Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 19, Shloka 12
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
तेषामहं परां तुष्टिं पुत्रदारधनादिकम् ।
प्रदास्याम्यवघातञ्च हनिष्याम्यवमन्यताम् ॥
teṣām ahaṃ parāṃ tuṣṭiṃ putradāradhanādikam /
pradāsyāmy avaghātañ ca haniṣyāmy avamanyatām
அவர்களுக்கு நான் உச்சமான திருப்தியை அளிப்பேன்—மக்கள், மனைவி, செல்வம் முதலியவை; மேலும் அவர்களுக்கு ஏற்பட்ட தீங்குகளை அழித்து, அவர்கள்மீது நிகழும் அவமதிப்புக்கும் முடிவை ஏற்படுத்துவேன்।
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FAQs
The promise links dharmic devotion with both inner fulfillment (tuṣṭi) and outer stability (family/wealth), and also with social justice—harm and dishonor against devotees are checked.
Carita material: it motivates the later eminence of the king by specifying the divine economy of merit and protection.
‘Destroying harm and disrespect’ indicates a protective field around dharma: alignment with the sacred is portrayed as generating both prosperity and an aura of inviolability.