अध्याय ३०८
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे उत्तरखण्डे तृतीयांशे ब्रह्मकाण्डे नीलाविवाहनिर्णयो नामैकोनविंशो ऽध्यायः श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २० श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ।या पूर्वसर्गे नलसंज्ञस्य वीन्द्र पुत्री भूत्वा विष्णुपत्नी सकामा ।प्रदक्षिणं भ्रमणं वै चकार गुणेन भद्रा भद्रसंज्ञा बभूव
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyāṃśe brahmakāṇḍe nīlāvivāhanirṇayo nāmaikonaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 20 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / yā pūrvasarge nalasaṃjñasya vīndra putrī bhūtvā viṣṇupatnī sakāmā / pradakṣiṇaṃ bhramaṇaṃ vai cakāra guṇena bhadrā bhadrasaṃjñā babhūva
हिन्दी अर्थ
स्वामिपुष्करिणीमध्ये ¬ मख्ामिपुष्करिणीमध्ये श्रीनिवासोऽस्ति सर्वदा॥ (२६।३८) TT
English
O lord of birds, Bhadra, the daughter of Nala, desired lord Visnu to be her husband. As she, who was auspicious by merit, worshipped and circumambulated the lord she was called Bhadra.