at accruing puṇya.