Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 23, Shloka 29
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
तुष्टाव गीर्भिश्च ततस्तत्र देवीṃ सरस्वतीम् ।
तन्मना नियताहारो भूत्वा त्रिषवणाप्लुतः ॥
tuṣṭāva gīrbhiś ca tatas tatra devīṁ sarasvatīm | tan-manā niyatāhāro bhūtvā triṣavaṇāplutaḥ ||
तब उसने वहाँ देवी सरस्वती की स्तोत्रों से स्तुति की; मन को उन्हीं में स्थिर करके, संयमित आहार पर रहकर, और त्रिकाल संधि में स्नान करता रहा।
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FAQs
Devotion is paired with discipline: praise (stotra) without self-regulation is incomplete; regulated food and sandhyā-aligned purification stabilize mind and speech.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is sādhana-oriented narrative (Ākhyāna) with ritual markers.
Sarasvatī governs vāk (speech) and buddhi (intellect); tri-savaṇa purification symbolizes aligning prāṇa and mind with the day’s three energetic ‘gates,’ making mantra effective.