Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 36
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
ततो दक्षादिकान्पुत्रान्सृष्टिसाधनतत्परान् । एभिः पुत्रैरिदं व्याप्तं सदेवासुरमानुषम् ॥ ३६ ॥
tato dakṣādikānputrānsṛṣṭisādhanatatparān | ebhiḥ putrairidaṃ vyāptaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam || 36 ||
பின்னர் அவர் தக்ஷன் முதலிய புதல்வர்களை உருவாக்கினார்; அவர்கள் படைப்புப் பணியை நிறைவேற்றுவதில் ஈடுபட்டவர்கள். இப்புதல்வர்களால் தேவர், அசுரர், மனிதர் உட்பட இவ்வுலகம் பரவி நிறைந்தது।
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents creation as an orderly, purposeful expansion through appointed progenitors (like Dakṣa), implying that cosmic diversity (devas, asuras, humans) arises within a structured dharmic framework rather than randomness.
By showing that all classes of beings arise within one creation, it supports a bhakti vision where devotion can be directed to the Supreme across all worlds and conditions—no being is outside the divine order that devotion seeks to understand and transcend.
Genealogical and cosmological mapping used in Purāṇic tradition supports Itihāsa-Purāṇa style instruction and aids ritual context (who the prajāpatis are, how beings are classified), though no specific Vedāṅga technique (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is directly taught in this verse.