Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 79
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
तन्मात्राणि तु खवायुस्तेजोऽम्भः क्ष्मेति पञ्च वै । तेभ्यो भूतान्येकगुणान्याख्यातानि भवंति हि ॥ ७९ ॥
tanmātrāṇi tu khavāyustejo'mbhaḥ kṣmeti pañca vai | tebhyo bhūtānyekaguṇānyākhyātāni bhavaṃti hi || 79 ||
تَنماترا پانچ ہیں—آکاش، وायु، تیز، آب اور زمین۔ انہی سے کثیف عناصر پیدا ہوتے ہیں، اور ہر ایک کے لیے اس کا خاص وصف بیان کیا گیا ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames creation as an ordered evolution from subtle principles to gross matter, encouraging discernment (viveka) that supports liberation by seeing the world as structured tattvas rather than ultimate reality.
By clarifying that the entire material cosmos arises from elemental principles, the verse indirectly supports Bhakti by shifting reliance away from transient material forms and toward the Lord who transcends and governs these tattvas.
This elemental taxonomy underlies ritual cosmology used in kalpa/ritual procedure and related technical reasoning—how offerings, directions, substances, and bodily constituents are mapped to the five elements in Vedic practice.