Shloka 1

Adhyaya 70 — The King Confronts the Rakshasa and Restores the Brahmin’s Wife

Sanskrit

इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे औत्तममन्वन्तरे एकोनसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः । सप्ततितमोऽध्यायः- ७० । मार्कण्डेय उवाच । अथारुरोह स्वरथं प्रणिपत्य महामुनिम् । तेनाख्यातं वनं तच्च प्रययावुत्पलावतम् ॥

Transliteration

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe auttamamanvantare ekonasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ / saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 70 / mārkaṇḍeya uvāca athāruroha svarathaṃ praṇipatya mahāmunim / tenākhyātaṃ vanam antaś ca prayayāv utpalāvatam

Translation

یوں شری مارکنڈےیہ پران کے اوتّم منونتر میں انہترویں باب کا اختتام ہوا۔ اب سترواں باب شروع ہوتا ہے۔ مارکنڈےیہ نے کہا—پھر وہ اپنے رتھ پر سوار ہوا؛ مہارشی کو پرنام کر کے، اُن کے بتائے ہوئے اُس جنگل کی طرف، ‘اُتپلاواٹک’ نامی مقام کو روانہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotation/closure particle (इति-प्रयोगः)

• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe: in the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + mārkaṇḍeya + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; compound: śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa (honorific + proper-name + text)

• auttama-manvantare: in the Auttama Manvantara
• auttama-manvantare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: auttama + manvantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; Tatpuruṣa: auttamasya manvantaram

• ekona-saptatitamaḥ: sixty-ninth
• ekona-saptatitamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekona + saptati + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying adhyāyaḥ; dvigu numeral compound (ekona-saptati = 69) + -tama

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• saptatitamaḥ: seventieth
• saptatitamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saptati + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ordinal adjective qualifying adhyāyaḥ

• adhyāyaḥ: chapter
• adhyāyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• mārkaṇḍeyaḥ: Mārkaṇḍeya
• mārkaṇḍeyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; discourse particle (अनन्तरार्थक)

• āruroha: mounted/ascended
• āruroha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ruh (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• sva-ratham: his own chariot
• sva-ratham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva + ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; karmadhāraya: svaḥ rathaḥ

• praṇipatya: having bowed down
• praṇipatya: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-ṇi-pat (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्-प्रत्यय), indeclinable verbal; action prior to main verb

• mahā-munim: the great sage
• mahā-munim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; karmadhāraya: mahān muniḥ

• tena: by him/with him
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; pronoun

• ākhyātam: told/described
• ākhyātam: Karma (कर्म; described object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-khyā (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; agreeing with vanam

• vanam: forest
• vanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally with vanam

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• prayayau: went forth
• prayayau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yā (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; parasmaipada

• utpala-āvatam: to Utpālāvata (lotus-abounding place)
• utpala-āvatam: Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म; destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpala + āvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; place-name; Tatpuruṣa: utpalānām āvataḥ (abounding in lotuses)

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya narrating

Key Themes

• Narrative continuity
• Obedience to sage counsel
• Pilgrimage/journey to forest

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Right action follows right reverence: the king bows to wisdom (mahāmuni) and then acts decisively, showing the ideal sequence—humility, instruction, execution.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: explicit placement within Auttama-manvantara; the colophon anchors the narrative in Purāṇic time-structure.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘journey to the forest’ indicates movement from courtly order into the testing-ground of the unknown—where dharma must be enacted, not merely proclaimed.