Shloka 20
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
मार्कण्डेय उवाच उत्पन्नमात्रस्य पुरा ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः ।
पुराणमेतद्वेदाश्च मुखेभ्योऽनुविनिः सृताः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca utpannamātrasya purā brahmaṇo ’vyaktajanmanaḥ | purāṇam etad vedāś ca mukhebhyo ’nuviniḥ sṛtāḥ ||
মার্কণ্ডেয় বলিলেন—প্রাচীন কালে, অব্যক্ত-জন্মা ব্রহ্মা যখন সদ্য উদ্ভূত হয়েছিলেন, তখন তাঁর মুখসমূহ হইতে এই পুরাণ ও বেদসমূহ প্রবাহিত হইয়াছিল।
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FAQs
Sacred knowledge is portrayed as primordial and impersonal: it ‘flows forth’ at the very dawn of creation. This supports the Purāṇic claim to antiquity and encourages reverence toward both śruti (Veda) and purāṇa as vehicles of dharma.
Sarga: it speaks to the earliest emergence of knowledge-forms at the beginning of creation, tied to Brahmā’s arising.
‘From the mouths’ suggests articulated vibration (śabda) as a creative principle: cosmos and canon are linked through sound—order is established by revealed speech.