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# Naradapurana 1.12

Nāradapurāṇa 1.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.12.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.97) — 1 part

### [1.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.1)

nātada uvāca  
śrutaṃ tu gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃ vāñchitaṃ pāpanāśanam /  
adhunā lakṣaṇaṃ brūhi bhrātarme dānapātraghayoḥ //

### [1.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.2)

sanaka uvāca  
sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramo guruḥ /  
tasmai tānāni deyāni dattasyānantyamicchatā //

### [1.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.3)

brāhmaṇaḥ pratigṛhṇīyātsarvato bhayavarjitaḥ /  
na kadāpi kṣatraviśo gṛhṇīyātāṃ pratigraham //

### [1.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.4)

caṇḍasya putrahīnasya dambhācāraratasya ca /  
svakarmatyāginaścāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.5)

paradāraratasyāpi paradravyābhiliṣiṇaḥ /  
nakṣatrasūcakasyāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.6)

asūyāviṣṭamanasaḥ kṛtanghasya ca māyinaḥ /  
ayājyayājakasyāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.7)

nityaṃ yācñāparasyāpi hiṃsakasya khalasya ca /  
rasavikrayiṇaśvaiva dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.8)

nāmaikā da  
vedavikrayiṇaścāpi smṛtivikrayiṇastathā /  
dharmavikrayiṇo vipra dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.9)

gānena jīvikā yasya yasya bhāryā ca puścalī /  
paropatāpinaścāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.10)

asijīvī maṣījīvī devalo grāmayājakaḥ /  
dhāvako vā bhavetteṣāṃ dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.11)

pākakartuḥ parasyārthe kavaye gadahāriṇe /  
abhakṣya bhakṣakasyāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.12)

śūdrānnabhojinaścaiva śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhinaḥ /  
paiṃśvalānnabhujaścāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.13)

nāmavikrayiṇo viṣṇoḥ saṃdhyākarṃmorjjhitasya ca /  
duṣpratigrahadagdhasya dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.14)

divāśayanaśīlasya tathā maithunakāriṇaḥ /  
sadhyābhojina evāpidattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.15)

mahāpātakayuktasya tyaktasya jñātibāndhavaiḥ /  
kuṇḍasya cāpi golasya dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.16)

parivatteḥ śaṭhasyāpi parivattuḥ pramādinaḥ /  
strījitasyātiduṣṭasya dattaṃ bhavita niṣphalam //

### [1.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.17)

madyamāṃsāśinaścāpi strīviṭasyātilobhinaḥ /  
caurasya piśunasyāpi dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam //

### [1.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.18)

ye kecitpāpaniratā ninditāḥ sujanaiḥ sadā /  
na tebhyaḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna ca vadyāddijottama /  
satkarmaniratāyāpi deyaṃ yatnena nārada //

### [1.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.19)

yaddānaṃ śraddhayā dattaṃ tathā viṣṇusamarpaṇam /  
yācitaṃ vāpi pātreṇa bhavettaddānamuttamam //

### [1.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.20)

paralokaṃ samuddaśya hyaihikaṃ vāpi nārada /  
yaddānaṃ dīyate pātre tatkāmyaṃ madhyamaṃ smṛtam //

### [1.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.21)

dagbhena cāpi hiṃsārthaṃ parasyāvidhināpi ca /  
kruddhenāśraddhayāpātre taddānaṃ madhyamaṃ smṛtam //

### [1.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.22)

adhamaṃ balitoṣāyamadhyamaṃ svārthasiddhaye /  
uttamaṃ hariprītyarthaṃ prāhurvedavidāṃ varāḥ //

### [1.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.23)

dānabhogavināśāśca rāyaḥ syurgatayastridhā //

### [1.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.24)

yo dadāti ca nobhukte taddhanaṃ nāśakāraṇam /  
dhanaṃ dharmaphalaṃ vipra dharmo mādhavatuṣṭikṛt //

### [1.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.25)

taravaḥ kiṃ na jīvanti te 'pi loke parārthakāḥ /  
yatra mūlaphalairvṛkṣāḥ parakāryaṃ prakurvate //

### [1.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.26)

manuṣyā yadi viprāgthra na parārthāstadā mṛtāḥ /  
parakāryaṃ na ye martyāḥ kāyenāpi dhanena vā //

### [1.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.27)

manasā vacasā vāpi te jñeyāḥ pāpakṛttamāḥ /  
atretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu nārada tattvataḥ //

### [1.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.28)

yatra dānādikānāṃ tu lakṣaṇaṃ parikīrtitam /  
gaṅgāmāhātmyasahitaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam //

