Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 93, Shloka 17
Adhyaya 93 — The Goddess’s Boons to Suratha and the Merchant (Conclusion of the Devi Mahatmyam)
एवं देव्याः वरं लब्ध्वा सुरथः क्षत्रियर्षभः ।
सूर्याज्जन्म समासाद्य सावर्णिर्भविता मनुः ॥
evaṃ devyā varaṃ labdhvā surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ | sūryāj janma samāsādya sāvarṇir bhavitā manuḥ ||
Kaya nga, si Suratha—toro sa hanay ng mga kṣatriya—matapos tumanggap ng biyaya mula sa Diyosa, ay nang maglaon ay isinilang mula sa Araw at naging Manu na tinatawag na Sāvarṇi.
FAQs
The Purāṇa models ideal rulership and devotion: righteous kingship is validated and restored by the divine, and sustained devotion can culminate in service at the scale of an age (manvantara).
Manvantara and Vamśa (connection to Sūrya/Vivasvat) are foregrounded, embedded within Carita (Suratha’s story).
Suratha’s transition from a dispossessed king to Manu encodes an ascent from fragmented authority to integrated cosmic order—Śakti converts suffering into a mandate for dharma at a universal level.