Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 17, Shloka 20
Adhyaya 17 — The Birth of Atri’s Three Sons: Soma, Dattatreya, and Durvasa
ततो दिव्याम्बरधरां चारुपीननितम्बिनीम् ।
नारीमादाय कल्याणीमुत्तितार जलान्मुनिः ॥
tato divyāmbaradharāṃ cārupīnanitambinīm | nārīm ādāya kalyāṇīm uttitāra jalān muniḥ ||
پھر وہ مُنی پانی سے اُٹھ کھڑا ہوا اور اپنے ساتھ ایک مبارک عورت کو لے آیا جو آسمانی لباس میں ملبوس تھی؛ وہ حسین اور بھرے ہوئے کولہوں والی تھی۔
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FAQs
The episode uses a socially charged stimulus (sexual/romantic proximity) to examine whether disciples cling to externals or understand the yogin’s inner freedom and pedagogical intent.
Ākhyāna (didactic tale) illustrating Dharma and Yoga psychology; not a creation/genealogy unit, but a moral-spiritual vignette.
The ‘celestial woman’ can symbolize siddhi/pleasure that arises when one plunges into yogic depths; the challenge is to see it as an appearance in consciousness, not as bondage.