मार्कण्डेय उवाच । उत्पत्तिकारणं ब्रह्मा देवदेवः प्रकीर्तितः । प्रथमं सर्वभूतानां चराचरजगद्गुरुः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | utpattikāraṇaṃ brahmā devadevaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | prathamaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ carācarajagadguruḥ
मार्कण्डेय म्हणाला— सृष्टीच्या उत्पत्तीचे कारण म्हणून ब्रह्मा ‘देवदेव’ म्हणून कीर्तित आहे; तोच या चराचर जगातील सर्व भूतांचा आद्य गुरु आहे।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya begins the reply by invoking Brahmā as the celebrated cause of creation and primal teacher of all beings, evoking a cosmic vista behind the hermitage discourse.
It frames dharma-teaching on a cosmic foundation: Brahmā is honored as the primal cause and instructor within the created order.
This verse is doctrinal rather than site-specific; within Revā Khaṇḍa it supports the broader sanctity of the Revā (Narmadā) region by grounding dharma in cosmic origins.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it introduces the authority and framework for subsequent dharma instructions.