Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7
Yuga-Dharma Framework, Kali-Yuga Diagnosis, and the Hari-Nāma Remedy
Transition to Vedānta Inquiry
देवदानवगंधर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः । नासन्कृतयुगे विप्र सर्वे देवसमाः स्मृताः ॥ ७ ॥
devadānavagaṃdharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ | nāsankṛtayuge vipra sarve devasamāḥ smṛtāḥ || 7 ||
হে বিপ্র! কৃত যুগে দেব, দানব, গন্ধর্ব, যক্ষ, রাক্ষস ও পন্নগ (সর্প) ইত্যাদি ভেদ ছিল না; সকলেই দেবসম বলে স্মৃত।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents Kṛta Yuga as an age of intrinsic sattva and harmony, where moral and spiritual excellence was so universal that hostile or lower classifications were effectively absent—everyone is described as “equal to the gods.”
By portraying a time when divine qualities were natural in all beings, the verse implies the goal of bhakti and dharma: to cultivate godlike virtues (purity, non-violence, truthfulness) so that life aligns with the divine order, even in later yugas.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught directly; the verse functions as yuga-dharma context used in Purāṇic instruction to frame why later ages require more structured disciplines and rituals.