[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Bhagavatapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) › 1.3.1 # Bhagavatapurana 1.3.1 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1.3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.3.1) /0 sūta uvāca jagṛhe pauruṣaṃ rūpaṃ bhagavān mahadādibhiḥ / sambhūtaṃ ṣoḍaśakalam ādau lokasisṛkṣayā // > 1. Suta said: “In the beginning, for the purpose of creating the world the Paramatman assumed the Purusha form with Mahat etc. (Mahat, Ahamkara, the five Tanmatras,) and the sixteen principles i.e., the eleven Indriyas and the five Bhutas. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam - [Previous: 1.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.2.34) - [Next: 1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.3.2) - [Up: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.3) ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.1.3.p2) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.1.3.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṣaṭsandarbha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.gaudiya.siddhanta.satsandarbha.1.10.1) — Jīva Gosvāmin 1555, Sanskrit - [Padārthasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.dvaita.later.padarthasamgraha.1.169) — Padmanābhācārya 1750, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.3.1) · Pramāṇa