Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 45, Shloka 68

Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation

Sanskrit

वृतमण्डं दशगुणैरेकेकैकत्वेन तैः पुनः ।

महता तत्प्रमाणेन सहैवानेन वेष्टितः ॥

Transliteration

vṛtamaṇḍaṃ daśaguṇair ekekaikatvena taiḥ punaḥ | mahatā tatpramāṇena sahaivānena veṣṭitaḥ

Translation

宇宙之球为诸层所围裹；每一层依次为前一层之十倍。连同此广大尺度，确为此覆裹体系所包封。

Speakers

• Cosmological narration; speaker not explicitly marked here

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred geometry/measure
• Āvaraṇa (cosmic coverings)
• Sāṃkhya-influenced vocabulary