Shloka 1
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे कुवलयाश्वीयॆ मदालसापरिणयनं नामैकविंशोऽध्यायः ।
द्वाविंशोऽध्यायः ।
पुत्रावूचतुः ।
ततः काले बहुतिथे गते राजा पुनः सुतम् ।
प्राह गच्छाशु विप्राणां त्राणाय चर मेदिनीम् ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe kuvalayāśvīye madālasāpariṇayanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ / dvāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ / putrāv ūcatuḥ / tataḥ kāle bahutithe gate rājā punaḥ sutam / prāha gacchāśu viprāṇāṃ trāṇāya cara medinīm
ಇಂತೆ ಶ್ರೀಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯಪುರಾಣದ ಕುವಲಯಾಶ್ವಾಖ್ಯಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಮದಾಲಸಾ ವಿವಾಹ’ ಎಂಬ ಏಕವಿಂಶ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು. ಈಗ ದ್ವಾವಿಂಶ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಆರಂಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಪುತ್ರರು ಹೇಳಿದರು. ಅನಂತರ ಬಹುಕಾಲ ಕಳೆದ ಮೇಲೆ ರಾಜನು ಮತ್ತೆ ತನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರನಿಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರ ರಕ್ಷಣಾರ್ಥ ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ಹೋಗು; ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಪರ್ಯಟಿಸು।”
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FAQs
Kingship is framed as active guardianship: the ruler (or prince) must personally ensure protection of the learned and the dharmic social order, not merely enjoy domestic prosperity.
Vaṃśānucarita: narrative progression of a royal line; the colophon is a textual boundary marker rather than a pancalakṣaṇa element, but the content continues dynastic duty.
‘Roaming the earth to protect brāhmaṇas’ can symbolize safeguarding sattva/knowledge within the realm of embodied life (medinī), i.e., defending discernment against disruptive forces.