Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 47, Shloka 33
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
मुख्यः सर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्याः वै स्थावराः स्मृताः ।
तिर्यक्स्रोतस्तु यः प्रोक्तस्तिर्यग्योन्यः स पञ्चमः ॥
mukhyaḥ sargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ / tiryakstrotastu yaḥ proktastiryagyonyaḥ sa pañcamaḥ
第四种为“主类（mukhya）”之造化；诸不动者（sthāvara）确被忆念为最初、最主要者。第五种名为“横流（tiryak-srotas）”，即生于畜生胎类（tiryag-yoni）之众生的造化。
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FAQs
Life is graded and categorized, emphasizing continuity between plant, animal, and human existence. This supports an ethic of restraint and responsibility toward all life forms as part of one ordered creation.
Sarga: it transitions from prākṛta (principles) to vaikṛta (manifest life-forms), listing specific categories.
The ‘streams’ (srotas) imagery suggests directional tendencies of consciousness/instinct: immovables are ‘primary’ in stability; animals move ‘sideways’—symbolic of instinctual dispersion.