Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 19, Shloka 37
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
तथैव जन्म चाख्यातमलर्कं कथयामि ते ।
तथा च योगः कथितो दत्तात्रेयेण तस्य वै ।
पितृभक्तस्य राजर्षेरलर्कस्य महात्मनः ॥
tathaiva janma cākhyātam alarkaṃ kathayāmi te | tathā ca yogaḥ kathito dattātreyeṇa tasya vai | pitṛbhaktasya rājarṣer alarkasya mahātmanaḥ ||
同样地，我将如所传述那般告诉你阿拉尔卡（Alarka）的出生；同样地，达塔特雷耶（Dattātreya）也将瑜伽教导于他——即那位大心之王仙阿拉尔卡，敬爱并奉事其父者。
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FAQs
The ideal king is also a rājarṣi whose spiritual training (yoga) is integrated with filial piety (pitṛ-bhakti), presenting dharma as relational and disciplined.
Signals vaṃśānucarita-style narrative (royal figure Alarka) combined with upadeśa (yoga instruction), a common Purāṇic blend of genealogy/royal history and teaching.
Pitṛ-bhakti can symbolize reverence to one’s source (cause/principle); yoga taught to such a person implies that humility toward origins is a prerequisite for inner ascent.