### [1.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.29)

bhagīrathasya dharmasya saṃvādaṃ puṇyakāraṇam /  
āsīdbhagīratho rājā sagarānvayasaṃbhavaḥ //

### [1.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.30)

śaśāsa pṛthivīṃ metāṃ satpadvīpāṃ sasāgarām /  
sarvadharmarato nityaṃ satyasaṃdhaḥ pratāpavān //

### [1.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.31)

kandarpasaddaśo rupe yāyajṛko vicakṣaṇaḥ /  
prāleyādrisamo dhairye dharme dharmasamo nṛpaḥ //

### [1.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.32)

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ /  
sarvasaṃpatsamāyuktaḥ sarvānandakaro mune //

### [1.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.33)

ātithyaprayato nityaṃ vāsudevārcanerataḥ /  
parākramī guṇanidhirmaitraḥ kāruṇikaḥ sadhīḥ //

### [1.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.34)

etādṛśaṃ taṃ rājānaṃ jñātvā dṛṣṭo bhagīratham /  
dharmarājo dvijaśreṣṭha kadāciddraṣṭumāgataḥ //

### [1.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.35)

samāgataṃ dharmarājamarhayāmāsa bhūpatiḥ /  
śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā dharmaḥ prī uvāca tam //

### [1.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.36)

dharmarāja uvāca  
rājandharmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaprasiddho 'si jagattraye /  
dharmarājo 'tha kīrtiṃ te śrutvā tvāṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ //

### [1.12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.37)

sanmārganirataṃ satyaṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam /  
draṣṭumicchanti vibudhāratavo tkuṣṭaguṇapriyāḥ //

### [1.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.38)

kīrtirnītiśca saṃpattirvartate yatra bhūpate /  
vasanti tatra niyataṃ guṇāḥsantaśca devatāḥ //

### [1.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.39)

aho rājanmahābhāga śobhanīcaritaṃ tava /  
sarvabhūtahitatvādi mādṛśāmapi durlabham //

### [1.12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.40)

ityuktavantaṃ taṃ dharmaṃ praṇipatya bhagīrathaḥ /  
provāca vinayāviṣṭaḥ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ ślakṣṇayā gitaṃ //

### [1.12.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.41)

bhagīratha uvāca  
bhagavansarvadharmajña samadarśit sureśvara /  
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo yatpṛcchāmi vadasva tat //

### [1.12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.42)

dharmā kīdṛgvidhāḥ proktāḥ ke lokā dharmaśālinām /  
kiyatyo yātanāḥ proktāḥ keṣāṃ tāḥ parikīrtitāḥ //

### [1.12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.43)

tvayā saṃmānanīyā ye śāsanīyāśca ye yathā /  
tatsarvaṃ me mahābhāga vistarādvaktumarhasi //

### [1.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.44)

dharmarāja uvāca  
sādhu sādhu mahāvuddhe matiste vimalorjitā /  
dharmādharmānpravakṣyāmitattvataḥ śṛṇu bhaktitaḥ //

### [1.12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.45)

dharmā bahuvidhāḥ proktāḥ puṇyalokapradāyakāḥ /  
tathaiva yātanāḥ proktā asaṃkhyā ghoradarśatāḥ //

### [1.12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.46)

vistarādgadituṃ nālamapi varṣaśatāyutaiḥ /  
tasmātaṃsamāsato vakṣye dharmādharmamidarśanam //

### [1.12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.47)

tathaiva yātanāṃ vai mahāpuṇyaṃ prakīrtatam /  
tathaivādhyātmaviduṣo dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam //

### [1.12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.48)

kuṭumbinaṃ yā śāstrajñaṃ śrotriyaṃ vā guṇānvitam /  
yo dattvā syāpayedṛtiṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu //

### [1.12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.49)

mātṛtāḥ pitṛtaścaiva dvijaḥ koṭikulanvitaḥ /  
nirviśya viṣṇubhavanaṃ kalpaṃ tatraiva mādate //

### [1.12.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.50)

gaṇyante pāṃsavo bhūmergaṇyante vṛṣṭivindavaḥ /  
na gaṇyante vidhātrāpi brahahmavṛttiphalāni vai //

### [1.12.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.51)

samastadevatārupo brāhmaṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ /  
jīvanaṃ dadatastasya kaḥ puṇyaṃ gadituṃ kṣamaḥ //

### [1.12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.52)

yo viprahitakṛnnityaṃ sa sarvānkṛtavānmakhān /  
sa strātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu tatpaṃ tenākhilaṃ tapaḥ //

