Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 5
The Exposition of the Anukramaṇī (Index/Summary) of the Liṅga Purāṇa
पुराणोपक्रमे प्रश्नः सृष्टिः संक्षेपतः पुरा । योगाख्यानं ततः प्रोक्तं कल्पाख्यानं ततः परम् ॥ ५ ॥
purāṇopakrame praśnaḥ sṛṣṭiḥ saṃkṣepataḥ purā | yogākhyānaṃ tataḥ proktaṃ kalpākhyānaṃ tataḥ param || 5 ||
پوران کے آغاز ہی میں ایک سوال اٹھایا جاتا ہے؛ پھر قدیم سृष्टि کا مختصر بیان ہوتا ہے۔ اس کے بعد یوگ کا بیان سکھایا جاتا ہے، اور پھر اس کے بعد کلپ کی روایت آتی ہے۔
Suta (narrating the anukramanika/outline of the Narada Purana’s contents)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames the Purāṇa as a guided progression—from inquiry, to cosmology, to inner discipline (Yoga), and finally to understanding time-cycles (Kalpa)—showing that knowledge should mature into practice and right vision.
Indirectly: by placing Yoga after creation, it implies that understanding the world is meant to culminate in a transformative spiritual path; in the Narada Purana, such discipline commonly supports steady devotion and God-centered living.
No specific Vedāṅga is named in this verse; it functions as a table-of-contents style outline (anukramaṇikā), indicating the Purāṇa’s pedagogical order rather than a technical science.