Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 5
The Description of the Skanda Purāṇa’s Anukramaṇī
Index/Summary
कल्पे तत्पुरुषे वृत्ताः सर्वसिद्धिविधायकाः । तस्य माहेश्वरश्चाथ खंडः पापप्रणाशनः ॥ ५ ॥
kalpe tatpuruṣe vṛttāḥ sarvasiddhividhāyakāḥ | tasya māheśvaraścātha khaṃḍaḥ pāpapraṇāśanaḥ || 5 ||
تَتْپُرُش نامی کَلپ میں ہر طرح کی سِدھی عطا کرنے والے واقعات بیان ہوئے ہیں؛ اور اسی میں ماہیشور کھنڈ بھی ہے جو گناہوں کا نाश کرتا ہے॥۵॥
Narada (in an enumerative/anukramanika context; traditionally within Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue framework)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames the text’s structure by praising the Tatpuruṣa Kalpa’s narratives as spiritually efficacious (granting siddhi) and highlighting the Māheśvara khaṇḍa as a direct means for pāpa-kṣaya (destruction of sin).
By pointing to a named section devoted to Māheśvara, it implies that devoted engagement with the prescribed narratives and teachings—through reverent hearing/recitation—functions as a purifying devotional practice leading to spiritual attainment.
The verse is primarily an anukramaṇikā-style index statement (text-structuring knowledge) rather than a Vedāṅga instruction; its practical takeaway is how Purāṇic divisions (kalpa/khaṇḍa) are mapped to specific spiritual results like siddhi and pāpa-nāśa.