Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 50
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
मया पृष्टो हुतवहः कोऽस्या भर्तेति पार्थिव ।
भविता तेन चाप्युक्तो भवान् एव अद्य वै वरः ॥
mayā pṛṣṭo hutavahaḥ ko 'syā bharteti pārthiva / bhavitā tena cāpy ukto bhavān evādya vai varaḥ
«အို မင်းကြီး၊ ငါသည် ဟုတဝဟ (အဂ္နိ) ကို ‘သူမ၏ ခင်ပွန်းသည် မည်သူနည်း’ ဟု မေးခဲ့၏။ ထိုအခါ သူက ‘ယနေ့ သင်ကိုယ်တိုင်ပင် သူမ၏ သတို့သား ဖြစ်သည်’ ဟု ပြန်ဆို၏»။
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FAQs
A dharmic decision is grounded in recognized authority—here Agni as ritual witness and oracle. The verse frames marriage not merely as social contract but as a rite validated by cosmic/ritual order.
Vaṃśānucarita-style narrative: an episode illustrating dharma and the binding force of divinely witnessed statements.
Agni as ‘hutavaha’ links marriage to yajña: the groom is ‘declared’ within the sacrificial cosmos, implying that relational bonds can be ritually pre-inscribed, not only personally chosen.