Shloka 1
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे मदालसोपाख्याने कुवलयाश्वपातालगमनं नाम त्रयोविंशोऽध्यायः ।
चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः ।
जड उवाच
कृताहारं महात्मानामधिपं पवनाशिनाम् ।
उपासाञ्चक्रिरे पुत्रौ भूपालतनयस्तथा ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe madālasopākhyāne kuvalayāśvapātālagamanaṃ nāma trayoviṃso 'dhyāyaḥ caturviśo 'dhyāyaḥ jaḍa uvāca kṛtāhāraṃ mahātmanāmadhipaṃ pavanāśinām / upāsāñcakrire putrau bhūpālatanayastathā
इस प्रकार श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराण के मदालसा-उपाख्यान में ‘कुवलयाश्व का पाताल-गमन’ नामक तेईसवाँ अध्याय समाप्त हुआ। चौबीसवाँ अध्याय। जड़ ने कहा—जब ‘वायु-भोजी’ (नागों) के महानात्मा स्वामी ने भोजन समाप्त किया, तब वे दोनों पुत्र और राजा के पुत्र भी सेवा द्वारा उनकी उपासना में उपस्थित हुए।
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FAQs
Service to a guest or superior after hospitality (upāsanā/sevā) is presented as dharmic refinement—relationship is maintained not only by giving food but by respectful attendance.
The colophon is structural; the narrative remains ākhyāna. It does not directly instantiate sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa, though it sits within vaṃśa-linked royal legend.
‘Wind-eaters’ evokes prāṇa symbolism; attending the prāṇa-linked beings after ‘feeding’ suggests honoring subtle life-forces after satisfying gross needs.