Adhyaya 36 — Madalasa’s Final Counsel and the Renunciation of King Ritadhvaja
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणेऽलर्कानुशासने वर्ज्यावर्ज्यनाम पञ्चत्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
षट्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।
जड उवाच— स एवमनुशिष्टः सन् मात्रा संप्राप्य यौवनम् ।
ऋतध्वजसुतश्चक्रे सम्यग्दारपरिग्रहम् ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe 'larkānuśāsane varjyāvarjyanāmā pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |
ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ |
jaḍa uvāca— sa evam anuśiṣṭaḥ san mātrā saṃprāpya yauvanam |
ṛtadhvajasutaś cakre samyag dāraparigraham
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমাৰ্কণ্ডেয় পুৰাণত আলৰ্ক-উপদেশৰ অন্তৰ্গত ‘ৱৰ্জ্য-অৱৰ্জ্যৰ বিবেক’ নামৰ পঞ্চত্রিংশ অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল। এতিয়া ষট্ত্ৰিংশ অধ্যায় আৰম্ভ। জড়ে ক’লে—এইদৰে উপদেশ পাই, মাতৃসহ যৌৱন প্ৰাপ্ত হৈ, ঋতধ্বজৰ পুত্ৰে বিধিপূৰ্বক বিবাহত প্ৰৱেশ কৰিলে।
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Instruction culminates in life-choices: dharma teaching is validated when it shapes the transition into responsible adulthood—here, the orderly entry into household life.
This is a narrative frame marker (adhyāya-samāpti and new adhyāya opening). It supports vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling (life-events of a lineage figure) rather than sarga/manvantara cosmology.
The shift from injunctions to marriage signifies embodiment of dharma: knowledge becomes lived order (ṛta) through sanctioned social rites.