The Narada Purana (abridged)
2010 | 18,115 words
The Narada Purana (Nārada Purāṇa) is one of the major eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of Hindu religious texts. It deals with the places of pilgrimages and features a dialogue between the sage Narada, and Sanatkumara. During the course of the dialogue between the two, Narada explains to Sanatkumara the major places of piligrimages, their location, ...
Epilogue
Suta told the sages, “I have now finished reciting to you the whole of the Narada Purana. This a sacred text. Someone who reads a single couplet from this Purana is forgiven all his sins. Someone who reads an entire chapter acquires the punya that can be otained from wonderful yajnas. If this text is kept inside a house, ghosts and demons avoid the house. Arson or theft are never heard of in the household. It is recommended that twenty shlokas from this Purana be read every morning.”
The Narada Purna ends rather abruptly. In the other Puranas, the sages generally thank Suta for his pains. There are no such couplets in this Puranan. The glories of the Purana are also described much more perfunctorily.