Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 52
Bhāgīratha’s Bringing of the Gaṅgā
तस्य नासापुटाद्रा ज्ञो वह्निर्जज्ञे भयङ्करः । तं दृष्ट्वा देवताः सर्वो वित्रस्ता वह्नितापिताः ॥ ५२ ॥
tasya nāsāpuṭādrā jño vahnirjajñe bhayaṅkaraḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā devatāḥ sarvo vitrastā vahnitāpitāḥ || 52 ||
ข้าแต่พระราชา จากรูจมูกของเขาได้บังเกิดไฟอันน่าสะพรึงกลัว ครั้นเหล่าเทพทั้งปวงเห็นแล้วก็หวาดหวั่น และถูกความร้อนแห่งไฟนั้นแผดเผา
Suta (narrating to the assembled sages)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It highlights tejas (divine fiery potency) as an overwhelming cosmic force—so intense that even devas tremble—showing that creation and dissolution energies operate beyond ordinary control.
By portraying the devas themselves as helpless before raw tejas, the verse implies that true refuge is not mere power or status but surrender to the Supreme source behind such forces—an underlying bhakti lesson of śaraṇāgati (seeking shelter).
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it functions primarily as Purāṇic cosmology describing tejas and its effects.