Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 81
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
तत्र स्त्रात्वा प्रकुर्वोत दानहोमादिकं विधिम् ।
स एष वैष्णवः पादो ब्रह्मा मध्ये ग्रहस्य यः ।
नारायणाख्योऽचिन्त्यात्मा कारणं जगतः प्रभुः ॥
tatra strātvā prakurvota dānahomādikaṃ vidhim / sa eṣa vaiṣṇavaḥ pādo brahmā madhye grahasya yaḥ / nārāyaṇākhyo 'cintyātmā kāraṇaṃ jagataḥ prabhuḥ
ସେଠାରେ ସ୍ନାନାଦି (ଶୁଦ୍ଧିକର୍ମ) କରି, ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ଦାନ, ହୋମ ଇତ୍ୟାଦି କର୍ମ ଆଚରଣ କରିବା ଉଚିତ। ଏହା ହେଉଛି ବୈଷ୍ଣବ ପାଦ। ଏବଂ ଗ୍ରହମଣ୍ଡଳର ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ଯେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମ-ତତ୍ତ୍ୱ, ସେ ଅଚିନ୍ତ୍ୟସ୍ୱଭାବ, ଜଗତ୍କାରଣଭୂତ ପ୍ରଭୁ ‘ନାରାୟଣ’ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ।
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FAQs
Affliction is met with purification and constructive action—charity and sacrifice—framing ‘remedy’ as ethical-religious responsibility, grounded in devotion to the cosmic Lord.
The theological claim ‘Nārāyaṇa is the cause of the world’ belongs to Sarga/Pratisarga theology; the ritual instruction is ancillary dharma/prāyaścitta guidance attached to the cosmology.
The ‘Vaiṣṇava foot’ suggests a sacred point of contact between cosmos and practitioner: by rites (bath, homa, dāna) one aligns the microcosm with the cosmic limb of Nārāyaṇa.