[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Naradapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada) › 1.2 # Naradapurana 1.2 Nāradapurāṇa 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.18) — 1 part - [1.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.57) — 1 part ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.1) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ sanatkumārastu nāradāya mahātmane / proktavānsakalāndharmānkathaṃ tau militāvubhau // ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.2) kasminsthāne sthitau sūta tāvubhau brahmavādinau / harigītasamudgāne cakratustadvadasva naḥ // ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.3) sūta uvāca sanakādyā mahātmāno brahmaṇo mānasāḥ sutāḥ / nirmamā nirahaṃkārāḥ sarve te hyūdhvaretasaḥ // ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.4) teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi samakaśca sanandanaḥ / sanasphumāraśca vibhuḥ sanātama iti smṛtaḥ // ### [1.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2_2) viṣṇubhaktā mahātmāno brahmadhyānaparāyaṇāḥ / sahasrasūryasaṃkāśāḥ satyasandhā mumukṣavaḥ // ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.6) ekadā meruśṛṅgaṃ te prasthitā brahmaṇaḥ sabhām / iṣṭaṃ mārge 'tha dadṛśuḥ gaṅgāṃ viṣṇipadīṃ dvijāḥ // ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.7) tāṃ nirīkṣya samudyuktāḥ strātuṃ sītājale 'bhavan / etasminnantare tatra devarṣirnārado muniḥ // ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.8) ājagāma dvijaśreṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā bhrāntṝnsvakāgrajān / tāndṛṣṭvā strātumudyuktānnamaskṛtya kṛtāñjitiḥ // ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.9) guṇannāmāni sapremabhaktiyukto madhudviṣaḥ / nārāyaṇācyutānanta vāsudeva janārdana // ### [1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.10) yajñeśa yajñapuruṣa kṛṣṇa viṣṇo namo 'stu te / padmākṣa kamalākānta gaṅgājanaka keśava / kṣirodaśāyindeveśa dāmodara namo 'stu te // ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.11) śrīrāma viṣṇo narasiṃha vāmana pradyumnasaṃkarpaṇa vātpadeva / ajāniruddhāmalaruṅmurāraṃ tvaṃ pāhi naḥ sarvabhayādajastram // ### [1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.12) ityucca ranharernāma natvā tānsvāgrajānmunīn / upāsīnaśca taiḥ sārddhaṃ sasnau prītisamanvitaḥ // ### [1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.13) te ṣāṃ cāpi tu sītāyā jale lokamalāpa he / strātvā saṃtartya devarṣipitanvigatakalmaṣāḥ // ### [1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.14) uttīryya saṃdhyopāstyādi kṛtvācāraṃ svakaṃ dvijāḥ / kathāṃ pracakrurvividhāḥ nārāyaṇa guṇāśritāḥ // ### [1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.15) kṛtatriyeṣu muniṣu gaṅgātīre manorame / cakāranāradaḥ praśnaṃ nānākhyānakayāntare // ### [1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.16) nārada uvāca sarvajñāḥ stha muniśreṣṭhāḥ bhagavadbhaktitatparāḥ / yūyaṃ sarve jagannāthā bhagavantaḥ sanātanāḥ // ### [1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.17) lokoddhāraparānyuṣmāndīneṣu kṛtasauhṛdān / pṛcche tato vadata me bhagavallakṣaṇaṃ budhāḥ // ### [1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.18) yenedamakhilaṃ jātaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / gaṅgāpādodakaṃ yasya sa kathaṃ jñāyate hariḥ // ### [1.2.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.18.p1) kathaṃ ca trividhaṃ karma saphalaṃ jāyate nṛṇām // ### [1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.19) jñānasya lakṣaṇa brūta tapasaścāpi mānadāḥ // ### [1.