Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 52
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
देवदानवगंधर्वा दैत्यासुरमहोरगाः । यक्षराक्षसनागाश्च पिशाचा मनुजास्तथा ॥ ५२ ॥
devadānavagaṃdharvā daityāsuramahoragāḥ | yakṣarākṣasanāgāśca piśācā manujāstathā || 52 ||
ദേവന്മാർ, ദാനവന്മാർ, ഗന്ധർവ്വന്മാർ, ദൈത്യന്മാർ, അസുരന്മാർ, മഹോരഗങ്ങൾ; യക്ഷർ, രാക്ഷസർ, നാഗർ, പിശാചർ, അതുപോലെ മനുഷ്യരും—എല്ലാവരും (ഇതിൽ) ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു।
Narada (context: instructional dialogue in Moksha Dharma section; traditionally framed within Narada’s teaching to the Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
The verse enumerates many orders of beings to emphasize the universality of dharma and spiritual consequence—no realm of life is outside the moral and spiritual framework described in the Moksha Dharma section.
By listing devas through humans, it implies bhakti and spiritual discipline are not restricted by birth or species; devotion is presented as a universally relevant means for upliftment across the cosmic hierarchy.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught directly in this verse; it functions as a cosmological classification used in Purāṇic instruction rather than a technical rule.