The Anukramaṇī (Summary/Index) of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
द्वारकाचरितं चाथ कथा सर्वावतारजा । ततः सांख्यसमुद्देशः प्रपञ्चासत्त्वकीर्तनम् ॥ १५ ॥
dvārakācaritaṃ cātha kathā sarvāvatārajā | tataḥ sāṃkhyasamuddeśaḥ prapañcāsattvakīrtanam || 15 ||
次いでドヴァーラカー(Dvārakā)の物語、さらに諸々の神的化身(アヴァターラ)より生じる一切の कथाが語られる。その後、サーンキヤ(Sāṅkhya)の要説が示され、顕現した世界は真実在を欠く「アサット」(asat)であると宣言される。
Suta (summarizing the Narada Purana’s contents in an anukramanika passage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
It functions as a table-of-contents marker: it points from Kṛṣṇa’s Dvārakā narrative and avatāra-kathā toward philosophical discernment (Sāṅkhya) and vairāgya by declaring the world’s non-substantial nature.
By foregrounding Dvārakā and avatāra narratives, it signals that devotion is nourished through līlā-kathā of Bhagavān’s incarnations, while Sāṅkhya-style discernment supports steady bhakti by loosening attachment to prapañca.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; instead it highlights a philosophical toolkit—Sāṅkhya’s analytical summary—used for discrimination between the real (ātman/Bhagavān) and the unreal (prapañca).