Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 41
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
भूतले मध्यगो मेरुः सर्वदेवसमाश्रयः । लोकालोकश्च भूम्यन्ते तन्मध्ये सत्प सागराः ॥ ४१ ॥
bhūtale madhyago meruḥ sarvadevasamāśrayaḥ | lokālokaśca bhūmyante tanmadhye satpa sāgarāḥ || 41 ||
မြေပြင်၏ အလယ်၌ မေရုတောင်သည် တည်ရှိ၍၊ ဒေဝတားအပေါင်းတို့၏ အားကိုးရာ အထောက်အကူ ဖြစ်၏။ မြေ၏ အဆုံးအစွန်း၌ လောကာလောက တောင်တန်း ရှိပြီး၊ ထိုအတွင်းပိုင်း၌ သမုဒ္ဒရာ ခုနစ်စင်း ရှိ၏။
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames the universe as a sacred, ordered cosmos: Meru is portrayed as the divine axis supporting the devas, while Lokāloka marks the boundary of the manifest world—encouraging a vision of reality governed by dharma and cosmic structure.
Though not directly prescribing bhakti practices, it supports bhakti by presenting the world as Vishnu-governed cosmic order where devas and realms have their place—strengthening reverence (śraddhā) toward the divine administration of creation.
This verse aligns most closely with Jyotiṣa-style cosmographic thinking (world-structure and cosmic boundaries), which underlies traditional calendrical and ritual orientation, even though no specific Vedāṅga rule is explicitly taught here.