### [1.12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.53)

yo dadasveti viprāṇāṃ jīvanaṃ prerayetparam /  
so 'pi tatphalamāpnoti kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ //

### [1.12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.54)

taḍāgaṃ kārayedyastu svayamevāpareṇa vā /  
vaktuṃ tatpuṇyasaṃkhyānaṃ nālaṃ varṣaśatāyuṣā //

### [1.12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.55)

ekaścedadhvago rājaṃstaḍāgasya jalaṃ pibet /  
katkartuḥ sarvapāpāni naśyantyeva na saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.56)

ekāhamaṣi yatkuryādbhūmisthamudakaṃ naraḥ /  
sa muktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ śatavarṣaṃ vaseddivi //

### [1.12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.57)

kartuṃ taḍāgaṃ yo martyaḥ sāhyakaḥ śaktito bhavet /  
so 'pi tatphalanāpnoti tuṣṭaḥ preraka eva ca //

### [1.12.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.58)

mṛdaṃ siddhārthamātrāṃ vā taḍāgādyo vahiḥ kṣipet /  
tiṣṭatyabdaśataṃ svarge vimuktaḥ pāpakoṭibhiḥ //

### [1.12.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.59)

devatā yasya tuṣyanti guravo vā nṛpottama /  
taḍāgapuṇyabhāksa syādityeṣā śāśvatī śrutiḥ //

### [1.12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.60)

iti hāsaṃ pravakṣyāmi tavātra nṛpasattama /  
yaṃ śṛtvā sarvapāyebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.12.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.61)

gauḍadeśe 'tivikhyāto rājāsīdvīrabhadrakaḥ /  
mahāpratīpī vidyāvānsadā vipraprapūjakaḥ //

### [1.12.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.62)

vedaśāstrakulācārayukto mitrakvirdhanaḥ /  
tasya rājñī mahābhāgā nānmā campakamañjarī //

### [1.12.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.63)

tasya rājño mahāmātyāḥ kṛtmākṛsyavicāraṇāḥ /  
dharmāṇāṃ dharmaśāstrestu sadā kurvanti niścayam //

### [1.12.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.64)

prāyaścittaṃ cikittsāṃ ca jyotiṣe dharmanirṇayam /  
vināśāstreṇa yo brūyāttamāhurbrahmaghātakam //

### [1.12.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.65)

iti niścitya manasā manvādīritadharmkān /  
ācāryebhyaḥ sadā bhūpaḥ śṛṇoti vidhipūrvakam //

### [1.12.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.66)

na ko 'pyanyāyavartī tasya rājye 'varo 'pi ca /  
dharmeṇa pālyamānasya tasya deśasya bhūpateḥ //

### [1.12.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.67)

jātaṃ samatvaṃ svargasya saurājyasya śubhāvaham /  
sa caikadā tu nṛpatirmṛgayāyāṃ mahāvane //

### [1.12.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.68)

mantryādibhiḥ parivṛto babhrāma madhyabhāskaram /  
daivādākheṭaśūnyasya hyatiśrāntasya tatra vai //

### [1.12.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.69)

nṛparītasya saṃjātaṃ saraso darśanaṃ nṛpa /  
tataḥ śuṣkāṃ tu sarasīṃ dṛṣṭvā tatra vyacintayat //

### [1.12.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.70)

kimayaṃ sarasīśṛṅgebhuvaḥ kena vinirmitā /  
kathaṃ jalaṃ bhavedatra yena jīvedayaṃ nṛpaḥ //

### [1.12.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.71)

tato buddhiḥ samabhavatkhāte tasyā nṛpottama /  
hastamātraṃ tato garttaṃ khātvā toyamavātpavān //

### [1.12.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.72)

tena toyena pītena rājñastṛtpirajāyata /  
mantriṇaścāpi bhūmiśa buddhisāgarasaṃjñinaḥ //

### [1.12.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.73)

sa buddhisāgaro bhūpaṃ prāha dharmārthakovidaḥ /  
rājanniyaṃ puṣkariṇī varṣājalavatī purā //

### [1.12.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.74)

adyaināṃ baddhavaprāṃ ca karttuṃ jātā matirmama /  
tadbhavānmodatāṃ deva dattādājñāṃ ca me 'nagha //

### [1.12.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.75)

iti śrutvā vacastasya mantriṇo nṛpasattamaḥ /  
mumude 'titarāṃ bhūpaḥ svayaṃ kartuṃ samudyataḥ //

