Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 47, Shloka 31
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
प्रथमो महतः सर्गो विज्ञेयो ब्रह्मणस्तु सः ।
तन्मात्राणां द्वितीयस्तु भूतसर्गः स उच्यते ॥
prathamo mahataḥ sargo vijñeyo brahmaṇastu saḥ / tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūtasargaḥ sa ucyate
第一种创造是 Mahat（大原理）的创造，应当理解为属于梵天（Brahmā）。第二种是诸 tanmātra（微细境）的创造，称为元素之创造（bhūta-sarga）。
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FAQs
Creation is presented as a graded unfolding from intelligence (mahat) to subtle potentials (tanmātras) and then to elemental manifestation—encouraging a worldview where mind/intellect is primary in the chain of experience.
Directly Sarga: it enumerates foundational stages of cosmic emanation (prākṛta evolution).
Mahat signifies cosmic discernment; tanmātras are archetypal sensory potentials. The sequence can be read inwardly as the descent from pure knowing into sense-structured reality.