Adhyaya 27 — Madālasa’s Instruction to King Alarka: Royal Ethics, Self-Conquest, and Statecraft
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे पुत्रानुशासनं नाम षड्विंशोऽध्यायः ।
सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः । जड उवाच ।
एवमुल्लाप्यमानस्तु स तु मात्रा दिने दिने ।
ववृधे वयसा बालो बुद्ध्या चाऽलर्कसंज्ञितः ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe putrānuśāsanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | jaḍa uvāca | evam ullāpyamānas tu sa tu mātrā dine dine | vavṛdhe vayasā bālo buddhyā cālarkasaṃjñitaḥ ||
یوں شری مارکنڈےیہ پران میں ‘پُتر اُپدیش’ نامی چھبیسواں باب ختم ہوا۔ اب ستائیسواں باب شروع ہوتا ہے۔ جڑ نے کہا—ماں کی ایسی نصیحتوں سے روز بروز مخاطَب ہو کر وہ لڑکا عمر اور عقل میں بڑھا اور ‘آلرک’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا۔
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Repeated instruction (śikṣā) is shown as formative: the mother’s daily counsel becomes the cause of both maturity and discernment, indicating the purāṇic emphasis on saṃskāra through steady guidance.
This is a narrative seam (adhyāya-saṃdhi) and not a pancalakṣaṇa element. It supports vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling by marking the progression of a royal figure.
The ‘day-by-day’ instruction suggests sādhana through repetition: wisdom is not merely heard once but internalized until it becomes one’s very identity (here, the emergence of Ālarka as a recognized persona).