Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 64, Shloka 18
Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवमस्त्विति तामाह स तु कन्यां कलावतीम् ।
विभावर्याः कलावत्याः स्निग्धदृष्ट्यानुमोदितः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evam astv iti tām āha sa tu kanyāṃ kalāvatīm / vibhāvaryāḥ kalāvatyāḥ snigdhadṛṣṭyānumoditaḥ
မားကဏ္ဍေယက ပြောသည်—သူမအား “အဲဒီအတိုင်း ဖြစ်စေ” ဟု ပြန်ဖြေ၏။ ထို့နောက် ဗိဘာဝရီ၏ အတည်ပြုမှုဖြင့် ကညာ ကလာဝတီကို လက်ခံယူခဲ့ပြီး၊ ကလာဝတီသည် ချစ်ခင်သော မျက်ဝန်းအကြည့်များဖြင့် (သူ့ကို) ကြည့်လေ၏။
FAQs
The emphasis on ‘anumodita’ (approval) underscores social-ethical legitimacy: unions/major decisions are portrayed as requiring harmonious consent rather than coercion.
Manvantara/vaṃśānucarita-type narrative: interpersonal events illustrate the moral texture of an epoch rather than cosmogenesis.
Affectionate assent symbolizes the alignment of wills—when inner and outer approvals coincide, the bestowed vidyā ‘settles’ without friction.