Shloka 53

Adhyaya 69 — The King’s Neglect of His Wife and the Restoration of Dharma

Sanskrit

इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे स्वारोचिषे मन्वन्तरे पञ्चषष्टितमोऽध्यायः ।

यथाहं समतीतञ्च वर्तमानञ्च सर्वतः ॥

Transliteration

iti śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe svārociṣe manvantare pañca-ṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ | yathāhaṃ samatītaṃ ca vartamānaṃ ca sarvataḥ ||

Translation

Assim termina o sexagésimo quinto capítulo do Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, no Svārociṣa Manvantara. (E:) “Assim como eu (sei) em toda parte, tanto o passado quanto o presente…”

Speakers

• Textual colophon; then narrative voice continuing into a speaker’s claim (likely ṛṣi in dialogue
• clarified in subsequent verses)

Key Themes

• Manvantara structure
• Purāṇic colophon
• Time-knowledge (past/present)