Shloka 63
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततस्तपः प्रभावेण रेवत्यृक्षं महामुनिः ।
यथापूर्वं तथा चक्रे सोमयोगी द्विजोत्तम ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tatas tapaḥ prabhāveṇa revatyṛkṣaṃ mahāmuniḥ | yathāpūrvaṃ tathā cakre somayogī dvijottama ||
قال مārkaṇḍeya: «ثم إنّ ذلك الحكيم العظيم—وهو أسبقُ ذوي الولادتين (dvija) وممارسُ يوغا القمر—قد أعاد، بقوة تقشّفه، ترتيبَ منزلة ريفَتي (Revati) على الوجه المقصود وبالهيئة اللائقة.»
FAQs
The Purāṇa legitimizes tapas as a sanctioned spiritual technology when wielded by a ‘dvijottama’ for dharmic ends, rather than for disruption or ego.
Sthāna (ordering of the cosmos) is explicitly invoked through rearranging an asterism; it remains embedded in Vaṃśānucarita as part of a lineage narrative.
‘Somayoga’ hints at mastery over the lunar principle—mind, time, and cyclicality—suggesting inner control that reflects outwardly as control over celestial cycles.