Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 77, Shloka 38
Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
संज्ञां पृष्टस्तदा तस्मै कथयामास विश्वकृत् ।
आगतैवेह मे वेष्म भवतः प्रेषितेति वै ॥
saṃjñāṃ pṛṣṭas tadā tasmai kathayāmāsa viśvakṛt / āgataiv eha me veśma bhavataḥ preṣiteti vai
ਸੰਜ੍ਞਾ ਬਾਰੇ ਪੁੱਛਣ ਤੇ ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵਕ੍ਰਿਤ (ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵਕਰਮਾ) ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਹਾ—“ਉਹ ਨਿਸ਼ਚੇ ਹੀ ਤੇਰੇ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਭੇਜੀ ਹੋਈ ਮੇਰੇ ਘਰ ਆਈ ਹੈ।”
FAQs
Inquiry guided by respect yields clarity; also, responsibility is subtly returned—events unfold not merely by others’ fault but through one’s own prior actions.
Manvantara-linked dynastic narration; it situates a turning point that affects subsequent lineage and cosmic administration.
‘Sent by you’ implies that the jīva’s experiences are propelled by its own tejas/karma; the artisan represents the inner faculty that can reconfigure that energy.