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I bow to Saraswati Devi, the divine speech, which holds the essence of many scriptures, is adorned with fourteen Purvas and twelve Angas, is accompanied by the sevenfold predication emanating from the mouth of the Jinas, resides in the mouth of Brahma and is born of sound, is the means of liberation and the land of beauty, destroys suffering and is a mine of happiness. Filled with the joy of Dharma-anusasan and free from sin, I narrate the Naabhey-charit (the story of Adinath).
This charit (Adipurana), by listening to which, humans attain the five auspicious blessings that bring happiness and disturb the three worlds, and the five types of knowledge that enable one to understand the nature of things.
I narrate the Mahapurana, famous for its beauty in the world, in the Siddhartha year. There, in the city of Melpati, resides the great king Tudinga (Krishna Tritiya), the only beautiful king of kings in the world, who destroys the terrifying heads of the Chola kings with his fierce brow.