Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 60
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
ऋषिरुवाच ब्रह्मबन्धोः सुता न त्वं बाले नैव तपस्विनः ।
सुता त्वं मम यो देवान् कर्तुमन्यान् समुत्सहे ॥
ṛṣiruvāca brahmabandhoḥ sutā na tvaṃ bāle naiva tapasvinaḥ | sutā tvaṃ mama yo devān kartum anyān samutsahe ||
ऋषि बोले—वत्से, तुम केवल ‘ब्रह्मबन्धु’ की पुत्री नहीं हो, न ही ऐसे व्यक्ति की जो तप से रहित हो। तुम मेरी पुत्री हो; क्योंकि मैं अपनी शक्ति से अन्य देवताओं को भी उत्पन्न करने में समर्थ हूँ।
FAQs
Purāṇic ethics often place spiritual attainment above nominal rank. The sage’s claim asserts that tapas is a legitimate power aligned with cosmic order, not merely personal pride.
Vaṃśānucarita and Manvantara context: the assertion of tapas sets the causal basis for a lineage event (birth of a Manu) and a cosmological adjustment (Revati asterism).
‘Creating other gods’ can be read as the yogic capacity to manifest new centers of order/illumination—symbolically, the awakening of higher faculties that govern one’s cosmos.