Shloka 8
भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः
Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa
बाहुभ्यामनुदात्तौ च विश्वे भूतानि चैव ह । एतान् सृष्टवा ततः पठच पितृणामसृजत् सुतान्
bāhubhyām anudāttau ca viśve bhūtāni caiva ha | etān sṛṣṭvā tataḥ paṭhaca pitṝṇām asṛjat sutān ||
मार्कण्डेय उवाच—स बाहुभ्यां प्राकृतवैकृतभेदौ अनुदात्तौ, मनोऽधिष्ठातॄन् ज्ञानेन्द्रियदेवताः सर्वाः, पञ्च महाभूतानि च ससर्ज। एतान् सर्वान् सृष्ट्वा पश्चात् पितॄणां कृते पञ्च पुत्रानपि जनयामास।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes ordered creation: cosmic principles (elements and presiding deities) are established first, and then ancestral continuity is secured through offspring for the Pitṛs—highlighting dharma as the maintenance of world-order through both cosmology and lineage/ritual obligations.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a stage of creation in which beings/elements and divine functionaries are produced, followed by the generation of sons connected to the Pitṛs, ensuring the continuation of ancestral rites and the stability of the created world.