Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 74, Shloka 26
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
वाचं श्रुत्वा ततस्तस्य मानुषस्येव भाषतः । भीता तमब्रुवं कोऽसीत्येतां योनिमुपागतः ॥
vācaṃ śrutvā tataḥ tasya mānuṣasyeva bhāṣataḥ / bhītā tam abruvaṃ ko 'sīty etāṃ yonim upāgataḥ
ਉਸ ਦੀ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਵਾਂਗ ਬੋਲੀ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਮੈਂ ਡਰ ਗਈ ਅਤੇ ਕਿਹਾ—‘ਤੂੰ ਕੌਣ ਹੈਂ, ਜੋ ਹਿਰਣ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਗਰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਇਆ ਹੈਂ?’
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FAQs
Moral shock can open inquiry: fear here becomes the pivot from careless action to reflection on the hidden spiritual status of beings.
Upākhyāna serving as dharma instruction; ancillary to the Purāṇa’s broader goals rather than a core pancalakṣaṇa enumeration.
The ‘human voice in animal form’ signals that consciousness is not reducible to body; it hints at tapas and curse as forces that can overlay the jīva’s expression.