Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 39
The Description of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa’s Table of Contents
Anukramaṇī
अष्टादश पुराणानि यः श्रृणोति नरोत्तमः । कथयेद्वा विधानेन नेह भूयः स जायते ॥ ३९ ॥
aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni yaḥ śrṛṇoti narottamaḥ | kathayedvā vidhānena neha bhūyaḥ sa jāyate || 39 ||
جو نیک ترین انسان اٹھارہ پُران سنتا ہے، یا مقررہ طریقے کے مطابق ان کا بیان کرتا ہے، وہ اس دنیا میں پھر جنم نہیں لیتا۔
Narada (teaching in the anukramaṇikā context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It states the phala (spiritual result) of Purāṇa-śravaṇa and Purāṇa-kathā: properly hearing or teaching the full corpus of eighteen Purāṇas is presented as a mokṣa-sādhana that ends rebirth in this world.
Purāṇas primarily transmit devotion, dharma, and the Lord’s līlā and names; the verse emphasizes sustained, rule-based listening/teaching as a disciplined devotional practice that purifies the mind and leads toward liberation.
The key practical point is vidhāna (prescribed procedure): learning and conveying scripture through proper recitation, context, and traditional method—aligned with śikṣā (phonetics/recitation discipline) and dharma-vidhi (ritual and rule-based conduct).