Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
## Second Chapter
**41. The standard mentioned above is of the nature of *dravya-śruta*, not *bhāva-śruta*. It is *śruta-jñāna* in relation to *bhāva*, which is true, free from contradiction, and enunciated by the *kevali*.** ||114||
**The entire *dvādaśāṅga* is the subject matter of this *purāṇa*, for there is no object or word outside it.** ||115||
**Just as the origin of precious gems is from the ocean, so is the origin of gems of good sayings from this *purāṇa*.** ||116||
**This *purāṇa* will describe the wealth of the *tīrthankaras*, *cakravartīs*, *indra*, *bala-bhadras*, and *nārāyaṇas*, as well as the prosperity of the *munis* along with their causes.** ||117||
**Similarly, the worldly being, the liberated being, bondage, liberation, the causes of both, the six *dravya*, and the nine *padārtha* are all the essence of this text, i.e., all of this will be described in it.** ||118||
**This *purāṇa* will describe the creation of the three worlds, the collection of the three times, the origin and destruction of the universe.** ||119||
**The path, which is *samyak-darśana*, *samyak-jñāna*, and *samyak-cāritra*, its fruit, which is liberation, and the *puruṣārtha* of *dharma*, *artha*, and *kāma*, all of which are extensive, are the subject matter of this text, i.e., they will be stated in it.** ||120||
**What is the point of saying more? Whatever is the creation of unhindered *dharma*, all of that is the subject matter of this text.** ||121||
**What is difficult to find elsewhere, even after a long time, is easily available in this *purāṇa* at every step.** ||122||
**Whatever is established as good in this text is good elsewhere, and whatever is established as bad in this text is bad everywhere. Meaning: This text is like a touchstone for testing the goodness and badness of things.** ||123||
**Thus, this great *purāṇa* is going to expound very weighty subjects. Now, the number of its *artha-adhikāras* is being stated.** ||124||
**This text will describe sixty-three great persons, therefore, the sages have stated sixty-three *adhikāras* in it, according to that number.** ||125||
**This *purāṇa-skandha* has sixty-three *adhikāras*.**
**1. *Śruta-jñāna* (name). 2. *Abhidheya*. 3. *Artha*. 4. -*mihocyate* (D, 50, S, M, L). 5. *Ratnatraya-ātmaka*. 6. *Abādhita*. 7. *Vicāra-kṣama*. 8. -*ttā-adhigamo* (A, D).