Shloka 34
नैमित्तिक-प्राकृत-प्रलयवर्णनम्
Periodic and Elemental Dissolution; Reabsorption into Paramātman
गुणसाम्यम् अनुद्रिक्तम् अन्यूनं च महामुने प्रोच्यते प्रकृतिर् हेतुः प्रधानं कारणं परम्
guṇasāmyam anudriktam anyūnaṃ ca mahāmune procyate prakṛtir hetuḥ pradhānaṃ kāraṇaṃ param
हे महामुने, ज्या अवस्थेत गुणांचे पूर्ण साम्य असते—न अधिक, न कमी—तीच प्रकृती म्हणून सांगितली आहे; तीच हेतु, प्रधान आणि परम कारण आहे।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
It defines the unmanifest state of primordial nature (Prakriti/Pradhana) before creation, where sattva, rajas, and tamas are balanced and therefore do not yet produce manifest forms.
He identifies Prakriti as the causal substrate called Pradhana, characterized specifically by the equal, non-dominant condition of the gunas—neither heightened nor diminished.
By clarifying Prakriti as a 'supreme material cause' in the cosmological chain, the Purana sets up the distinction between material causality and the higher sovereignty of Vishnu as the Supreme Reality who presides over and initiates cosmic manifestation.