Shloka 1
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे कुवलयाश्वीयॆ मदालसापरिणयनं नामैकविंशोऽध्यायः ।
द्वाविंशोऽध्यायः ।
पुत्रावूचतुः ।
ततः काले बहुतिथे गते राजा पुनः सुतम् ।
प्राह गच्छाशु विप्राणां त्राणाय चर मेदिनीम् ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe kuvalayāśvīye madālasāpariṇayanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ / dvāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ / putrāv ūcatuḥ / tataḥ kāle bahutithe gate rājā punaḥ sutam / prāha gacchāśu viprāṇāṃ trāṇāya cara medinīm
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমাৰ্কণ্ডেয় পুৰাণৰ কুৱলয়াশ্ব-প্ৰসঙ্গত ‘মদালসা-বিবাহ’ নামৰ একবিংশ অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল। এতিয়া দ্বাবিংশ অধ্যায় আৰম্ভ হয়। পুত্ৰসকলে ক’লে। তাৰ পাছত বহু সময় পাৰ হোৱাৰ পিছত ৰজাই পুনৰ পুত্ৰক ক’লে—“ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলৰ ৰক্ষাৰ বাবে শীঘ্ৰে যা; পৃথিৱী পৰ্যটন কৰ।”
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FAQs
Kingship is framed as active guardianship: the ruler (or prince) must personally ensure protection of the learned and the dharmic social order, not merely enjoy domestic prosperity.
Vaṃśānucarita: narrative progression of a royal line; the colophon is a textual boundary marker rather than a pancalakṣaṇa element, but the content continues dynastic duty.
‘Roaming the earth to protect brāhmaṇas’ can symbolize safeguarding sattva/knowledge within the realm of embodied life (medinī), i.e., defending discernment against disruptive forces.