Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 61, Shloka 9
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
अभ्यर्थितस्तु तेनासौ श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा ।
तस्याचख्यौ स देशांश्च रम्याणि नगराणि च ॥
abhyarthitas tu tenāsau śraddhā-pūtena cetasā |
tasyācakhyau sa deśāṁś ca ramyāṇi nagarāṇi ca ||
Sa kahilingan niya, na ang isip ay nalinis ng pananampalataya, sinabi ng taong iyon ang tungkol sa iba’t ibang lupain at gayundin ang mga nakalulugod na lungsod.
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FAQs
Śraddhā is presented as the inner purity that makes one fit to receive knowledge; the guest responds to sincere, reverent inquiry.
Ākhyāna/Upākhyāna (descriptive narrative), with incidental bhūgolika (geographical) coloring.
The ‘regions and cities’ can be read outwardly as geography and inwardly as stations of experience—knowledge unfolds as one becomes ‘fit’ through śraddhā.