ऋषिसर्गवर्णन (Rishi-Sarga Varṇana) — Account of the Creation/Origination of Sages and Beings
शांशपायन उवाच कथं वै नाशिताः पूर्वं नारदेन सुरर्षिणा / प्रजापतिसुतास्ते वै श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः
śāṃśapāyana uvāca kathaṃ vai nāśitāḥ pūrvaṃ nāradena surarṣiṇā / prajāpatisutāste vai śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ
Śāṃśapāyana said: “How, in former times, did Nārada, the divine rishi, bring about their ruin? I wish to hear in truth how those sons of Prajāpati were destroyed.”