Shloka 1
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे ब्रह्मोत्पतिर् नाम पञ्चचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।
श्रीमन्महर्षिवेदव्यासप्रणीतं श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणम् । (द्वितीयो भागः)
षट्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।
क्रौष्टुकिरुवाच भगवन्स्त्वण्डसम्भूतिर्यथावत् कथिता मम ।
ब्रह्माण्डे ब्रह्मणो जन्म तथा चोक्तं महात्मनः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe brahmotpatir nāma pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | śrīmanmaharṣivedavyāsapraṇītaṃ śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇam | (dvitīyo bhāgaḥ) ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | krauṣṭukir uvāca bhagavaṃs tv aṇḍasambhūtir yathāvat kathitā mama | brahmāṇḍe brahmaṇo janma tathā coktaṃ mahātmanaḥ
かくして『聖マールカṇḍेय・プラーナ』において、「ブラフマーの起源」と名づけられた第四十五章（第二部）は終わる。第四十六章。クラウシュトゥキ（Krauṣṭuki）は言った。「おお福徳なる御方よ、宇宙卵（ブラフマーンダ）の起源は、正しく私に説き明かされました。また、偉大なる御心の方よ、ブラフマーンダの内におけるブラフマーの誕生も（同様に）であります。」
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FAQs
The Purāṇic method is dialogic: careful listening (śravaṇa) culminates in precise restatement and further inquiry—modeling disciplined learning.
This is a transition marker after Sarga (creation) exposition; it introduces continued cosmological narration rather than manvantara/vaṃśa material.
Colophons and frame-questions signal ‘adhikāra’ (readiness): the listener has assimilated one layer and is prepared to proceed deeper into causal explanations.