Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 26, Shloka 8
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
चतुर्थस्य सुतस्याथ चिकीर्षुर्नाम भूमिपः ।
ददर्श तां शुभाचारामीषद्धासां मदालसाम् ।
तामाह राजा हसतीं किञ्चित् कौतूहलान्वितः ॥
caturthasya sutasyātha cikīrṣur nāma bhūmipaḥ / dadarśa tāṃ śubhācārām īṣaddhāsāṃ madālasām / tām āha rājā hasatīṃ kiñcit kautūhalānvitaḥ
Pagkaraan, ang hari, na nagnanais magbigay ng pangalan sa ikaapat na anak, ay nakita si Madālasa—na may mabuting asal—na bahagyang nakangiti. Ang hari, na may kaunting pag-uusisa, ay nagsalita sa kanya habang siya’y tumatawa.
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FAQs
Curiosity becomes the doorway to instruction: the king’s question invites Madālasa to articulate a deeper criterion for naming and for life-goals beyond martial display.
Didactic narrative (upākhyāna) serving Dharma teaching; not a direct Vaṃśa listing here, though situated in a royal family context.
Madālasa’s ‘slight smile’ suggests compassionate irony: she sees the impermanence of worldly labels and is poised to redirect meaning from externals to inner destiny.