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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ // (1.1) Par.?

oṃ namaḥ śrīpuruṣottamāya / (2.1) Par.?

oṃ namaḥ śrīnarmadāyai / (2.2) Par.?

oṃ namo hariharahiraṇyagarbhebhyo namo vyāsavālmīkiśukaparāśarebhyo namo gurugobrāhmaṇebhyaḥ / (2.3) Par.?

oṃ majjanmātaṅgagaṇḍacyutamadamadirāmodamattālimālaṃ snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayugavigalat kuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam / (2.4) Par.?

sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kusumacayasamācchannatīrasthavṛkṣaṃ pāyādvo narmadāmbhaḥ karimakarakarākrāntarahaṃstaraṃgam // (2.5) Par.?

ubhayataṭapuṇyatīrthā prakṣālitasakalalalokaduritaughā / (3.1) Par.?

devamunimanujavandyā haratu sadā narmadā duritam // (3.2) Par.?

nāśayatu duritamakhilaṃ bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavacca bhuvi bhavinām / (4.1) Par.?

sakalapavitri tava sudhā puṇyajalā narmadā bhavati // (4.2) Par.?

taṭapulinaṃ śivadevā yasyā yatayo 'pi kāmayante vā / (5.1) Par.?

muninivahavihitasevā śivāya mama jāyatāṃ revā // (5.2) Par.?

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtvā naraṃ caiva narottamam / (6.1) Par.?

devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet // (6.2) Par.?

naimiṣe puṇyanilaye nānāṛṣiniṣevite / (7.1) Par.?

śaunakaḥ satramāsīnaḥ sūta papraccha vistarāt // (7.2) Par.?

manye 'haṃ dharmanaipuṇyaṃ tvayi sūta sadārcitam / (8.1) Par.?

puṇyāmṛtakathāvaktā vyāsasaśiṣyastvameva hi // (8.2) Par.?

atastvāṃ paripṛcchāmi dharmatīrthāśrayaṃ kave / (9.1) Par.?

bahūni santi tīrthāni bahuśo me śrutāni ca // (9.2) Par.?

śrutā divyanadī brāhmī tathā viṣṇunadī mayā / (10.1) Par.?

tṛtīyā na mayā kvāpi śrutā raudrī saridvarā // (10.2) Par.?

tāṃ vedagarbhāṃ vikhyātāṃ vibudhaughābhivanditām / (11.1) Par.?

vada me tvaṃ mahāprājña tīrthapūgapariṣkṛtām // (11.2) Par.?

kaṃ deśam āśritā revā kathaṃ śrīrudrasaṃbhavā / (12.1) Par.?

tatsaṃśritāni tīrthāni yāni tāni vadasva me // (12.2) Par.?

sūta uvāca / (13.1) Par.?

sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ kulapate caritraṃ narmadāśritam / (13.2) Par.?

citraṃ pavitraṃ doṣaghnaṃ śrutamuktaṃ ca sattama // (13.3) Par.?

vedopavedavedāṅgādīnyabhivyasya pūritaḥ / (14.1) Par.?

aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ vaktā satyavatīsutaḥ // (14.2) Par.?

taṃ namaskṛtya vakṣyāmi purāṇāni yathākramam / (15.1) Par.?

yeṣām abhivyāharaṇād abhivṛddhir vṛṣāyuṣoḥ // (15.2) Par.?

śrutiḥ smṛtiśca viprāṇāṃ cakṣuṣī parikīrtite / (16.1) Par.?

kāṇastatraikayā hīno dvābhyāmandhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ // (16.2) Par.?

śrutismṛtipurāṇāni viduṣāṃ locanatrayam / (17.1) Par.?

yastribhirnayanaiḥ paśyetso 'śo māheśvaro mataḥ // (17.2) Par.?

ātmano vedavidyā ca īśvareṇa vinirmitā / (18.1) Par.?

śaunakīyā ca paurāṇī dharmaśāstrātmikā ca yā // (18.2) Par.?

tisro vidyā imā mukhyāḥ sarvaśāstravinirṇaye / (19.1) Par.?

purāṇaṃ pañcamo veda iti brahmānuśāsanam // (19.2) Par.?

yo na veda purāṇaṃ hi na sa vedātra kiṃcana / (20.1) Par.?

katamaḥ sa hi dharmo 'sti kiṃ vā jñānaṃ tathāvidham // (20.2) Par.?

anyadvā tatkimatrāha purāṇe yanna dṛśyate / (21.1) Par.?

vedāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ pūrvaṃ purāṇe nātra saṃśayaḥ // (21.2) Par.?

bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ pratariṣyati / (22.1) Par.?

itihāsapurāṇaiśca kṛto'yaṃ niścayaḥ purā // (22.2) Par.?

ātmā purāṇaṃ vedānāṃ pṛthagaṃgāni tāni ṣaṭ / (23.1) Par.?

yacca dṛṣṭaṃ hi vedeṣu taddṛṣṭaṃ smṛtibhiḥ kila // (23.2) Par.?

ubhābhyāṃ yattu dṛṣṭaṃ hi tatpurāṇeṣu gīyate / (24.1) Par.?

purāṇaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ prathamaṃ brahmaṇaḥ smṛtam // (24.2) Par.?

anantaraṃ ca vaktrebhyo vedāstasya vinirgatāḥ / (25.1) Par.?

purāṇamekamevāsīd asmin kalpāntare mune // (25.2) Par.?

trivargasādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram / (26.1) Par.?

smṛtvā jagāda ca munīnprati devaścaturmukhaḥ // (26.2) Par.?

pravṛttiḥ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇasyābhavattataḥ / (27.1) Par.?

kālenāgrahaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā purāṇasya tato muniḥ // (27.2) Par.?

