Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 50, Shloka 14
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
शतरूपाञ्च तां नारीं तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाम् ।
स्वायम्भुवो मनुर्देवः पत्नीत्वे जगृहे विभुः ॥
śatarūpāṃ ca tāṃ nārīṃ taponirdhūtakalmaṣām | svāyambhuvo manur devaḥ patnītve jagṛhe vibhuḥ ||
அந்த வல்லமைமிக்க ஸ்வாயம்புவ மனு, தவத்தால் மாசுகள் எரிந்து நீங்கிய அந்த சதரூபா பெண்ணைத் தன் மனைவியாக ஏற்றுக்கொண்டான்।
FAQs
Householder life (gṛhastha) is grounded in inner purification: even the primordial couple is portrayed as tapas-purified, suggesting that progeny and social order should rest on self-discipline.
Manvantara and Vaṃśa: establishment of the primal human pair through whom lineages proceed.
Śatarūpā (‘hundred-formed’) can symbolize prakṛti’s many modalities; union with Manu (law/mind) indicates order guiding multiplicity into coherent creation.