Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 78, Shloka 1
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे वैवस्वतमन्वन्तरे साप्तसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ।
अष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः— ७८
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
ततस्तं तुष्टुवुर्देवास्तथा देवर्षयो रविम् ।
वाग्भिरोड्यमशेषस्य त्रैलोक्यस्य समागताः ॥
iti śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe vaivasvata-manvantare saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ / aṣṭasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ—78 / mārkaṇḍeya uvāca / tatas taṃ tuṣṭuvur devās tathā devarṣayo ravim / vāgbhir oḍyam aśeṣasya trailokyasya samāgatāḥ
Sa gayon nagwakas ang ikapitumpu’t pitong kabanata ng Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, sa Vaivasvata Manvantara. Nagsisimula ang Kabanata 78. Sinabi ni Mārkaṇḍeya: Pagkaraan, ang mga diyos at gayundin ang mga banal na rishi, na nagtipon mula sa buong tatlong daigdig, na may dalang handog ng pananalita (mga himno), ay nagpuri kay Ravi (ang Araw).
FAQs
When a destructive excess is rightly moderated, the community of beings responds with gratitude and praise; speech offered as stuti is a dharmic act aligning society with ṛta.
Manvantara: the colophon explicitly locates the narrative in Vaivasvata; the stuti also supports the Purāṇic function of reinforcing cosmic governance through praise and remembrance.
‘Offering of speech’ indicates mantra as subtle oblation: hymns stabilize the solar principle within the cosmos and within the practitioner’s inner world.