Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 52, Shloka 23
Adhyaya 52 — The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages
पूर्वजन्मनि सोऽगस्त्यः स्मृतः स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे ।
कर्दमश्चार्ववीरश्च सहिष्णुश्च सुतत्रयम् ॥
pūrvajanmani so 'gastyaḥ smṛtaḥ svāyambhuve 'ntare | kardamaś cārvavīraś ca sahiṣṇuś ca suta-trayam ||
ਪੂਰਵ ਜਨਮ ਵਿੱਚ, ਸ੍ਵਾਯੰਭੁਵ ਮਨਵੰਤਰ ਦੌਰਾਨ, ਉਹ ਅਗਸਤ੍ਯ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਯਾਦ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਉਸ ਦੇ ਤਿੰਨ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਸਨ—ਕਰਦਮ, ਆਰਵਵੀਰ ਅਤੇ ਸਹਿਸ਼ਣੂ।
FAQs
Purāṇic genealogy often interlocks with karma and continuity across lives. The identification of a figure as Agastya in a prior birth emphasizes that spiritual stature is accumulated and recognized across cosmic cycles.
Manvantara (the reign-period of a Manu) and Vaṃśa (genealogy) are both directly invoked by naming Svāyambhuva and listing descendants.
The Svāyambhuva Manvantara is archetypally 'primordial ordering.' Linking a sage to that era symbolically roots him in the first establishment of dharma and cosmic structure.