Adhyaya 77 — Shumbha and Nishumbha
षट्सप्ततितमः सप्तसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः- ७७
मārkaṇḍeya uvāca
मार्तण्ड रस्यवेर्भार्या तनया विश्वकर्मणः ।
संज्ञा नाम महाभाग तस्यां भानुरजीजनत् ॥
ṣaṭsaptatitamaḥ saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 77 mārkaṇḍeya uvāca mārtaṇḍa rasyaverbhāryā tanayā viśvakarmaṇaḥ / saṃjñā nāma mahābhāga tasyāṃ bhānur ajījanat
مارکنڈےیہ نے کہا—اے نیک بخت! وِشوکرما کی بیٹی ‘سنج्ञا’ نامی مارتنڈ (سورج) کی زوجہ بنی۔ اسی سے بھانو (سورج) نے اولاد پیدا کی۔
The Purāṇa grounds cosmic governance (Manu) in a sacred genealogy: social and cosmic order are traced back to luminous, intelligible principles symbolized by the Sun.
Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita: it introduces the lineage (Solar line) that produces Vaivasvata Manu.
Saṃjñā (‘cognition/recognition’) joined to the Sun suggests that lawful order arises when illumination (Sūrya) is paired with right perception (saṃjñā).