Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 63
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
वरूथिन्युवाच किं ते नाहं प्रिया विप्र ! रमणीयो न किं गिरिः ।
गन्धर्वान् किन्नरादींश्च त्यक्त्वाभीष्टो हि कस्तव ॥
varūthinī uvāca kiṃ te nāhaṃ priyā vipra ramaṇīyo na kiṃ giriḥ | gandharvān kinnarādīṃś ca tyaktvā abhīṣṭo hi kas tava ||
ਵਰੂਥਿਨੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਹੇ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ, ਤੈਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ? ਕੀ ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰੀ ਨਹੀਂ? ਕੀ ਇਹ ਪਹਾੜ ਮਨੋਹਰ ਨਹੀਂ? ਗੰਧਰਵ, ਕਿੰਨਰ ਆਦਿ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ ਤੂੰ ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈਂ?
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FAQs
Temptation escalates by appealing to status and exclusivity—“even celestials are set aside for you”; dharma texts warn that pride and flattery can be as binding as pleasure.
Ākhyāna; it uses mythic beings (Gandharvas/Kinnaras) as narrative elements rather than genealogical cataloging.
Gandharvas/Kinnaras can symbolize refined pleasures (art, beauty, prestige); the challenge is renunciation of even ‘sattvic’ enjoyments when they obstruct truth.