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2_3) atitheḥ pūjanaṃ vāpi yena viṣṇuḥ prasīdati / evamādīni guhyāni harituṣṭikarāṇi ca / anugṛhya ca māṃ nāthāstattvato vaktumarhatha // ### [1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.21) śaunaka uvāca namaḥ parāya devāya parasmātparamātra ca / parāvara nivāsāya saguṇāyāguṇāya ca // ### [1.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.22) amāyāyātmasaṃjñāya mācine viśvarupiṇe / yogīśvarāya yogāya yogagamyāya viṣṇave // ### [1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.23) jñānāya jñānagamyāya sarvajñānaikahetave / jñāceśvarāya jñeyāya jñātre vijñānasaṃpade // ### [1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.24) dhyānāya dhyānagamyāya dhyātṛpātaharāya ca / dhyāneśvarāya sudhiyedhyeyadhyātṛsvarupiṇe // ### [1.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.25) ādityavacandrāgnividhātṛdevāḥ siddhāśca yakṣāsuranāgasaṅghāḥ / yacchaktiyuktāstamajaṃ purāṇaṃ satyaṃ stutīśaṃ satataṃ nato 'smi // ### [1.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.26) yo brahmarupī jagatāṃ vidhātā sa eva pātā dvijaviṣṇurupī / kalpāntarudrākhyatamuḥ sa devaḥ śeteṃ'ghripānastamajaṃ bhajāmi // ### [1.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.27) yannāmasaṃkīrttanato gajendro grāhograbandhānmumuce sa devaḥ / virājamānaḥ svapade parākhye taṃ viṣṇumādyaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye // ### [1.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.28) śivasvarupī śivabhakti bhājāṃ yo viṣṇurupī haribhāvitānām / saṃkalpapūrvātmakadehahetustaṃstameva nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye // ### [1.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.29) yaḥ keśihantā narakāntakaśca bālo bhujāgreṇa dadhāra gotram / devaṃ ca bhūmāravinodaśīlaṃ taṃ vāsudevaṃ satataṃ nato 'smi // ### [1.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.30) lebhe 'vatīryogranṛsiṃharupīyodaityavakṣaḥ kaṭhinaṃ śilāvat / vidāryasaṃrākṣitavānsvabhaktaṃ prahlādamīśaṃ tamajaṃ manāmi // ### [1.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.31) vyomādibhirmūṣitamātmasaṃjñaṃ nirañjanaṃ nityamameyatattvam / jagadvidhātāramakarmakaṃ ca paraṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣama nato 'smi // ### [1.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.32) brahmendrarudrānilavāyumartyagandharvayakṣāsuradevasaṃghaiḥ / svamūrtibhedaiḥ sthita eka īśastamādimātmā namahaṃ bhajāmi // ### [1.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.33) yato bhinnamidaṃ sarvaṃ samudbhūtaṃ sthitaṃ ca vai / yasminneṣyati paścācca tamasti śaraṇaṃ gataḥ // ### [1.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.34) yaḥ sthito viśvarupeṇa saṅgīvātra pratīyate / asaṅgī paripūrṇaśca tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ // ### [1.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.35) hṛdi sthito 'pi yo devo māyayā mohitātmanām / na jñāyate paraḥ śuddhastamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ // ### [1.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.36) sarvasaṃganivṛttānāṃ dhyānayogaratātmanām / sarvatra bhāti jñānātmā tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ // ### [1.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.37) dadhāra mandāraṃ pṛṣṭe nirode 'mṛtamanthane / devatānāṃ hitārthāya taṃ kūrmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ // ### [1.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.38) draṣṭrāṅkureṇa yo 'nantaḥ samuddhṛtyārṇavāddharām / tasthāvidaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ vārāhaṃ taṃ nato 'smyaham // ### [1.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.39) prahlādaṃ gopayandaityaṃ śilātikaṭhinorasam / vidārya hatavānyo hi taṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ nato 'smyaham // ### [1.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.40) labdhvā vairocanerbhūmiṃ dvābhyāṃ padbhyāmatītya yaḥ / ābrahmabhuvanaṃ pādātsurebhyastaṃ nato 'jitam // ### [1.