Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 11, Shloka 2
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
तेनाभिभूतं तत्स्थैर्यं याति बीजद्वयं पितः ।
कललत्वं बुद्बुदत्वं ततः पेशित्वमेव च ॥
tenābhibhūtaṃ tat sthairyaṃ yāti bījadvayaṃ pitaḥ | kalalatvaṃ budbudatvaṃ tataḥ peśitvam eva ca ||
ਹੇ ਪਿਤਾ, ਉਸ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਅਭਿਭੂਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਬੀਜ ਇਕ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਅਵਸਥਾ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ—ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ‘ਕਲਲ’ (ਜੈਲੀ ਵਰਗਾ ਪਿੰਡ), ਫਿਰ ‘ਬੁਦਬੁਦ’ (ਬੁਲਬੁਲੇ ਵਰਗਾ ਰੂਪ), ਅਤੇ ਫਿਰ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ‘ਪੇਸ਼ੀ’ (ਮਾਸਲ ਗਾਂਠ) ਬਣ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।
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FAQs
The body is shown as a gradual formation from subtle causes into gross form, encouraging detachment from bodily pride and a reflective attitude toward embodied life.
A sarga-analog at the individual scale (formation of the body), serving the purāṇic educational role.
The sequential ‘condensation’ (kalala → budbuda → peśī) can be read as the progressive crystallization of karma into form—subtle tendencies taking structured embodiment.