Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 72

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

ग्रहपूजां च कुर्वोत सर्वपीडासु मानवः ।

एवं शाम्यन्त्यशेषाणि घोराणि द्विजसत्तम ॥

Transliteration

grahapūjāṃ ca kurvota sarvapīḍāsu mānavaḥ / evaṃ śāmyanty aśeṣāṇi ghorāṇi dvijasattama //

Translation

また、あらゆる障厄において人は諸惑星を礼拝すべきである。かくして一切の恐るべき患難は鎮まる、ああ最勝の再生者よ。

Word by Word

• graha-pūjām: worship of the planets
• graha-pūjām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक) + pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ग्रहाणां पूजा)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• kurvīta: should do/perform
• kurvīta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• sarva-pīḍāsu: in all afflictions
• sarva-pīḍāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सर्वाः पीडाः)

• mānavaḥ: a man/person
• mānavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus')

• śāmyanti: they are pacified/subside
• śāmyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śam (शम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• aśeṣāṇi: all without remainder
• aśeṣāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• ghorāṇi: terrible
• ghorāṇi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• dvija-sattama: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-sattama: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्रेष्ठो द्विजः)

Speakers

• Not explicit in provided excerpt

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Grahāḥ (Navagraha as a class)

Key Themes

• Śānti rites
• Grahapūjā
• Ritual remedies
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The teaching synthesizes: when adversity arises, combine ethical restraint with formal propitiation; the aim is pacification (śamana) rather than confrontation.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Ritual-dharma appendix to Purāṇic instruction; not a pancalakṣaṇa core.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Grahapūjā’ can symbolize honoring the forces that condition embodied life (time, fate, habit); reverent alignment reduces the ‘ghora’ experience of those forces.