श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । मीनो भूत्वा पुरा कल्पे प्रीत्यर्थं ब्रह्मणो विभुः । समर्पयत्समुद्धृत्य वन्दान्मग्नान्महार्णवे
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | mīno bhūtvā purā kalpe prītyarthaṃ brahmaṇo vibhuḥ | samarpayatsamuddhṛtya vandānmagnānmahārṇave
شری مارکنڈےیہ نے کہا: قدیم ایک کلپ میں پرمیشور نے مچھلی کا روپ دھارا؛ برہما کی خوشنودی کے لیے اس نے مہاساگر میں ڈوبے ہوئے ویدوں کو اٹھا کر ادب سے واپس سپرد کر دیا۔
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: A King (rājan)
Scene: A vast pralaya-ocean; the Lord as a great Fish rises with radiance, bearing or retrieving the Vedas (as palm-leaf bundles or luminous śruti-symbols) and offering them to Brahmā seated on a lotus.
When sacred knowledge is endangered, the Lord intervenes to restore the Vedas and re-establish dharma.
No single site is named in this avatāra episode; it supports the broader Jayavārāha tīrtha glorification by praising Viṣṇu’s saving acts.
None explicitly; the verse is mythic-theological narration.