Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 48, Shloka 28
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
एवं पश्वोषधीः सृष्ट्वा ह्ययजच्चाध्वरे विभुः ।
तस्मादादौ तु कल्पस्य त्रेतायुगमुखे तदा ॥
evaṃ paśvoṣadhīḥ sṛṣṭvā hy ayajac cādhvare vibhuḥ | tasmād ādau tu kalpasya tretāyugamukhe tadā ||
इस प्रकार पशुओं और औषधियों की सृष्टि करके प्रभु ने विधिपूर्वक यज्ञ किया। इसलिए कल्प के आरम्भ में, अर्थात् त्रेता-युग के प्रारम्भ में, यह यज्ञ-व्यवस्था प्रवर्तित हुई।
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FAQs
Creation is not complete without yajña: the cosmos is sustained through reciprocal offering (ṛta), linking ecology (plants/animals) with ritual responsibility.
Sarga with an explicit bridge to yuga-structure and ritual order; it gestures toward the Purāṇic concern with time-cycles (kalpa/yuga), though not a full Manvantara passage here.
Yajña is the inner act of offering (ego into awareness) mirrored outwardly; placing it at Tretā’s ‘mouth’ indicates the rise of formal ritualism as consciousness externalizes into structured dharma.