Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 58, Shloka 3
Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions
कथं स संस्थितो देवः कूर्मरूपी जनार्दनः ।
शुभाशुभं मनुष्याणां व्यज्यते च ततः कथम् ।
यथामुखं यथापादन्तस्य तद्ब्रूह्यशेषतः ॥
kathaṃ sa saṃsthito devaḥ kūrmarūpī janārdanaḥ | śubhāśubhaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ vyajyate ca tataḥ katham | yathāmukhaṃ yathāpādāntasya tad brūhyaśeṣataḥ ||
Paano inilalagak ang Panginoong Janārdana, na nakatatag sa anyong pagong? At paano mula roon ipinahihiwatig ang mabuti at masamang bunga para sa mga tao? Ipaliwanag nang ganap—ayon sa direksiyon ng Kaniyang mukha at ayon sa lawak ng Kaniyang mga paa.
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FAQs
Human welfare is portrayed as intertwined with cosmic order: geography, celestial markers (nakṣatras), and divine orientation are treated as meaningful signs. The ethical implication is attentiveness to ṛta/dharma—living in harmony with the larger order that the Purāṇa frames as divinely structured.
Primarily within Sthiti (ordered arrangement/maintenance) and Vaṃśānucarita-style descriptive passages; it is a cosmographic mapping rather than creation (sarga) or dissolution (pratisarga).
The tortoise-form functions as a stabilizing cosmic support (dhāraṇa). ‘Face’ and ‘feet’ suggest orientation and reach—symbolically, how consciousness (mukha) and action/support (pāda) structure the field where karmic outcomes (śubha/aśubha) ripen.