Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 81, Shloka 56
Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account
त्वयैव धार्यते सर्वं त्वयैतत्सृज्यते जगत् ।
त्वयैतत्पाल्यते देवि त्वमस्यन्ते च सर्वदा ॥
tvayaiva dhāryate sarvaṁ tvayaitat sṛjyate jagat | tvayaitat pālyate devi tvam asy ante ca sarvadā ||
तुम्हीं से यह सब धारण होता है, तुम्हीं से यह जगत् रचा जाता है। हे देवी, तुम्हीं इसकी रक्षा करती हो, और अंत में तुम ही सदा इसे ग्रस लेती हो।
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FAQs
All agency—origin, continuity, and cessation—is traced to Devī; the practitioner is invited to see dependence on the divine in every phase of existence.
A direct statement of Sarga (creation) and Pratisarga (re-creation/dissolution cycles) in devotional form.
Psychologically, Devī is the power behind arising (birth of thoughts), sustaining (attention), and dissolution (sleep/death/absorption), indicating an inner cosmology mirrored in consciousness.