Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
षट्सप्ततितमः सप्तसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः- ७७
मārkaṇḍeya uvāca
मार्तण्ड रस्यवेर्भार्या तनया विश्वकर्मणः ।
संज्ञा नाम महाभाग तस्यां भानुरजीजनत् ॥
ṣaṭsaptatitamaḥ saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 77 mārkaṇḍeya uvāca mārtaṇḍa rasyaverbhāryā tanayā viśvakarmaṇaḥ / saṃjñā nāma mahābhāga tasyāṃ bhānur ajījanat
Disse Mārkaṇḍeya: Ó nobre, Saṃjñā—filha de Viśvakarman—tornou-se esposa de Mārtaṇḍa (o Sol). Nela, Bhānu (o Sol) gerou descendência.
The Purāṇa grounds cosmic governance (Manu) in a sacred genealogy: social and cosmic order are traced back to luminous, intelligible principles symbolized by the Sun.
Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita: it introduces the lineage (Solar line) that produces Vaivasvata Manu.
Saṃjñā (‘cognition/recognition’) joined to the Sun suggests that lawful order arises when illumination (Sūrya) is paired with right perception (saṃjñā).