Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 49, Shloka 56
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
विषादव्याकुलास्ता वै प्रजास्तृष्णाक्षुधार्दिताः ।
ततः प्रादुर्बभौ तासां सिद्धिस्त्रेतामुखे तदा ॥
viṣādavyākulās tā vai prajāstṛṣṇākṣudhārditāḥ / tataḥ prādurbabhau tāsāṃ siddhis tretāmukhe tadā
ਉਹ ਲੋਕ ਸ਼ੋਕ ਨਾਲ ਦੁਖੀ, ਤ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਭੁੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਪੀੜਤ ਸਨ। ਤਦ ਤ੍ਰੇਤਾ ਯੁਗ ਦੇ ਆਰੰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ‘ਸਿੱਧੀ’—ਫਲਦਾਇਕ ਉਪਾਅ/ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤੀ—ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਈ।
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FAQs
Even when conditions deteriorate, the Purāṇic worldview allows for timely emergence of ‘siddhi’—practical capacities or institutions—so that beings may continue dharma under new yuga-constraints.
Connects to manvantara/kāla narration insofar as it marks a yuga boundary (Tretā-mukha) and the corresponding shift in human capacities and sustenance.
The move from grief and hunger to ‘siddhi’ implies that limitation catalyzes latent power; spiritually, austerity/need can precipitate inner attainment when aligned with right order.