Shloka 1
Adhyaya 13 — Raivata and Chakshusha
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे पिताः पुत्रसंवादे महारौरवादिनरकाख्यानं नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः ।
त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः ।
पुत्र उवाच ।
अहं वैश्यकुले जातो जनमन्यास्मात्तु सप्तमे ।
समतीते गवां रोधं निपाने कृतवान् पुरा ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe pitāḥ putrasaṃvāde mahārauravādinarakākhyānaṃ nāma dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ putra uvāca ahaṃ vaiśyakule jāto janmany asmāt tu saptame / samatīte gavāṃ rodhaṃ nipāne kṛtavān purā
(Colophon:) Thus in the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, in the dialogue of father and son, ends the twelfth chapter called ‘Account of hells beginning with Mahāraurava.’ Now begins the thirteenth chapter. The son said: ‘I was born in a Vaiśya family; and in my seventh birth from this one, long ago, I obstructed cattle at a watering place.’
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FAQs
Even seemingly ‘small’ acts of harm—like obstructing animals from water—carry karmic weight across lifetimes; the narrative encourages compassion and care for dependents (including animals).
Not a lakṣaṇa section; it is ethical narrative illustrating karma and rebirth, serving the Purāṇic purpose of dharma instruction.
Cattle at a watering place symbolize vital life-support (prāṇa, sustenance). To block water is to block life-flow; the story allegorizes how obstructing others’ welfare obstructs one’s own spiritual progress.