Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 79, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons
तथैव पुत्रो भगवाञृचीकस्य महात्मनः ।
जमदग्निस्तु सप्तैते मुनयोऽत्र नथान्तरे ॥
tathaiva putro bhagavān ṛcīkasya mahātmanaḥ |
jamadagnis tu saptaite munayo 'tra nathāntare ||
ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜਮਦਗ੍ਨਿ—ਮਹਾਤਮਾ ਰੁਚੀਕ ਦਾ ਧੰਨ ਪੁੱਤਰ—(ਸਮੂਹ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ); ਇਸ ਮਨਵੰਤਰ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਅੰਤਰਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਹੀ ਸਪਤ੍ਰਿਸ਼ੀ ਕਹੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ।
FAQs
The authority of tradition is reinforced through lineage (ṛṣi-to-ṛṣi descent) and through the idea that each era has appointed custodians of sacred order.
Manvantara: listing the sages of the period is a core manvantara-detail within Purāṇic historiography.
Jamadagni’s mention evokes the Bhṛgu-line’s ascetic power; esoterically, it points to tapas as a stabilizing force in cyclical time.