Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
यस्य शक्तिर्महामाया जगद्विश्त्रम्भधारिणी । विश्वोत्पत्तेर्निदानत्वात्प्रकृतिः प्रोच्यते बुधैः ॥ २७ ॥
yasya śaktirmahāmāyā jagadviśtrambhadhāriṇī | viśvotpatternidānatvātprakṛtiḥ procyate budhaiḥ || 27 ||
祂的大能——大幻力（Mahāmāyā），承持宇宙广大之境——因其为世界生起之因，故智者称之为“自性”（Prakṛti）。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the creation context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It identifies Mahāmāyā as the Lord’s śakti that sustains and manifests the cosmos, teaching that the world-process has a causal principle (Prakṛti) that should be understood to discern the eternal from the transient.
By calling Mahāmāyā ‘His power,’ the verse frames creation as dependent on the Supreme; bhakti matures when one sees the universe as upheld by the Lord’s śakti and turns the mind from mere appearances toward the divine source.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; it is primarily tattva-vicāra (doctrinal analysis) using precise terms like śakti, Mahāmāyā, and Prakṛti to explain causality in creation.