Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
सृष्ट्यर्थं तु पुरा देवो दक्षिणाङ्गात्प्रजापतिम् । मध्येरुद्राख्यमीथानं जगदन्तकरं मुने ॥ ४ ॥
sṛṣṭyarthaṃ tu purā devo dakṣiṇāṅgātprajāpatim | madhyerudrākhyamīthānaṃ jagadantakaraṃ mune || 4 ||
ସୃଷ୍ଟିର ନିମିତ୍ତେ ପୁରାତନ କାଳରେ ଦେବ ନିଜ ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଅଙ୍ଗରୁ ପ୍ରଜାପତିଙ୍କୁ, ଏବଂ ମଧ୍ୟଭାଗରୁ ରୁଦ୍ରନାମକ ଉଗ୍ର—ଜଗଦନ୍ତକର—କୁ ପ୍ରକାଶ କଲେ, ହେ ମୁନି।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
It frames creation and dissolution as coordinated divine functions: Prajāpati embodies generative order (progeny and continuity), while Rudra embodies transformative dissolution—both arising from the one Lord.
By presenting multiple cosmic powers as emanations of one supreme source, it supports bhakti as single-pointed devotion to the Lord beyond all functions—creator, sustainer, and dissolver.
Primarily Itihasa–Purana style cosmology rather than a Vedanga; indirectly it informs ritual and theology by clarifying deity-functions (Prajāpati for creation rites, Rudra for appeasement/śānti contexts).