Shloka 1

Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)

Sanskrit

इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे ब्रह्मोत्पतिर् नाम पञ्चचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।

श्रीमन्महर्षिवेदव्यासप्रणीतं श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणम् । (द्वितीयो भागः)

षट्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।

क्रौष्टुकिरुवाच भगवन्स्त्वण्डसम्भूतिर्यथावत् कथिता मम ।

ब्रह्माण्डे ब्रह्मणो जन्म तथा चोक्तं महात्मनः ॥

Transliteration

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe brahmotpatir nāma pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | śrīmanmaharṣivedavyāsapraṇītaṃ śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇam | (dvitīyo bhāgaḥ) ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ | krauṣṭukir uvāca bhagavaṃs tv aṇḍasambhūtir yathāvat kathitā mama | brahmāṇḍe brahmaṇo janma tathā coktaṃ mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Như vậy, trong Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, chương bốn mươi lăm mang tên “Nguồn gốc của Brahmā” (phần thứ hai) kết thúc. Chương bốn mươi sáu. Krauṣṭuki thưa: “Bạch Đấng Thánh, nguồn gốc của trứng vũ trụ đã được Ngài giảng giải cho con đúng đắn; và cả sự sinh ra của Brahmā trong Brahmāṇḍa, ô bậc đại hồn.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, colophon marker/quotative

• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe: in the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + mārkaṇḍeya + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (title compound), Neuter, Locative Singular (सप्तमी एकवचन)

• brahmotpatiḥ: (chapter) ‘Origin of Brahmā’
• brahmotpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘origin of Brahmā’; Feminine stem ‘utpatti’, Nominative Singular (प्रथमा एकवचन) (colophon title usage)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, nomen particle (नाम-निपात) ‘named/called’

• pañca-catvāriṃśaḥ: forty-fifth
• pañca-catvāriṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan + catvāriṃśat (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu (द्विगु) numeral compound ‘forty-five’; Masculine, Nominative Singular qualifying ‘adhyāyaḥ’

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

• śrīman-maharṣi-veda-vyāsa-praṇītam: composed by the revered sage Vedavyāsa
• śrīman-maharṣi-veda-vyāsa-praṇītam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrīman + maharṣi + veda-vyāsa + praṇīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa chain: ‘composed by the venerable sage Vedavyāsa’; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular qualifying ‘purāṇam’

• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam: the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
• śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + mārkaṇḍeya + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (title compound), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular

• dvitīyaḥ: second
• dvitīyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative Singular; qualifying ‘bhāgaḥ’

• bhāgaḥ: part, section
• bhāgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative Singular

• ṣaṭ-catvāriṃśaḥ: forty-sixth
• ṣaṭ-catvāriṃśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ + catvāriṃśat (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvigu numeral compound ‘forty-six’; Masculine, Nominative Singular qualifying ‘adhyāyaḥ’

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

• krauṣṭukiḥ: Krauṣṭuki
• krauṣṭukiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krauṣṭuki (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative Singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, perfect), 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

• bhagavan: O Blessed one
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative Singular (सम्बोधन एकवचन)

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle

• aṇḍa-sambhūtiḥ: the egg-origin (cosmic-egg birth)
• aṇḍa-sambhūtiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṇḍa + sambhūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘origin from the egg (cosmic egg)’; Feminine, Nominative Singular

• yathāvat: properly
• yathāvat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb ‘properly/in due manner’

• kathitā: has been told
• kathitā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine Nominative Singular; agreeing with ‘aṇḍasambhūtiḥ’

• mama: to me/of me
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Genitive Singular (षष्ठी एकवचन)

• brahmāṇḍe: in the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa)
• brahmāṇḍe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + aṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa ‘Brahmā’s egg/cosmic egg’; Neuter, Locative Singular (सप्तमी एकवचन)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā/Brahman
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter stem ‘brahman’; Genitive Singular (षष्ठी एकवचन)

• janma: birth
• janma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; here Nominative as topic ‘birth’

• tathā: also/thus
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb ‘thus/also’

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

• uktam: has been said
• uktam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter Nominative/Accusative Singular; impersonal/passive ‘has been said’

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive Singular (षष्ठी एकवचन)

Speakers

• Krauṣṭuki (questioner) addressing a revered interlocutor (bhagavan) at the opening of Adhyāya 46

Verse Rasa

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Primary Deities

• Brahmā

Key Themes

• Textual colophon
• Cosmology continuation
• Dialogue structure (question-and-answer)

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purāṇic method is dialogic: careful listening (śravaṇa) culminates in precise restatement and further inquiry—modeling disciplined learning.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This is a transition marker after Sarga (creation) exposition; it introduces continued cosmological narration rather than manvantara/vaṃśa material.

What is the esoteric significance?

Colophons and frame-questions signal ‘adhikāra’ (readiness): the listener has assimilated one layer and is prepared to proceed deeper into causal explanations.