Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15
The Anukramaṇī (Summary/Index) of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
द्वारकाचरितं चाथ कथा सर्वावतारजा । ततः सांख्यसमुद्देशः प्रपञ्चासत्त्वकीर्तनम् ॥ १५ ॥
dvārakācaritaṃ cātha kathā sarvāvatārajā | tataḥ sāṃkhyasamuddeśaḥ prapañcāsattvakīrtanam || 15 ||
പിന്നീട് ദ്വാരകയുടെ ചരിതവും സർവ്വാവതാരജന്യമായ കഥയും; തുടർന്ന് സാംഖ്യത്തിന്റെ സംക്ഷിപ്ത ഉപദേശം, ഈ പ്രപഞ്ചം സത്യസാരരഹിതം (അസത്) എന്ന കീർത്തനവും।
Suta (summarizing the Narada Purana’s contents in an anukramanika passage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
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).