Shloka 13
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
यदासीन्मानसं जन्म नारायणमुखोद्गतम् | ब्रह्मण: पृथिवीपाल तदा नारायण: स्वयम्,भूपाल! सृष्टिके आदिमें जब भगवान् नारायणके मुखसे ब्रह्माजीका मानसिक जन्म हुआ था, उस समय साक्षात् नारायणने उन्हें इस धर्मका उपदेश किया था। भरतनन्दन! नारायणने उस धर्मसे देवताओं और पितरोंका पूजनादि कर्म किया था। फिर फेनप ऋषियोंने उस धर्मको ग्रहण किया
yad āsīn mānasaṃ janma nārāyaṇa-mukhodgatam | brahmaṇaḥ pṛthivīpāla tadā nārāyaṇaḥ svayam ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O king, when Brahmā’s mind-born creation first arose, emerging from Nārāyaṇa’s own mouth, at that primordial moment Nārāyaṇa himself instructed him in this Dharma. By that very Dharma Nārāyaṇa performed the rites of worship for the gods and the ancestors; thereafter the sages known as the Phenapas accepted and upheld that Dharma.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच