Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 111
The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī
Index/Summary
स्तवमार्षं नामेदं च कालरात्रिकथा ततः । महादेवस्तुतिः पश्चात्पृथक्कल्पकथाद्भुता ॥ १११ ॥
stavamārṣaṃ nāmedaṃ ca kālarātrikathā tataḥ | mahādevastutiḥ paścātpṛthakkalpakathādbhutā || 111 ||
پھر ‘آرش-ستَو’ نامی رشیوں کا ستوتر آتا ہے؛ اس کے بعد کالراتری کی کہانی۔ پھر مہادیو کی ستوتی، اور اس کے بعد ہر کلپ کی جداگانہ حیرت انگیز روایت۔
Suta (narrator) summarizing the section (Anukramanika-style listing)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It functions as an Anukramanika (table-of-contents) marker, signaling a sequence of spiritually potent materials—ṛṣi-tradition hymns, the Kālarātri narrative, Śiva-stuti, and kalpa accounts—showing how stotra, deity-kathā, and cosmological cycles are woven into Purāṇic instruction.
By foregrounding stava/stuti (hymn and praise), it highlights bhakti as a primary Purāṇic method: devotion expressed through sacred praise of divine forms (here including Mahādeva) alongside kathā (narrative) as a vehicle for faith and remembrance.
It points to kalpa-kathā, which aligns with Kalpa (one of the Vedāṅga domains in the sense of ritual-ordering and procedural tradition) and also indicates Purāṇic cosmological kalpas—useful for understanding ritual/cosmic time-structures referenced in Narada Purana teachings.