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Shloka 1

Adhyaya 53 — The Great Flood

Sanskrit

इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे रुद्रसर्गाभिधानो नाम द्विपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः ।

त्रिपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः—

क्रौष्टुकिरुवाच—

स्वायम्भुवं त्वयाख्यातमेतन्मन्वन्तरञ्च यत् ।

तदहं भगवन् सम्यक् श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथ्यताम् ॥

Transliteration

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe rudrasargābhidhāno nāma dvipañcāśo 'dhyāyaḥ | tripañcāśo 'dhyāyaḥ— krauṣṭukir uvāca svāyambhuvaṃ tvayākhyātam etan manvantarañ ca yat | tad ahaṃ bhagavan samyak śrotum icchāmi kathyatām

Translation

ดังนี้ ในศรีมารกัณฑेयปุราณะ บทที่ห้าสิบสองชื่อว่า ‘รุทร-สรรค’ ได้สิ้นสุดลงแล้ว บัดนี้เริ่มบทที่ห้าสิบสาม เคราษฏุกีกล่าวว่า: “ท่านได้พรรณนาสวายัมภูวะมนูและมันวันตระนั้นแล้ว ข้าแต่ผู้เจริญ ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาจะฟังให้ถูกต้องโดยพิสดารครบถ้วน โปรดกล่าวเถิด”

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative/section-ending particle
śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇein the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
rudra-sarga-abhidhānaḥnamed ‘Rudra-sarga’
rudra-sarga-abhidhānaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootrudra (प्रातिपदिक) + sarga (प्रातिपदिक) + abhidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); 'having the designation Rudra-sarga' (chapter)
nāmacalled
nāma:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnāma (अव्यय/निपात)
FormParticle indicating name (नाम-निपात)
dvi-pañcāśaḥfifty-second
dvi-pañcāśaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdvi (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + pañcāśat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal sense 'fifty-second'
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tri-pañcāśaḥfifty-third
tri-pañcāśaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + pañcāśat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; ordinal sense 'fifty-third'
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular
krauṣṭukiḥKrauṣṭuki
krauṣṭukiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkrauṣṭuki (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु; वच्)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
svāyambhuvam(about) Svāyambhuva (Manu/period)
svāyambhuvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsvāyambhuva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) or Masculine depending on referent; Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); 2nd person pronoun
ākhyātamtold/related
ākhyātam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootā+√khyā (धातु; ख्या)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter Accusative Singular agreeing with svāyambhuvam/etat; 'told'
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative Singular; demonstrative pronoun
manvantaramManvantara (epoch of a Manu)
manvantaram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmanvantara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
yatwhich
yat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; relative pronoun referring to 'which'
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative Singular; correlative pronoun
ahamI
aham:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 1st person pronoun
bhagavanO Lord/Venerable one
bhagavan:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
samyakproperly, fully
samyak:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsamyak (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
śrotumto hear
śrotum:
Prayojana (प्रयोजन; purpose)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु; श्रु)
FormInfinitive (तुमुन्)
icchāmiI wish
icchāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√iṣ (धातु; इष्/इच्छ्)
FormPresent (लट्), 1st person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada
kathyatāmlet it be told
kathyatām:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kath (धातु; कथ्)
FormImperative/benedictive passive-style: Loṭ (लोट्) 3rd person Singular, Ātmanepada; passive sense 'let it be told'
Speakers
Krauṣṭuki → (Mārkaṇḍeya as respondent in subsequent verses)
Key Themes
CosmologyManvantara chronologyDialogue frame (question-answer instruction)

FAQs

The text models śravaṇa (disciplined listening): even after an initial account, the student requests a fuller, more accurate exposition—an ethic of careful learning rather than superficial hearing.

This is the transition into Manvantara: the Purāṇic characteristic that details successive Manus, their gods, sages, and kings.

The shift from ‘sarga’ (emanation) to ‘manvantara’ (ordered governance of time) signals movement from ontological origin to dhārmic administration—cosmos becoming intelligible through cycles and lawful rulership.

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