Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 65
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
औद्वाहिकान्ते भूपाल कथ्यतां किं ददाम्यहम् ।
दुर्लभ्यमपि दास्यामि ममाप्रतिहतं तपः ॥
audvāhikānte bhūpāla kathyatāṃ kiṃ dadāmy aham | durlabhyam api dāsyāmi mamāpratihatam tapaḥ ||
ਵਿਆਹ ਦੀਆਂ ਰੀਤਾਂ ਸਮਾਪਤ ਹੋਣ ਤੇ ਮੁਨੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ— “ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਦੱਸੋ—ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਕੀ ਦਿਆਂ? ਜੋ ਦੁਲੱਭ ਹੈ ਉਹ ਵੀ ਦੇਵਾਂਗਾ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਮੇਰਾ ਤਪ ਅਵਰੋਧ ਰਹਿਤ ਹੈ।”
FAQs
Power is framed as accountable generosity: the ascetic offers his earned potency to support righteous kingship and ordered society.
Vaṃśānucarita: the requested boon directly shapes dynastic history; secondarily, Manvantara because the boon yields a Manu.
‘Unobstructed tapas’ indicates concentrated will free of inner impediments; when such will is offered outwardly, it becomes creative destiny for communities and ages.