Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 69

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

तस्माच्छान्तिपरः प्राज्ञो लोकवादरतस्तथा ।

लोकवादांश्च शान्तींश्च ग्रहपीडासु कारयेत् ॥

Transliteration

tasmāc chāntiparaḥ prājño lokavādāratas tathā / lokavādāṃś ca śāntīṃś ca grahapīḍāsu kārayet //

Translation

ਇਸ ਲਈ ਬੁੱਧਿਮਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ-ਕਰਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੀਨ ਰਹਿਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਲੋਕਵਾਦਾਂ (ਸ਼ਕੁਨ-ਸੰਬੰਧੀ ਰੀਤਾਂ) ਵੱਲ ਵੀ ਸਾਵਧਾਨ ਰਹਿਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ; ਗ੍ਰਹ-ਪੀੜਾ ਵੇਲੇ ਲੋਕਵਾਦ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀਆਂ—ਦੋਵੇਂ ਕਰਵਾਏ।

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śānti-paraḥ: devoted to pacification
• śānti-paraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (शान्तौ परः/शान्तिनिष्ठः)

• prājñaḥ: the wise man
• prājñaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prājña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• loka-vāda-rataḥ: engaged in public report/rumour (loka-vāda)
• loka-vāda-rataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + vāda (प्रातिपदिक) + rata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (लोकवादे रतः)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus/also')

• loka-vādān: public reports/utterances
• loka-vādān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + vāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (लोकस्य वादाः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• śāntīn: pacificatory rites/appeasements
• śāntīn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• graha-pīḍāsu: in afflictions caused by planets
• graha-pīḍāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक) + pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (ग्रहाणां पीडाः)

• kārayet: should cause to be done/should arrange
• kārayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) [णिच् causative: कारयति]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

Speakers

• Not explicit in provided excerpt

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Ritual practice
• Śānti rites
• Omens
• Preventive dharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Wisdom is operationalized as preparedness: combine inward/outward corrective measures (śānti) with careful attention to collective signals (lokavāda).

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Upadeśa on ritual response to adversity; ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Śānti’ is harmonization; ‘lokavāda’ is informational sensitivity—together they represent alignment of action with both subtle and social realities.