Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 52
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
तथा सलिलसंरुद्धे नभसोंऽतं निरंतरे । भित्त्वार्णवतलं वायुः समुत्पतति घोषवान् ॥ ५२ ॥
tathā salilasaṃruddhe nabhasoṃ'taṃ niraṃtare | bhittvārṇavatalaṃ vāyuḥ samutpatati ghoṣavān || 52 ||
അതുപോലെ ജലം ആകാശവ്യാപ്തിയെ നിരന്തരം തടഞ്ഞുനിറുത്തുമ്പോൾ, ഘോഷത്തോടെ വായു സമുദ്രതലം ഭേദിച്ച് മേലോട്ടു കുതിച്ചുയരുന്നു॥ ൫൨ ॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It uses a cosmic image—wind breaking through the ocean-bed—to illustrate how a powerful inner force (like prāṇa, resolve, or insight) can pierce confinement and rise beyond limiting conditions, aligning with Moksha Dharma’s emphasis on breaking bondage.
Though framed cosmologically, the motif of “bursting through obstruction” supports Bhakti as a transformative power: single-pointed devotion can cut through accumulated coverings (saṃsāric constraints) and lift the mind toward the Divine.
No direct Vedāṅga practice is taught in this verse; it is primarily a cosmological-philosophical simile. Indirectly, it resonates with prāṇa-vāyu concepts discussed in allied śāstric traditions used for disciplined contemplation.