Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 46, Shloka 8
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
अहर्मुखे प्रबुद्धस्तु जगदादिरनादिमान् ।
सर्वहेतुरचिन्त्यात्मा परः कोऽप्यपरक्रियः ॥
ahar-mukhe prabuddhas tu jagadādir anādimān |
sarva-hetur acintyātmā paraḥ ko 'py apara-kriyaḥ ||
(सृष्टि-)दिवस के आरम्भ में जगत् की योनि—स्वयं अनादि होकर भी—जाग्रत होता है: वह सर्वकारण, अचिन्त्य-स्वभाव, परम तत्त्व, और किसी पर आश्रित न होकर कार्य करने वाला है।
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FAQs
The ultimate cause is portrayed as beyond ordinary thought yet operative in cosmic order. This encourages humility in metaphysical claims and devotion/discipline aligned with a higher order rather than egoic control.
Sarga/Pratisarga theology: it identifies the transcendent regulator whose ‘awakening’ initiates the turn from dissolution to manifestation.
‘Awakening’ is figurative: consciousness does not literally sleep, but the metaphor indicates the onset of manifestation when the unmanifest becomes expressible—like awareness turning toward objects.