Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 11, Shloka 32
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
नास्ति तात! सुखं किञ्चिदत्र दुःखशताकुले ।
तस्मान्मोक्षाय यतता कथं सेव्याऽ मया त्रयी ॥
nāsti tāta sukhaṁ kiñcid atra duḥkha-śatākule | tasmān mokṣāya yatatā kathaṁ sevyā mayā trayī ||
हे पिता, यहाँ सैकड़ों दुःखों से भरे इस स्थान में तनिक भी सुख नहीं है। इसलिए मोक्ष की आकांक्षा रखने वाला मैं केवल वेद-त्रयी का ही अनुगमन कैसे करूँ?
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FAQs
The verse prioritizes liberation over merely accumulating ritual merit. It does not deny the Veda’s authority, but questions exclusive reliance on ritual when the goal is freedom from recurrence.
A mokṣa-oriented dharma teaching within the Purāṇa’s instructional function; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
‘Trayī’ signifies structured action and identity as a ritual agent. The seeker turns from action-as-identity toward knowledge (jñāna) that dissolves the doer and ends the cycle.