Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 57
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
प्रत्येकं देशसामान्यं नक्षत्रग्रहसम्भवम् ।
भयं लोकस्य भवति शोभनं वा द्विजोत्तम ॥
pratyekaṃ deśasāmānyaṃ nakṣatragrahasambhavam / bhayaṃ lokasya bhavati śobhanaṃ vā dvijottama
প্ৰত্যেক অঞ্চলৰ বাবে নক্ষত্ৰ আৰু গ্ৰহৰ পৰা উৎপন্ন এক সাধাৰণ নিমিত্ত থাকে; সেয়া জনসাধাৰণৰ বাবে কেতিয়াবা ভয়, কেতিয়াবা শুভ হয়, হে দ্বিজোত্তম।
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FAQs
The Purāṇa acknowledges collective conditions (social or regional) beyond individual control, encouraging solidarity and prudent leadership when signs indicate strain.
Supports loka-saṃsthā (ordering of the world) as an ancillary Purāṇic aim; not a primary pancalakṣaṇa item but commonly embedded within manvantara expositions.
‘Sāmānya’ suggests archetypal patterns: recurring signatures in time that imprint on collective psyche and events.