शारीरकविनिर्देशो यमलोकस्य वर्णनम्
The description of the bodily form, and the depiction of Yama's realm.
मृत्योः पूर्वक्रियाख्यानं पश्चात्कर्मनिरूपणम्
The account of the rites preceding death, and the determination of posthumous actions.
सूतकस्याथ संख्यांनं नारायणबलिक्रिया
Then, the enumeration of the period of impurity, and the rite of offering to Narayana.
अपमृत्युक्रियोक्तिश्च विपाकः कर्मणां नृणाम्
The statement of the rites for untimely death, and the consequences of human actions.
स्वर्गतौ विहिताख्यानं स्वर्गसौख्यनिरूपणम्
The account of the prescribed ascent to heaven, and the determination of heavenly happiness.
पञ्चोर्द्ध्वलोककथनं ब्रह्माण्डस्थितिकीर्तनम्
The narration of the five higher worlds, and the praise of the stability of the cosmic egg.
आत्यन्तिकं लयाख्यानं फलस्तुति निरूपणम्
The account of ultimate dissolution, and the exposition of the praise of its fruit.
कीर्तितं पापशमनं पठतां शृण्वतां नृणाम्
The pacification of sin is proclaimed for those who recite and listen, among men.
सौवर्णहंसयुग्माढ्यं विप्राय स दिवं व्रजेत्
He who possesses a pair of golden swans, if given to a Brahmin, attains heaven.
यच्च द्वादशसाहस्रमादिकल्पकथायुतम्
And that which consists of twelve thousand verses, beginning with the stories of the kalpa.
चतुर्थ उपसंहारः पादाश्चत्वार एव हि
The fourth is the conclusion; there are indeed four sections.
तृतीयो मध्यमो भागश्चतुर्थस्तूत्तरो मतः
The third is considered the middle part, and the fourth is regarded as the last.
हिरण्यगर्भोत्पत्तिश्च लोककल्पनमेव च
The origin of Hiranyagarbha and the creation of the worlds are described.
कल्पमन्वन्तराख्यानं लोकज्ञानं ततः परम्
The account of the kalpa and the manvantaras, and then the knowledge of the worlds.
महादेवविभूतिश्च ऋषिसर्गस्ततः परम्
The glories of Mahadeva and then the creation of the sages.
प्रियव्रतान्वयोद्देशः पृथिव्यायामविस्तरः
The account of Priyavrata's lineage and the expansion of the earth.
जम्ब्वादिसप्तद्वीपाख्या ततो ऽधोलोकवर्णनम्
Then the description of the seven islands, beginning with Jambudvīpa, and the narration of the lower worlds.
आदित्यव्यूहकथनं देवग्रहानुकीर्तनम्
The explanation of the arrangement of the Adityas and the recounting of the gods and planets.
अमावास्यानुकथनं युगतत्त्वनिरूपणम्
The narration of Amavasya and the exposition of the essence of the yugas.
युगप्रजालक्षणं च ऋषिप्रवरवर्णनम्
The characteristics of the beings of the yugas and the description of the foremost sages.
शेषमन्वन्तराख्यानं पृथिवीदोहनं ततः
The remaining accounts of the manvantaras and then the milking of the earth.
अथोपोद्घातपादे तु सप्तर्षिपरिकीर्तनम्
Then, in the introductory section, the enumeration of the seven sages.
ततो जयाभिलाषश्च मरुदुत्पत्तिकीर्तनम्
After that, the desire for victory and the narration of the origin of the Maruts.
पितृकल्पानुकथनं श्राद्धकल्पस्ततः परम्
The recounting of the kalpa of the ancestors and then the kalpa of the śrāddha rites.
मनुपुत्रान्वयश्चान्तो गान्धर्वस्य निरूपणम्
The lineage of Manu's sons and, at the end, the exposition of the Gandharva.
अमावसोरन्वयश्च रजेश्चरितमद्भुतम्
The lineage of Amavasu and the wondrous account of Raji.
कार्तवीर्यस्य चरितं जामदग्न्यं ततः परम्
The deeds of Kārtavīrya, and then the acts of Jāmadagnya, are recounted.
भार्गवस्यानुचरितं पितृकार्यवधाश्रयम्
The subsequent actions of Bhārgava, centered on the slaying for the sake of his father, are described.
देवासुराहवकथा कृष्णाविर्भाववर्णनम्
The tale of the battle between gods and demons, and the account of Kṛṣṇa’s manifestation, are narrated.
विष्णुमाहात्म्यकथनं बलिवंशनिरूपणम्
The greatness of Viṣṇu is proclaimed, along with the exposition of the lineage of Bali.