Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 45, Shloka 73
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
एतत्समस्तं जानीयात् क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञलक्षणम् ।
इत्येष प्राकृतः सर्गः क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितस्तु सः ।
अबुद्धिपूर्वः प्रथमः प्रादुर्भूतस्तडिद्यथा ॥
etatsamastaṃ jānīyāt kṣetrakṣetrajñalakṣaṇam | ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitas tu saḥ | abuddhipūrvaḥ prathamaḥ prādurbhūtas taḍid yathā
यह सब क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ का लक्षण समझना चाहिए। इस प्रकार यह प्राकृत सृष्टि क्षेत्रज्ञ के अधिष्ठान में है; यह प्रथम है, बुद्धि के प्रादुर्भाव से पूर्व उत्पन्न—विद्युत् के समान सहसा प्रकट हुई।
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FAQs
Creation is not merely mechanical: it is ‘presided over’ by a knowing principle; therefore, knowledge (jñāna) is central to understanding reality and one’s place within it.
Directly Sarga (primary creation), concluding the prākṛta-sarga description and its supervision by kṣetrajña.
‘Like lightning’ suggests instantaneous manifestation from the causal level—analogous to sudden insight where the witness-principle is recognized prior to thought (abuddhipūrva).