Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 17
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
अग्निमारुतसंयोगात्ततः समभवन्मही । ततस्तेजो मयं दिव्यं पद्मं सृष्टं स्वयंभुवा ॥ १७ ॥
agnimārutasaṃyogāttataḥ samabhavanmahī | tatastejo mayaṃ divyaṃ padmaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ svayaṃbhuvā || 17 ||
De la conjonction du feu et du vent naquit alors la terre. Puis le Svayambhū, l’Auto-né, fit surgir un lotus divin, tissé de splendeur lumineuse.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada the creation sequence)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It presents sṛṣṭi-krama (the ordered unfolding of creation) to show that the manifest world arises through lawful cosmic principles, ultimately pointing the seeker beyond elements toward the Self and liberation (mokṣa).
While not directly prescribing bhakti practices, it frames the cosmos as an ordered manifestation under a higher divine agency (Svayambhū), supporting devotional contemplation of the Creator’s power and the sacred symbolism of the lotus as a seat of divine manifestation.
The verse primarily conveys Purāṇic cosmology rather than a specific Vedāṅga; it can, however, be used as a conceptual backdrop for Jyotiṣa (Vedic astronomy/astrology) discussions that rely on an ordered cosmic structure.