Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इति दत्वा वरं तस्मै नागराजसुता ततः ।
सखीṃ तां संपरिष्वज्य पातालमगमन्मुने ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iti datvā varaṃ tasmai nāgarājasutā tataḥ | sakhīṃ tāṃ saṃpariṣvajya pātālam agaman mune ||
मार्कण्डेय म्हणाले—अशा रीतीने त्याला वर देऊन नागराजाची कन्या त्या मित्राला आलिंगन करून, हे मुने, पाताळलोकास गेली।
Good deeds ripple across realms: assistance to others can invoke protective forces and blessings, after which each being returns to its ordained sphere (svadhāma).
Vaṃśānucarita narrative mechanics; prepares for Manvantara content by sealing the prophetic cause.
Descent to Pātāla after bestowing a boon suggests the ‘source’ of certain powers lies in subtle/hidden strata of the cosmos; blessings emerge from depth and return to depth.