Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 16, Shloka 90
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
एवमस्त्विति तां देवा ब्रह्म-विष्णु-शिवादयः ।
प्रोक्त्वा जग्मुर्यथान्यायमनुमान्य तपस्विनीम् ॥
evam astv iti tāṃ devā brahma-viṣṇu-śivādayaḥ | proktvā jagmur yathā-nyāyam anumānya tapasvinīm ||
देवों ने—ब्रह्मा, विष्णु, शिव तथा अन्य—कहा, “तथास्तु।” ऐसा कहकर और उस तपस्विनी का सम्मान करके वे यथोचित क्रम से प्रस्थान कर गए।
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FAQs
Grace is portrayed as orderly (nyāya) rather than arbitrary: boons are granted within moral-cosmic propriety. Tapas and virtue elicit not only gifts but also honor (māna) from the divine.
Ākhyāna conclusion; no direct pancalakṣaṇa category beyond didactic narrative usage.
The devas ‘departing’ indicates the stabilizing of blessing into fate: the external vision ends, leaving the boon to unfold internally and through time.