Shloka 14
Dyumatsena’s Restoration and Sāvitrī’s Disclosure of Yama’s Boons (आरण्यकपर्व, अध्याय २८२)
पुत्रो5हमपि विप्रषें: साक्षाद् विश्रवसो मुने: । पडञ्चमो लोकपालानामिति मे प्रथितं यश:,“मैं भी कुबेरके ही समान साक्षात् ब्रह्मर्षि विश्रवा मुनिका पुत्र हूँ। (इन्द्र, यम, वरुण और कुबेर--इन चार लोकपालोंके सिवा) पाँचवें लोकपालके रूपमें मेरा सुयश सर्वत्र फैला हुआ है
putro 'ham api viprarṣeḥ sākṣād viśravaso muneḥ | pañcamo lokapālānām iti me prathitaṃ yaśaḥ ||
মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে—হে ব্ৰহ্মৰ্ষি! মইও সাক্ষাৎ মুনি বিশ্ৰৱাৰ পুত্ৰ। ইন্দ্ৰ, যম, বৰুণ আৰু কুবেৰ—এই চাৰি লোকপালৰ অতিৰিক্ত ‘পঞ্চম লোকপাল’ ৰূপে মোৰ যশ সৰ্বত্ৰ প্ৰসিদ্ধ।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes legitimacy and authority grounded in lineage and recognized merit: one’s standing in the cosmic-moral order is presented as publicly affirmed (prathitaṃ yaśaḥ) and connected to a revered source (Viśravas), reflecting how dharmic authority is often narrated through both ancestry and reputation.
Mārkaṇḍeya speaks in self-identification, declaring himself the direct son of the sage Viśravas and stating that his renown is celebrated as that of a ‘fifth Lokapāla,’ in addition to the four well-known world-guardians (Indra, Yama, Varuṇa, Kubera).