Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 23, Shloka 66

Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati

Sanskrit

महादेव उवाच यथोक्तं पन्नगश्रेष्ठ ! सर्वमेतद्भविष्यति ।

मत्प्रसादादसन्दिग्धं शृणु चेदं भुजङ्गम ॥

Transliteration

mahādeva uvāca yathoktaṃ pannagaśreṣṭha! sarvam etad bhaviṣyati | matprasādād asandigdhaṃ śṛṇu cedam bhujaṅgama ||

Translation

မဟာဒေဝက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– «အို မြွေတို့အနက် အကောင်းဆုံး၊ သင်ပြောသကဲ့သို့ အရာအားလုံး ဖြစ်လာမည်။ ငါ၏ ကရုဏာတော်ကြောင့် သံသယမရှိ။ ယခု ဤအကြောင်းကို နားထောင်လော့၊ အို မြွေ»။

Word by Word

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महा + देव (कर्मधारय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; √वच् perfect form

• यथा-उक्तम्: as stated
• यथा-उक्तम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: यथा + उक्तम् (अव्ययीभाव); अव्ययार्थे “as said/according to what was said”

• पन्नगश्रेष्ठ: O best of serpents!
• पन्नगश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: पन्नगानां श्रेष्ठः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; एतत्-विशेषण

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will happen / will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मत्-प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्-प्रसादात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: मम प्रसादात् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• असन्दिग्धम्: without doubt
• असन्दिग्धम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असन्दिग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् प्रयोगः “undoubtedly”

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भुजङ्गम: O serpent!
• भुजङ्गम: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speakers

• Śiva (Mahādeva) speaking to the nāga (Aśvatara
• with Kambala present)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Śiva

Key Themes

• Īśvara-prasāda (grace)
• Authority of divine word
• Transition to ritual prescription

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divine grace is portrayed as both compassionate and orderly: assent is followed by practical instruction, implying that boons often require alignment with dharmic procedure.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Ānucarita with dharma-upadeśa (ritual teaching) embedded inside narrative—typical Purāṇic pedagogy.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Listen’ signals śravaṇa as the first limb of inner transformation; grace (prasāda) is not merely a gift but a clarifying certainty (asandigdha) that steadies the mind.