Shloka 1

Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya

Sanskrit

षट्सप्ततितमः सप्तसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः- ७७

मārkaṇḍeya uvāca

मार्तण्ड रस्यवेर्भार्या तनया विश्वकर्मणः ।

संज्ञा नाम महाभाग तस्यां भानुरजीजनत् ॥

Transliteration

ṣaṭsaptatitamaḥ saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 77 mārkaṇḍeya uvāca mārtaṇḍa rasyaverbhāryā tanayā viśvakarmaṇaḥ / saṃjñā nāma mahābhāga tasyāṃ bhānur ajījanat

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya dit : Ô noble seigneur, Saṃjñā, fille de Viśvakarman, devint l’épouse de Mārtaṇḍa (le Soleil). En elle, Bhānu (le Soleil) engendra une descendance.

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya (explicitly named as speaker in the verse)

Primary Deities

• Sūrya (Mārtaṇḍa/Bhānu)
• Saṃjñā
• Viśvakarman

Key Themes

• Genealogy
• Cosmology
• Solar lineage
• Manvantara background