Shloka 1
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे दत्तात्रेयीये ऊनविंशोऽध्यायः ।
विंशोऽध्यायः ।
जड उवाच प्राग्बभूव महावीर्यः शत्रुजिन्नाम पार्थिवः ।
तुतोष यस्य यज्ञेषु सोमावाप्त्या पुरन्दरः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe dattātreyīye ūnaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | viṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | jaḍa uvāca prāg babhūva mahāvīryaḥ śatrujinnāma pārthivaḥ | tutoṣa yasya yajñeṣu somāvāptyā purandaraḥ ||
かくして、聖なる『マールカṇḍेय・プラーナ』のダッタートレーヤ章において、第十九章は終わる。第二十章が始まる。ジャḍaは言った。「昔、シャトルジトという大いなる王がいた。彼の祭祀において、ソーマを得たことにより、プランダラ（インドラ）は歓喜した。」
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FAQs
The Purāṇa continues to teach through royal exemplars: proper sacrifice aligns the human realm with the deva order (Indra pleased), indicating a dharmic economy of offering and reciprocity.
Begins a vaṃśānucarita-like account (royal figure Śatrujit) within the narrative framework; it is historiographical/legendary material rather than sarga/pratisarga.
‘Soma attainment’ can signify access to the nectar of refined consciousness; Indra’s pleasure symbolizes the strengthening of the inner ‘sovereign’ faculty when offerings (disciplines) are correctly performed.