Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
The Exposition of the Index (Anukramaṇī) of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata
कापिलं सांख्यमप्यत्र तृतीयोऽयमुदाहृतः । सत्याश्चरितमादौ तु ध्रुवस्य चरितं ततः ॥ ८ ॥
kāpilaṃ sāṃkhyamapyatra tṛtīyo'yamudāhṛtaḥ | satyāścaritamādau tu dhruvasya caritaṃ tataḥ || 8 ||
यहाँ कापिल-सांख्य का भी निरूपण किया गया है—इसे तृतीय विषय कहा गया है। पहले सत्य का अद्भुत चरित, फिर ध्रुव का चरित वर्णित है॥
Suta (narrator) summarizing the contents in the Anukramaṇikā style
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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It functions as a contents-marker: it places Kapila’s Sāṅkhya as a doctrinal topic and then points to devotional exemplars (Satya and Dhruva), showing how philosophy and sacred biography are taught together.
By directing the reader from Sāṅkhya teaching to Dhruva’s life-story, it signals that steadfast devotion and remembrance of Viṣṇu (as exemplified by Dhruva) is a practical embodiment of higher knowledge.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; rather, it is an Anukramaṇikā-style organizational note that indexes philosophical and narrative sections.