Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2
Mārkaṇḍeya-varṇanam
The Description of Mārkaṇḍeya
श्रूयते च पुराणेषु मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः । अपश्यद्वैष्णवीं मायां चिरञ्जीव्यस्य संप्लवे ॥ २ ॥
śrūyate ca purāṇeṣu mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ | apaśyadvaiṣṇavīṃ māyāṃ cirañjīvyasya saṃplave || 2 ||
Auch hört man in den Purāṇas, dass der große Weise Mārkaṇḍeya die vaiṣṇavische Māyā, Viṣṇus göttliche Illusionsmacht, während der kosmischen Flut der Auflösung (Pralaya) schaute, die den Langlebigen heimsuchte.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames Purāṇic testimony that even a perfected sage like Mārkaṇḍeya directly encounters the Lord’s Vaiṣṇavī māyā during pralaya, emphasizing that cosmic dissolution and creation operate under Viṣṇu’s sovereign power.
By attributing the overwhelming experience of pralaya to “Vaiṣṇavī māyā,” the verse directs the mind toward Viṣṇu as the ultimate refuge and controller—an implicit bhakti teaching: surrender to the Lord whose power governs even dissolution.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is Purāṇic pramāṇa (authoritative tradition) used to convey cosmology (saṃplava/pralaya) within dharma instruction.