Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 80, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
पाताल आस्ते योऽद्यापि दैत्यः समयबन्धनः ।
विरजाश्चार्ववीरश्च निर्मोहः सत्यवाक्कृतिः ।
विष्ण्वाद्याश्चैव तनयाः सावर्णस्य मनोर्नृपाः ॥
pātāla āste yo ’dyāpi daityaḥ samayabandhanaḥ / virajāś cārvavīraś ca nirmohaḥ satyavāk kṛtiḥ / viṣṇvādyāś caiva tanayāḥ sāvarṇasya manornṛpāḥ
Ang Daitya na iyon (si Bali) ay nananatiling naninirahan sa Pātāla, na nakagapos dahil sa isang kasunduan. Sina Viraja, Cārvavīra, Nirmoha, Satyavāk, Kṛti, at iba pa na nagsisimula kay Viṣṇu ay mga anak—mga hari—ni Sāvarṇi Manu.
FAQs
Even mighty beings are ‘bound by samaya’—a lawful condition or covenant. Power is subordinated to dharma and divine ordinance; restraint and accountability are cosmic principles.
Manvantara and Vaṃśa: it continues manvantara particulars (Indra’s status) and genealogical listing (Manu’s sons).
Pātāla here functions as a liminal ‘holding realm’: forces not presently manifest in the upper worlds are conserved under constraint, to re-emerge when the cycle requires their role.