Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
ततः सलिलमुत्पन्नं तमसीव तमः परम् । तस्माच्च सलिलोत्पीडादुदतिष्ठत मारुतः ॥ ५० ॥
tataḥ salilamutpannaṃ tamasīva tamaḥ param | tasmācca salilotpīḍādudatiṣṭhata mārutaḥ || 50 ||
తర్వాత జలం ఉద్భవించింది—చీకటినుండి మరింత ఘనమైన చీకటి పుట్టినట్లుగా; ఆ జలంలోని కలకలం, ఒత్తిడినుండి మారుతుడు (వాయువు) ఉద్భవించాడు॥ ५० ॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma/creation context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames creation as a movement from undifferentiated obscurity (tamas) into manifest elements (water, then wind), encouraging detachment: the world is a produced sequence, not the Self—supporting moksha-oriented discernment.
By showing that even fundamental elements arise through a higher order, it implicitly points the mind beyond material causes toward the supreme source—an outlook that matures into Vishnu-centered bhakti and surrender.
No direct Vedanga practice is taught in this verse; it primarily reflects cosmological reasoning akin to Sankhya-style tattva sequencing, useful as a conceptual framework for meditation and scriptural study.