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Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 77, Shloka 15

Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya

Sanskrit

इत्युक्ता सा तदा देवी जगाम भवनं पितुः ।

ददर्श तत्र त्वष्टारं तपसा धूतकल्मषम् ॥

Transliteration

ityuktā sā tadā devī jagāma bhavanaṃ pituḥ / dadarśa tatra tvaṣṭāraṃ tapasā dhūtakalmaṣam

Translation

ऐसा कहे जाने पर वह देवी (संज्ञा) तब अपने पिता के घर गई। वहाँ उसने तपस्या से मलिनता-रहित हुए त्वष्टा को देखा।

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्ताhaving been spoken to / addressed

साshe

तदाthen

देवीthe goddess

जगामwent

भवनम्to the house

पितुःof (her) father

ददर्शsaw

तत्रthere

त्वष्टारम्Tvaṣṭṛ

तपसाby austerity

धूतकल्मषम्whose sin was cleansed

Speakers

Mārkaṇḍeya as narrator (within the Devi Mahatmyam storytelling)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

Saṃjñā/Devī (as lady)Tvaṣṭṛ (Viśvakarman)

Key Themes

TapasPurificationFamily refugeMythic genealogy

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tapas is presented as a purifier even for exalted beings; spiritual discipline is the means by which inner ‘stains’ are removed.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Falls under vaṃśānucarita-style mythic biography (narrated lives of divine lineages), though not a formal genealogy list here.

What is the esoteric significance?

Tvaṣṭṛ/Viśvakarman symbolizes the ‘fashioner’ principle—through tapas, the maker refashions the self into purity.