Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इष्टिं सारस्वतीं चक्रे तदर्थं स द्विजोत्तमः ।
सारस्वतानि सूक्तानि जजाप च समाहितः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iṣṭiṃ sārasvatīṃ cakre tadarthaṃ sa dvijottamaḥ | sārasvatāni sūktāni jajāpa ca samāhitaḥ ||
ಆ ಉದ್ದೇಶಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಆ ದ್ವಿಜಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನು ಸರಸ್ವತೀ-ಇಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸಿ, ಏಕಾಗ್ರಚಿತ್ತನಾಗಿ ಸರಸ್ವತೀ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಜಪಿಸಿದನು.
Right speech is restored by disciplined sacred speech: the healer employs mantra with mental steadiness, showing that intention and method must align.
Ācāra/ritual practice embedded in narrative; outside the five-fold cosmological-genealogical markers.
Reciting Sarasvatī-sūktas is a ‘speech curing speech’ motif: vāg becomes both instrument and goal, reflecting the self-luminous nature of śabda.