Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 36
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
ततो दक्षादिकान्पुत्रान्सृष्टिसाधनतत्परान् । एभिः पुत्रैरिदं व्याप्तं सदेवासुरमानुषम् ॥ ३६ ॥
tato dakṣādikānputrānsṛṣṭisādhanatatparān | ebhiḥ putrairidaṃ vyāptaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam || 36 ||
Lalu ia melahirkan putra-putra seperti Dakṣa dan lainnya, yang tekun menunaikan sarana karya penciptaan. Melalui putra-putra itu, dunia ini menjadi tersebar—beserta para dewa, asura, dan manusia.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents creation as an orderly, purposeful expansion through appointed progenitors (like Dakṣa), implying that cosmic diversity (devas, asuras, humans) arises within a structured dharmic framework rather than randomness.
By showing that all classes of beings arise within one creation, it supports a bhakti vision where devotion can be directed to the Supreme across all worlds and conditions—no being is outside the divine order that devotion seeks to understand and transcend.
Genealogical and cosmological mapping used in Purāṇic tradition supports Itihāsa-Purāṇa style instruction and aids ritual context (who the prajāpatis are, how beings are classified), though no specific Vedāṅga technique (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is directly taught in this verse.