Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 178
The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others
Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna
इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणे पूर्वभागे बुहदुपाख्याने सनत्कुमारविभागे तृतीयपादे रामाद्युपासनावर्णनं नाम त्रिसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ॥ ७३ ॥
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge buhadupākhyāne sanatkumāravibhāge tṛtīyapāde rāmādyupāsanāvarṇanaṃ nāma trisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 73 ||
یوں شری برہنّارَدیہ پران کے پوروَ بھاگ کے بُہَدُپاخیان میں، سنَتکُمار وِبھاغ کے تیسرے پاد میں ‘رام آدی کی اُپاسنا کا بیان’ نامی تہتّرواں ادھیائے اختتام کو پہنچا۔ ۷۳
Sūta (colophon / editorial closing formula of the Purāṇa)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
This verse is the chapter-colophon: it seals the completion of a teaching unit and preserves the textual hierarchy (Bhāga–Pāda–Vibhāga–Adhyāya), emphasizing that the preceding material is an integrated upāsanā (devotional practice) instruction within the Purāṇic tradition.
While not giving a new doctrine, it identifies the chapter’s theme—“Rāma and others’ worship”—thereby framing the preceding content as bhakti-oriented upāsanā, i.e., disciplined devotion expressed through remembrance, praise, and prescribed modes of worship.
It mainly reflects technical textual organization rather than a specific Vedāṅga rule: it situates the chapter in Book 1.3 (the Vedāṅga/technical-sciences pada), helping readers index and retrieve ritual and procedural teachings accurately within the Purāṇa.