Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 78, Shloka 24
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
रेतसोऽन्ते च रेवन्तः खड्गी चर्मो तनुत्रधृक् ।
अश्वारूढः समुद्भूतो बाणतूणसमन्वितः ॥
retaso 'nte ca revantaḥ khaḍgī carmo tanutradhṛk / aśvārūḍhaḥ samudbhūto bāṇatūṇasamanvitaḥ
At sa wakas ng pagbuga ng binhi, lumitaw si Revanta—may tangan na espada, kalasag, at baluti—nakasakay sa kabayo at may mga palaso at lalagyan ng palaso.
FAQs
The verse presents ‘dharma of protection’ through iconography: divine power is not only luminous (Sūrya) but also defensive and order-preserving (armed, armored Revanta).
Vaṃśānucarita: it records the characteristic birth and attributes of a figure within the Solar familial cycle.
Revanta’s immediate emergence as fully armed suggests latent śakti manifesting as readiness—‘potential’ becoming ‘function’ without graduality, a common Purāṇic sign of divinity.