Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 72, Shloka 24
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः स राजा तं विप्रमाहास्मिन् कीदृशी क्रिया ।
तन्मूकतापनॊदाय स च तं प्राह पार्थिवम् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ sa rājā taṃ vipram āhāsmin kīdṛśī kriyā | tanmūkatāpanodāya sa ca taṃ prāha pārthivam ||
Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: Da fragte der König jenen Brahmanen: „Welche Art von Ritus gibt es, um diese Stummheit zu beseitigen?“ Und er antwortete dem Herrscher.
FAQs
Kingship is shown as cooperating with sacred expertise: the ruler seeks dharmic-ritual guidance rather than acting arbitrarily.
Narrative instruction allied to dharma/ritual practice; not a core pancalakṣaṇa category.
The turn to a vipra indicates that vāg (speech) is restored through śruti-informed means—mantra and iṣṭi—rather than merely social power.
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