Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
ततः सलिलमुत्पन्नं तमसीव तमः परम् । तस्माच्च सलिलोत्पीडादुदतिष्ठत मारुतः ॥ ५० ॥
tataḥ salilamutpannaṃ tamasīva tamaḥ param | tasmācca salilotpīḍādudatiṣṭhata mārutaḥ || 50 ||
Puis l’eau vint à l’existence—comme une obscurité plus profonde surgissant de l’obscurité même. Et de l’agitation et de la pression au sein de cette eau, s’éleva le Vent, Māruta.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma/creation context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames creation as a movement from undifferentiated obscurity (tamas) into manifest elements (water, then wind), encouraging detachment: the world is a produced sequence, not the Self—supporting moksha-oriented discernment.
By showing that even fundamental elements arise through a higher order, it implicitly points the mind beyond material causes toward the supreme source—an outlook that matures into Vishnu-centered bhakti and surrender.
No direct Vedanga practice is taught in this verse; it primarily reflects cosmological reasoning akin to Sankhya-style tattva sequencing, useful as a conceptual framework for meditation and scriptural study.