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 ||
Kemudian datang riwayat Dvārakā, dan katha yang lahir daripada segala avatāra Ilahi. Sesudah itu ada huraian ringkas tentang Sāṅkhya, serta pengisytiharan bahawa dunia yang termanifestasi ini tidak memiliki hakikat sejati (asat).
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).