Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 64, Shloka 18
Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवमस्त्विति तामाह स तु कन्यां कलावतीम् ।
विभावर्याः कलावत्याः स्निग्धदृष्ट्यानुमोदितः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evam astv iti tām āha sa tu kanyāṃ kalāvatīm / vibhāvaryāḥ kalāvatyāḥ snigdhadṛṣṭyānumoditaḥ
ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ— ਉਸ ਨੇ ਉਸਨੂੰ ‘ਏਵਮਸਤੁ’ ਕਿਹਾ। ਫਿਰ ਵਿਭਾਵਰੀ ਦੀ ਮਨਜ਼ੂਰੀ ਨਾਲ, ਸਨੇਹ ਭਰੀਆਂ ਨਿਗਾਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ, ਉਸ ਨੇ ਕੁੜੀ ਕਲਾਵਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ।
FAQs
The emphasis on ‘anumodita’ (approval) underscores social-ethical legitimacy: unions/major decisions are portrayed as requiring harmonious consent rather than coercion.
Manvantara/vaṃśānucarita-type narrative: interpersonal events illustrate the moral texture of an epoch rather than cosmogenesis.
Affectionate assent symbolizes the alignment of wills—when inner and outer approvals coincide, the bestowed vidyā ‘settles’ without friction.