Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 48, Shloka 4
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
ततो देवासुरान् पितॄन् मानुषांश्च चतुष्टयम् ।
सिसृक्षुरम्भांस्येतानि स्वमात्मानमयूयुजत् ॥
tato devāsurān pitṝn mānuṣāṃś ca catuṣṭayam |
sisṛkṣur ambhāṃsy etāni svam ātmānam ayūyujat ||
तब प्रजापति ने देव, असुर, पितृ और मनुष्य—इन चार वर्गों की सृष्टि करने की इच्छा से—अपने ही आत्म को उस कर्म में प्रवृत्त किया।
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FAQs
The cosmos is portrayed as arising from deliberate, purposive agency (Prajāpati’s resolve), not mere accident—supporting a teleological view of order (ṛta/dharma).
Sarga: the narrative specifies the intended differentiation into four key classes of beings.
‘Yoking the self’ hints that creation is a self-modification of the creator principle: multiplicity emerges through self-engagement rather than from an external material.