Shloka 22
Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्ता सा तदा पित्रा तथेत्युक्त्वा च सा मुने ।
संपूजयित्वा पितरं जगामाथोत्तरान् कुरून् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityuktā sā tadā pitrā tathetyuktvā ca sā mune / saṃpūjayitvā pitaraṃ jagāmāthottarān kurūn
मार्कण्डेय उवाच—एवं पित्रा उक्ता सा ‘एवमस्तु’ इति प्रत्युवाच, मुने। पितरं यथाविधि पूजयित्वा ततः उत्तरकुरून् जगाम।
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FAQs
Even when departing to pursue one’s course, one completes obligations through reverence (saṃpūjā) to elders—dharma before travel.
Touches ‘bhūgola/geo-mythic’ material (Uttara-Kuru) but remains chiefly narrative (kathā) rather than a formal cosmography section.
Uttara-Kuru often connotes an idealized, otherworldly northern realm; the move suggests withdrawal from ordinary heat/experience toward a subtler spiritual condition.