Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 32

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

प्रियव्रतान्वयभवो महाबलपराक्रमः ।

पुत्रो विक्रमशीलस्य कालिन्दीजठरोद्भवः ॥

Transliteration

priyavratānvayabhavo mahābalaparākramaḥ |

putro vikramaśīlasya kālindījaṭharodbhavaḥ ||

Translation

ਉਹ ਪ੍ਰਿਯਵ੍ਰਤ ਦੇ ਵੰਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਨਮਿਆ, ਮਹਾਬਲ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਾਕ੍ਰਮ ਵਾਲਾ ਸੀ; ਉਹ ਵਿਕ੍ਰਮਸ਼ੀਲ ਦਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਲਿੰਦੀ ਦੇ ਗਰਭ ਤੋਂ ਜਨਮਿਆ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• priyavratānvayabhavaḥ: born in the lineage of Priyavrata
• priyavratānvayabhavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priyavrata-anvaya-bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: priyavrata (proper name) + anvaya (lineage) + bhava (born)

• mahābalaparākramaḥ: of great strength and prowess
• mahābalaparākramaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-bala-parākrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय (descriptive): mahā (great) + bala (strength) qualifying parākrama (prowess)

• putraḥ: son
• putraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vikramaśīlasya: of Vikramaśīla
• vikramaśīlasya: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikrama-śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: vikrama (valor) + śīla (nature); proper name/epithet

• kālindījaṭharodbhavaḥ: born from Kālindī’s womb
• kālindījaṭharodbhavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kālindī-jaṭhara-udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: kālindī (Yamunā, as mother) + jaṭhara (womb) + udbhava (born from)

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya (narration)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Vaṃśa (dynasty)
• Royal genealogy
• Legitimation of kingship

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic kings are situated within lineages to stress continuity of dharma; personal merit (parākrama) is praised alongside inherited responsibility.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Vaṃśa and Vaṃśānucarita: explicit genealogical anchoring (anvaya) of a ruler.

What is the esoteric significance?

Genealogy here is also a map of transmitted saṃskāra—virtues and duties ‘born’ through familial and cultural matrices (jaṭhara as symbolic field of formation).