Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 24, Shloka 41
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
मायेति दर्शिता तेन मिथ्या मायेति यत्स्फुटम् ।
वाय्वम्बुतेजसां भूमेराकाशस्य च चेष्टया ॥
māyeti darśitā tena mithyā māyeti yat sphuṭam |
vāyv ambu-tejasāṃ bhūmer ākāśasya ca ceṣṭayā ||
由他清楚表明：此乃“摩耶”（māyā），确为虚妄之摩耶——借由风、水、火、地与空（虚空）诸界的作用而显现。
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FAQs
What appears compelling can be constructed from elemental processes; therefore one should not grant ultimate reality to sense-appearances.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa core (creation/manvantara/lineage), but a philosophical aside within narrative, consistent with Purāṇic pedagogy.
The five elements represent the field of experience; māyā is the misapprehension arising when consciousness identifies with their movements.