Shloka 8
भद्रवटगमनम् — स्कन्देन महिषदानवनिग्रहः
Bhadravaṭa Procession and Skanda’s Neutralization of Mahiṣa
बाहुभ्यामनुदात्तौ च विश्वे भूतानि चैव ह । एतान् सृष्टवा ततः पठच पितृणामसृजत् सुतान्,दोनों भुजाओंसे प्राकृत और वैकृत भेदवाले दोनों अनुदात्तोंको मन और ज्ञानेन्द्रियोंके समस्त (छहों) देवताओंको तथा पाँच महाभूतोंको उत्पन्न किया। इन सबकी सृष्टि करनेके पश्चात् उन्होंने पाँचों पितरोंके लिये पाँच पुत्र और उत्पन्न किये
bāhubhyām anudāttau ca viśve bhūtāni caiva ha | etān sṛṣṭvā tataḥ paṭhaca pitṝṇām asṛjat sutān ||
马尔坎德耶说道：“他从双臂化生两类‘阿奴达多’（自然与变异之别），并化生主宰心与诸根的诸神，以及五大元素。造就这一切之后，他又为祖灵（Pitṛ）生出子嗣。”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes ordered creation: cosmic principles (elements and presiding deities) are established first, and then ancestral continuity is secured through offspring for the Pitṛs—highlighting dharma as the maintenance of world-order through both cosmology and lineage/ritual obligations.
Mārkaṇḍeya describes a stage of creation in which beings/elements and divine functionaries are produced, followed by the generation of sons connected to the Pitṛs, ensuring the continuation of ancestral rites and the stability of the created world.