Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 93, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 93 — The Goddess’s Boons to Suratha and the Merchant (Conclusion of the Devi Mahatmyam)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततो वव्रे नृपो राज्यं अविभ्रंश्यन्यजन्मनि ।
अत्रैव च निजं राज्यं हतशत्रुबलं बलात् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tato vavre nṛpo rājyaṃ avibhraṃśy anyajanmani /
atraiva ca nijaṃ rājyaṃ hata-śatru-balaṃ balāt
မာရ္ကဏ္ဍေယ မိန့်သည်—ထို့နောက် မင်းကြီးသည် နောက်ဘဝ၌ မလှုပ်မရှားသော အာဏာနိုင်ငံတော်ကို ဆုတောင်းအဖြစ် ရွေးချယ်ခဲ့ပြီး၊ ယခုဘဝ၌လည်း မိမိနိုင်ငံတော်ကို ပြန်လည်ရရှိစေကာ အင်အားဖြင့် ရန်သူတပ်များကို ဖျက်ဆီးစေဟု တောင်းခဲ့သည်။
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FAQs
Even after spiritual instruction, the king’s svadharma expresses as rightful sovereignty and protection. The text acknowledges layered aims: immediate restoration and longer-term continuity shaped by merit and grace.
Touches vaṃśānucarita insofar as it concerns a king’s destiny across births, but it remains a devotional narrative endpoint rather than genealogical cataloging.
The ‘twofold kingdom’ (now and next birth) symbolizes the persistence of saṃskāra: devotion plants seeds that fructify beyond one lifetime, showing Śakti’s governance over both visible and karmic orders.