vyāsarūpaṃ vibhuḥ kṛtvā saṃharetsa yuge yuge / (28.1) Par.?

aṣṭalakṣapramāṇe tu dvāpare dvāpare sadā // (28.2) Par.?

tadaṣṭādaśadhā kṛtvā bhūloke 'smin prabhāṣyate / (29.1) Par.?

adyāpa devaloke tacchatakoṭipravistaram // (29.2) Par.?

tathātra caturlakṣaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa niveśitam / (30.1) Par.?

purāṇāni daśāṣṭau ca sāmprataṃ tadihocyate / (30.2) Par.?

nāmatastāni vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tvamṛṣisattama // (30.3) Par.?

sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / (31.1) Par.?

vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam // (31.2) Par.?

brāhmaṃ purāṇaṃ tatrādyaṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vibhūṣitam / (32.1) Par.?

ślokānāṃ daśasāhasraṃ nānāpuṇyakathāyutam // (32.2) Par.?

pādmaṃ ca pañcapañcāśatsahasrāṇi nigadyate / (33.1) Par.?

tṛtīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃnāma trayoviṃśatisaṃkhyayā // (33.2) Par.?

caturthaṃ vāyunā proktaṃ vāyavīyamiti smṛtam / (34.1) Par.?

śivabhaktisamāyogācchaivaṃ taccāparākhyayā // (34.2) Par.?

caturviṃśatisaṃkhyātaṃ sahasrāṇi tu śaunaka / (35.1) Par.?

caturbhiḥ parvabhiḥ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ pañcamaṃ tathā // (35.2) Par.?

caturdaśasahasrāṇi tathā pañca śatāni tat / (36.1) Par.?

mārkaṇḍaṃ navasāhasraṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ tatparikīrtitam // (36.2) Par.?

āgneyaṃ saptamaṃ proktaṃ sahasrāṇi tu ṣoḍaśa / (37.1) Par.?

aṣṭamaṃ nāradīyaṃ tu proktaṃ vai pañcaviṃśatiḥ // (37.2) Par.?

navamaṃ bhagavannāma bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam / (38.1) Par.?

tadaṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ procyate granthasaṃkhyayā // (38.2) Par.?

daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ tāvatsaṃkhyam ihocyate / (39.1) Par.?

laiṅgamekādaśaṃ jñeyaṃ tathaikādaśasaṃkhyayā // (39.2) Par.?

bhāgadvayaṃ viracitaṃ talliṅgamṛṣipuṃgava / (40.1) Par.?

caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ vārāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ viduḥ // (40.2) Par.?

vibhaktaṃ saptabhiḥ khaṇḍaiḥ skāndaṃ bhāgyavatāṃ vara / (41.1) Par.?

tadekāśītisāhasraṃ saṃkhyayā vai nirūpitam // (41.2) Par.?

tatastu vāmanaṃ nāma caturdaśatamaṃ smṛtam / (42.1) Par.?

saṃkhyayā daśasāhasraṃ proktaṃ kulapate purā // (42.2) Par.?

kaurmaṃ pañcadaśaṃ prāhur bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam / (43.1) Par.?

daśasaptasahasrāṇi purā sāṃkhyapate kalau // (43.2) Par.?

mātsyaṃ matsyena yatproktaṃ manave ṣoḍaśaṃ kramāt / (44.1) Par.?

taccaturdaśasāhasraṃ saṃkhyayā vadatāṃ vara // (44.2) Par.?

gāruḍaṃ saptadaśamaṃ smṛtaṃ caikonaviṃśatiḥ / (45.1) Par.?

aṣṭādaśaṃ tu brahmāṇḍaṃ bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam // (45.2) Par.?

tacca dvādaśasāhasraṃ śatamaṣṭasamanvitam / (46.1) Par.?

tathaivopapurāṇāni yāni coktāni vedhasā // (46.2) Par.?

idaṃ brahmapurāṇasya sulabhaṃ sauramuttamam / (47.1) Par.?

saṃhitādvayasaṃyuktaṃ puṇyaṃ śivakathāśrayam // (47.2) Par.?

ādyā sanatkumāroktā dvitīyā sūryabhāṣitā / (48.1) Par.?

sanatkumāranāmnā hi tadvikhyātaṃ mahāmune // (48.2) Par.?

dvitīyaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ ca purāṇe pādmasaṃjñite / (49.1) Par.?

śaukeyaṃ hi tṛtīyaṃ tu purāṇe vaiṣṇave matam // (49.2) Par.?

bārhaspatyaṃ caturthaṃ ca vāyavyaṃ saṃmataṃ sadā / (50.1) Par.?

daurvāsasaṃ pañcamaṃ ca smṛtaṃ bhāgavate sadā // (50.2) Par.?

bhaviṣye nāradoktaṃ ca sūribhiḥ kathitaṃ purā / (51.1) Par.?

kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathaivośanaseritam // (51.2) Par.?

brahmāṇḍaṃ vāruṇaṃ cātha kālikādvayameva ca / (52.1) Par.?

māheśvaraṃ tathā sāmbaṃ sauraṃ sarvārthasaṃcayam // (52.2) Par.?

pārāśaraṃ bhāgavataṃ kaurmaṃ cāṣṭādaśaṃ kramāt / (53.1) Par.?

etānyupapurāṇāni mayoktāni yathākramam // (53.2) Par.?

purāṇasaṃhitāmetāṃ yaḥ paṭhedvā śṛṇoti ca / (54.1) Par.?

so 'nantapuṇyabhāgī syānmṛto brahmapuraṃ vrajet // (54.2) Par.?

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe purāṇasaṃhitāvarṇanām prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ // (55.1) Par.?