### [1.12.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.76)

tameva mantriṇāṃ tatra yuyoja śubhakarmaṇi /  
tato rājājñayā so 'pi buddhisāgarako mudā //

### [1.12.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.77)

sarasīṃ sāgaraṃ karttumudyataḥ puṇyakṛttamaḥ /  
dhanuṣāṃ caiva pañcāśatsarvato vistṛtāyatām //

### [1.12.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.78)

sarasīṃ baddhasu śilāṃ cakārāgādhaśambarām /  
tāṃ vinirmāya sarasīṃ rājñe sarvaṃ nyavedayat //

### [1.12.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.79)

tasyāṃ tataḥ prabhṛti vai sarve 'pi vanacāriṇaḥ /  
pānthāḥ pipāsitā bhūpa labhante sma jalaṃ śubham //

### [1.12.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.80)

kadācitsvāyuṣaścānte sa mantrī buddhisāgaraḥ /  
pramṛto gatavāṃllokaṃ lokaśāsturmama prabho //

### [1.12.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.81)

tadarthaṃ tu mayā pṛṣṭo dharmo dharmalipiṅkaraḥ /  
citragutpastu tatkarma mahyaṃ sarvaṃ nyavedayat //

### [1.12.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.82)

upadeṣṭā svayaṃ cāsau dharmakāryasya bhūpateḥ /  
tasmāddharmavimānaṃ tu samāroḍhumihārhati //

### [1.12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.83)

ityukte citragutpena samājñatpo mayā nṛpa /  
vimānaṃ dharmasaṃjñaṃ tu āroḍhuṃ buddhisāgaraḥ //

### [1.12.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.84)

atha kālāntare rājansarājā vīrabhadrakaḥ /  
mṛto gato mama sthānaṃ namaścakre mudānvitaḥ //

### [1.12.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.85)

mayā tu tatra tasyāpi pṛṣṭaṃ karmākhilaṃ nṛpa /  
kathitaṃ citragutpena dharmaṃ sarasisaṃbhavam //

### [1.12.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.86)

tadā samyaṅmayā rājā bodhito 'bhūdyathāśṛṇu /  
adhityakāyāṃ bhūpāla saikatasya gireḥ parā //

### [1.12.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.87)

lāvakenāmunācañcvā khātaṃ dvyaṃṅguprambuni /  
tataḥ kālāntare tena vārāheṇa nṛpottama //

### [1.12.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.88)

khanitaṃ hastamātraṃ tu jalaṃ tuṇḍena cātmanaḥ /  
tato 'nyadāmuyā kālyāhasta yugmamitaḥ kṛtaḥ //

### [1.12.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.89)

khāto jale mahārāja toyaṃ māsadvayaṃ sthitam /  
pītaṃ kṣudrairvanacaraiḥ sattvaistṛṣṇāsamākulaiḥ //

### [1.12.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.90)

tato varṣatrāyānte tu gajatānena suvrata /  
hastatrayamitaḥ khātaḥ kṛtastatrādhikaṃ jalam //

### [1.12.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.91)

māsatraye sthitaṃ tacca payo jīvairvanecaraiḥ /  
bhavāṃstatra samāyāto jalaśoṣāda nantaram //

### [1.12.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.92)

māse tatra tu saṃprātpaṃ hastaṃ khātvā jalaṃ nṛpa /  
tatastasyopadeśena mantriṇo nṛpate tvayā //

### [1.12.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.93)

pañcāśaddhanurutkhātaṃ jātaṃ tatatra mahājalam /  
punaḥ śilābhiḥ sudṛḍhaṃ baddhaṃ jātaṃ mahatsaraḥ /  
vṛkṣāśca ropitāstatra sarvalokopakāriṇaḥ //

### [1.12.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.94)

tena svasvena puṇyena pañcaite jagatīpate /  
vimānaṃ dharmyamāruḍhāstvamāṇyenaṃ samāruha //

### [1.12.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.95)

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya mama rājā sa bhūmipa /  
āruroha vimānaṃ tatṣaṣṭho rājā samāṃśabhāk //

### [1.12.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.96)

iti te sarvamākhyātaṃ taḍāgajanitaṃ phalam /  
śrutvaitanmucyate pāpādājanmamaraṇāntikāt //

### [1.12.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.97)

yo naraḥ śraddhayo yukto vyākhyātaṃ śruṇuyātpaṭhet /  
so 'pyāpnotyakhilaṃ puṇyaṃ saronirmāṇasaṃbhavam //

### [1.12.97.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12.97.p1)

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde dharmākhyāne dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.3.14) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.brhannaradiya.12.7) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.12) · Pramāṇa
