Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 46
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
विपाठां नन्दिनीं चैव वेद्मि भार्यां गृहे द्विज ।
तिष्ठन्ति मे न भगवन् रेवतीं वेद्मि कान्वियम् ॥
vipāṭhāṃ nandinīṃ caiva vedmi bhāryāṃ gṛhe dvija /
tiṣṭhanti me na bhagavan revatīṃ vedmi kānv iyam //
हे ब्राह्मण, मेरे गृह में विपाठा और नन्दिनी भी पत्नियाँ हैं—यह मैं जानता हूँ। परन्तु, हे पूज्य, रेवती मेरे साथ नहीं रहती; वह रेवती कौन है जिसे मैं जानूँ?
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FAQs
The king’s insistence that Revatī is not ‘with him’ suggests that relationship is not merely physical proximity; recognition and responsibility are also forms of presence.
Narrative episode; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
The denial ‘she does not stay with me’ can be read as the departure of śrī (auspicious fortune) when discernment is clouded—an inner allegory of loss through delusion.