Shloka 63
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततस्तपः प्रभावेण रेवत्यृक्षं महामुनिः ।
यथापूर्वं तथा चक्रे सोमयोगी द्विजोत्तम ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tatas tapaḥ prabhāveṇa revatyṛkṣaṃ mahāmuniḥ | yathāpūrvaṃ tathā cakre somayogī dvijottama ||
மார்கண்டேயர் கூறினார்—அப்போது அந்த மகரிஷி, தன் தவவலிமையால்—இருபிறப்போரில் முதன்மை, சோமயோகப் பயிற்சியாளர்—கருதினபடியே ரேவதி நட்சத்திரத்தைச் சரியான முறையில் ஒழுங்குபடுத்தினார்.
FAQs
The Purāṇa legitimizes tapas as a sanctioned spiritual technology when wielded by a ‘dvijottama’ for dharmic ends, rather than for disruption or ego.
Sthāna (ordering of the cosmos) is explicitly invoked through rearranging an asterism; it remains embedded in Vaṃśānucarita as part of a lineage narrative.
‘Somayoga’ hints at mastery over the lunar principle—mind, time, and cyclicality—suggesting inner control that reflects outwardly as control over celestial cycles.