Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 78, Shloka 20

Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line

Sanskrit

ततश्च षोडशं भागं बिभर्ति भगवान् विभुः ।

तत्तेजः पञ्चदशधा शातितं विश्वकर्मणा ॥

Transliteration

tataś ca ṣoḍaśaṃ bhāgaṃ bibharti bhagavān vibhuḥ | tat-tejaḥ pañcadaśadhā śātitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā ||

Translation

ແລ້ວພຣະເຈົ້າ ຜູ້ແຜ່ຊຶມທົ່ວທຸກສິ່ງ ໄດ້ຮັກສາໄວ້ສ່ວນທີ 16. ລັດສະໝີນັ້ນ ຖືກ ວິສະວະກັມມັນ (Viśvakarman) ແບ່ງອອກເປັນ 15 ສ່ວນ.

Speakers

• Markandeya (narrator)

Primary Deities

• Devi (Supreme Goddess)
• Viśvakarman

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Emanation and retention
• Sacred numerology (16/15)
• Shaktism