Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 6
The Description of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa’s Table of Contents
Anukramaṇī
मानसीसृष्टिकथनं रुद्रप्रसववर्णनम् । महादेवविभूतिश्च ऋषिसर्गस्ततः परम् ॥ ६ ॥
mānasīsṛṣṭikathanaṃ rudraprasavavarṇanam | mahādevavibhūtiśca ṛṣisargastataḥ param || 6 ||
It recounts the tale of mind-born creation, describes the birth of Rudra, speaks of Mahādeva’s sacred manifestations (vibhūti), and thereafter the creation of the ṛṣis.
Suta (summarizing the Narada Purana’s contents in an anukramanika sequence)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It functions as a topic-index verse: by listing mind-born creation, Rudra’s origin, Śiva’s manifestations, and the sages’ creation, it frames cosmic evolution as an ordered, intelligible sacred history rather than random events.
Indirectly: by highlighting Rudra/Mahādeva and the ṛṣis, it points to the Purāṇic model where devotion is learned through divine exemplars and transmitted through sage lineages that preserve and teach dharma and worship.
The verse is primarily an anukramanika (contents-summary) and cosmology marker; it does not teach a specific Vedāṅga rule, but it supports Purāṇic structuring of knowledge—topic sequencing used for study, recitation, and textual navigation.