Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 64, Shloka 16

Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha

Sanskrit

इत्याह मां दक्षसुता सती सत्यपरायणाः ।

स्वरोचिस्त्वं ध्रुवं देवी नान्यथा सा वदिष्यति ॥

Transliteration

ity āha māṃ dakṣasutā satī satyaparāyaṇā / svarocis tvaṃ dhruvaṃ devī nānyathā sā vadiṣyati

Translation

于是，达叉之女萨蒂，笃守真实者，对我说道：“你确是娑婆罗吉什（Svārociṣ），噢女神；她不可能说出别的话来。”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह् (धातु; √अह् 'to say'—परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दक्षसुता: Dakṣa's daughter
• दक्षसुता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष + सुता (प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दक्षस्य सुता)

• सती: Satī
• सती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संज्ञा

• सत्यपरायणा: devoted to truth
• सत्यपरायणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य + परायण (प्रातिपदिक + प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सत्ये परायणा = devoted to truth)

• स्वरोचिः: Svaroci (proper name)
• स्वरोचिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरोचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संज्ञा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ध्रुवम्: certainly, surely
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणवत्; नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)

• देवी: O goddess
• देवी: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ (otherwise)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वदिष्यति: will speak
• वदिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narrator reporting: Satī (Dakṣa’s daughter) speaks to ‘me’ (a character within the episode)

Primary Deities

• Satī

Shakti Aspects

• Satī as truth-speaking śakti; identification of a goddess as Svārociṣ

Key Themes

• Truthfulness (satya)
• Divine identity recognition
• Manvantara anchoring
• Authority of a satyaparāyaṇā speaker

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Truthfulness is treated as a mark of spiritual authority: Satī’s ‘would not speak otherwise’ establishes that reliable speech (satya) grounds correct recognition and right action.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: the verse explicitly names Svārociṣ, tying the episode to a defined cosmic administration/time-cycle.

What is the esoteric significance?

Recognition of divine identity functions like ‘naming the power’: to name (Svārociṣ) is to stabilize the manifestation within a cosmic order, making the vidyā’s operation legitimate and effective.