अध्याय १४८
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीबृहन्नारदीयपुराणोत्तरभागे रुक्माङ्गदसंलापो नाम त्रयोविंशो ऽध्यायः राजोवाच यत्त्वया व्याहृतं वाक्यं ममेदं गौतमेरितम् ।मन्दरे पर्वतश्रेष्ठे हरिवासरभोजनम्
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge rukmāṅgadasaṃlāpo nāma trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ rājovāca yattvayā vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ mamedaṃ gautameritam / mandare parvataśreṣṭhe harivāsarabhojanam
हिन्दी अर्थ
आराधना करनेवाले चन्रमाको भगवान् रुद्रने सिरपर धारण किया था। यहाँ विश्वामित्रकी भगिनी
English
This chapter describes a typical conflict between parochical Vedists and Vaifoavas. This part of the NP. is meant for the glorification of the Ekadasi Vrata. Though this topic is discussed in Part I Gh. 23 (and elsewhere), a detailed description and importance of this Vrata is found (sometimes repeated in this part also. This chapter emphasizes the import- tance of complete fasts of Ekadasi and the acceptance of the authority of Puranas in interpreting the Vedas. The medieval writers who compiled treatises on Ekadasi (e.g. Sulapani's Ekddafi Viveka, Raghunandana's Ekadaii - U2ltva) and on Kdla (C-S- Hemadri on Kdla, Madhava on Kalanirvaya) have profusely quoted the NP as an authority on Ekadasi. Hence the importance of these chapters.