Shloka 1
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणेऽथ तामसमन्वन्तरे चतुःसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ।
पञ्चसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः—
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
पञ्चमोऽपि मनुर्ब्रह्मन् रैवतो नाम विश्रुतः ।
तस्योत्पत्तिं विस्तरशः शृणुष्व कथयामि ते ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe 'tha tāmasa-manvantare catuḥ-saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ | pañca-saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ— mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | pañcamo 'pi manur brahman raivato nāma viśrutaḥ | tasyotpattiṃ vistaraśaḥ śṛṇuṣva kathayāmi te ||
ಶ್ರೀ ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯ ಪುರಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ತಾಮಸ ಮನ್ವಂತರದ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯವು ಸಮಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು. ಈಗ ಎಪ್ಪತ್ತೈದನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ ಆರಂಭವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯನು ಹೇಳಿದರು— ಓ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ, ಐದನೇ ಮನು ‘ರೈವತ’ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧನು; ಅವನ ಉದ್ಭವವನ್ನು ವಿವರವಾಗಿ ಕೇಳು, ನಾನು ನಿನಗೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ.
FAQs
Purāṇic instruction is staged as lineage-knowledge transmitted respectfully from seer to inquirer. The emphasis on ‘vistara’ (detail) signals that cosmology is also pedagogy: careful listening is itself a dharmic act.
Manvantara (introducing the next Manu) and Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (promising the origin-story and lineage context of Raivata).
The chapter boundary (colophon) functions like a ritual transition: closing one cosmic ‘cycle-account’ before opening another, mirroring the mind’s need to ‘seal’ one understanding before receiving the next.