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.41) haihayasyāparādhena hyekaviṃśatisaṃkhyayā / kṣatriyānvayabhettā yo jāmadagnyaṃ nato 'smi tam // ### [1.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.42) āvirbhūtaścaturddhā yaḥ kapibhiḥ parivāritaḥ / hatavānrākṣasānīkaṃ rāmacandraṃ nato 'smyaham // ### [1.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.43) mūrtidvayaṃ samāśritya bhūbhāramapahṛtya ca / saṃjahāra kulaṃ svaṃ yastaṃ śrīkṛṣṇapyahaṃ bhaje // ### [1.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.44) bhūmyādilokatritayaṃ saṃtṛtpātmānamātmani / paśyanti nirmalaṃ śuddhaṃ tamīśānaṃ bhajāmyaham // ### [1.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.45) yugānte pāpino śuddhānbhittvā tīkṣṇasudhārayā / sthāpayāmāsa yo dharmaṃ kṛtādau tannamāmyaham // ### [1.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.46) evamādīnyanekāni yasya rupāṇi pāṇḍavāḥ / na śakyaṃ tena saṃkhyātuṃ koṭyabdairapi taṃ bhaje // ### [1.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.47) mahimānaṃ tu yannāmnaḥ paraṃ gantuṃ munīśvarāḥ / devāsurāśca manavaḥ kathaṃ taṃ śrullako bhaje // ### [1.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.48) yannāmaśravaṇenāpi mahāpātakino narāḥ / pavitratāṃ prapadyante ta kathaṃ staumi cālpadhīḥ // ### [1.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.49) yathākathañcidyannamni kīrtite vā śrute 'pi vā / pāpinastu viśuddhāḥ syuḥ śaddhā mokṣamavānpuyuḥ // ### [1.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.50) ātmanyātmānamādhāya yogino gatakalmaśāḥ / paśyanti yaṃ jñānarupaṃ tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ // ### [1.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.51) sāṅkhyāḥ sarveṣu paśyanti paripūraṇāntakaṃ harim / tamādidevamajaraṃ jñānarupaṃ bhajāmyaham // ### [1.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.52) sarvasattvamayaṃ śāntaṃ sarvadraṣṭāramīśvaram / sahasraśīrṣakaṃ devaṃ vande bhāvātmakaṃ harim // ### [1.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.53) yadbhūtaṃ yacca vai bhāvyaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ jagat / daśāṅgulaṃ yo 'tsyatiṣṭattamīśamajaraṃ bhade // ### [1.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.54) aṇoraṇīyāṃsamajaṃ mahataśca mahattaram / guhyādguhyatamaṃ devaṃ praṇamāmi punaḥ punaḥ // ### [1.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.55) dhyātaḥ smṛtaḥ pūjito vā śṛtaḥ praṇamito 'pi vā / svapadaṃ yo dadātīśastaṃ vande puruṣottamam // ### [1.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.56) iti stuvantaṃ paramaṃ pereśaṃ harṣāmbusaṃruddhavilocanāste / munīśvarā nāradasaṃyutāstu sanandanādyāḥ prapudaṃ prajagmuḥ // ### [1.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.57) ya idaṃ prātarutyāya pāṭhedvai paurupaṃ stavam / sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati // ### [1.2.57.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.57.p1) iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde sanatkumāranāradasaṃvāde nāradakṛtaviṣṇustutirnāma dvitīyodhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (6) - [Mudgalapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.43) — Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.8.29) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.18.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śāktānandataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.saktanandatarangini.2.181) — Brahmānanda Giri 1500, Sanskrit - [Pāñcarātrarakṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.pancaratraraksa.5.113) — Vedāntadeśika, Sanskrit - [Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.brhannaradiya.2.2) — 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