Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उदाच ततो<ग्निरुपयेमे तां शिवां प्रीतिमुदायुतः । प्रीत्या देवी समायुक्ता शुक्र जग्राह पाणिना,मार्कण्डेयजी कहते हैं--राजन! तब अग्निदेवने प्रेम और प्रसन्नताके साथ उस शिवाको हृदयसे लगाया। (शिवाके रूपमें) “स्वाहा” देवीने प्रेमपूर्वक अग्निदेवसे समागम करके उनके वीर्यको हाथमें ले लिया

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tato 'gnir upayeme tāṃ śivāṃ prītim udāyutaḥ | prītyā devī samāyuktā śukraṃ jagrāha pāṇinā ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then Agni, filled with love and delight, took that auspicious lady as his consort and embraced her. United with him in affection, the goddess—(in the form of Svāhā)—received Agni’s seed in her hand.

Word by Word

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya

उवाचsaid

ततःthen, thereafter

अग्निःAgni (Fire-god)

उपयेमेapproached; took (as wife)

ताम्her

शिवाम्the auspicious lady (Shivā/Svāhā)

प्रीतिम्affection, love

उदायुतःendowed with; filled with

प्रीत्याwith love

देवीthe goddess

समायुक्ताunited; joined (in union)

शुक्रम्semen; virile seed

जग्राहtook; seized

पाणिनाwith (her) hand

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Agni

Śivā

Svāhā

śukra (Agni’s seed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-cosmic idea that immense power (śukra/tejas) should be received and regulated through a fitting vessel and intention; when guided by proper agency, it contributes to order rather than chaos.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya narrates that Agni unites with an auspicious goddess—identified as Svāhā in the guise of Śivā—and she receives Agni’s generative essence in her hand, a detail that prepares for subsequent mythic developments involving that potency.