Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 46, Shloka 4
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
स्वात्मन्यवस्थितेव्यक्ते विकारे प्रतिसंहृते ।
प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चैव साधर्म्येणावतिṣ्ठतः ॥
svātmany avasthite 'vyakte vikāre pratisaṃhṛte |
prakṛtiḥ puruṣaś caiva sādharmyeṇāvatiṣṭhataḥ ||
जब अव्यक्त अपने ही स्वरूप में स्थित रहता है और विकार निवृत्त हो जाते हैं, तब प्रकृति और पुरुष एक प्रकार के समत्व (अविभेद/संतुलन) में प्रतिष्ठित रहते हैं।
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FAQs
The verse teaches that change belongs to vikāra (modification), not to the deepest principles. This supports discernment (viveka): do not mistake transient modifications for ultimate reality.
Still within Sarga/Pratisarga framework: it describes the ‘between’ condition of Pralaya, clarifying what persists as causal principles when manifest creation is absent.
‘Sādharmya’ can be read as the appearance of non-duality at the threshold where distinctions are not functioning—an ontological quietude analogous to samādhi where vṛttis subside.