Shloka 9
Adhyaya 52 — Markandeya's Powers
दीक्षितो ब्राह्मणः सोम इत्येतास्तनवः क्रमात् ।
सुवर्चला तथैवोमा विकेशी चापरा स्वधा ॥
dīkṣito brāhmaṇaḥ soma ity etās tanavaḥ kramāt / suvarcalā tathaivomā vikeśī cāparā svadhā
‘ദീക്ഷിതൻ, ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ, സോമൻ’—ഇവയും മുൻപുള്ളവയോടൊപ്പം ക്രമത്തിൽ അധിഷ്ഠാനങ്ങളാണ്. അവരുടെ ഭാര്യമാർ സുവർച്ചലാ, അതുപോലെ ഉമാ, വികേശീ, കൂടാതെ മറ്റൊരാൾ ‘സ്വധാ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ.
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FAQs
The list links Rudra to both natural domains (sun, elements) and dharmic-sacrificial domains (dīkṣā, brāhmaṇa, soma), implying that cosmic order and ritual order mirror one another.
Sarga with Vaṁśa-like cataloguing: stations and consorts are enumerated to formalize the deity’s structured presence.
Consorts function as śakti-correlates of the Rudra forms; naming Umā among them signals that the ‘Rudra principle’ is inseparable from a feminine power that makes it manifest and worshipable.