Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 24, Shloka 43
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
ततः प्रहृष्टः प्रतिलभ्य कान्तां प्रणम्य नागं निजगाम सोऽथ ।
सुशोभमानः स्वपुरं तमश्वम् आरुह्य संचितितमभ्युपतेम् ॥
tataḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ pratilabhya kāntāṃ praṇamya nāgaṃ nijagāma so ’tha |
suśobhamānaḥ svapuraṃ tam aśvam āruhya saṃcintitam abhyupatem ||
随后，他因重得爱侣而欢喜，向那伽致礼而返。光彩照人，他骑上那匹马，回到自己的城邑，心志专注于既定之决意。
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FAQs
Right guidance restores harmony; one should honor the source of instruction and proceed with deliberate resolve rather than impulse.
Closing movement of an ākhyāna episode; not a pancalakṣaṇa category passage.
Bowing to the Nāga signifies submission of ego to higher wisdom; returning to the city indicates reintegration of insight into worldly life.