Shloka 31
Adhyaya 52 — Markandeya's Powers
तेभ्यः स्वधा सुते जज्ञे मेनां वै धारिणीं तथा ।
ते उभे ब्रह्मवादिन्यौ योगिन्यौ चाप्युभे द्विज ॥
tebhyaḥ svadhā sute jajñe menāṃ vai dhāriṇīṃ tathā | te ubhe brahmavādinyau yoginyau cāpy ubhe dvija ||
వారివలన స్వధా రెండు కుమార్తెలను ప్రసవించింది—మేనా మరియు ధారిణీ. ఓ ద్విజా, వారు ఇద్దరూ బ్రహ్మవాదినులు, ఇద్దరూ యోగినులే।
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FAQs
The verse explicitly affirms women as brahmavādinīs and yoginīs—authorized knowers and teachers of Brahman—countering any simplistic assumption that spiritual authority is exclusively male in Purāṇic memory.
Vaṃśa (genealogy) linked to ritual-cosmology: Svadhā (Pitṛ-offering principle) generates notable female figures, tying śrāddha theology to sacred history.
Svadhā represents the subtle 'nourishment' offered to ancestors; her daughters being yoginīs suggests that honoring lineage (outer continuity) and realizing Brahman (inner continuity) are two faces of one sacred economy.