Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 74, Shloka 49
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ततः स तामसस्तेन पित्रा संवर्धितो वने ।
जातबुद्धिरुवाचेदं पितरं मुनिसत्तम ॥
tataḥ sa tāmasas tena pitrā saṃvardhito vane / jāta-buddhir uvācedaṃ pitaraṃ muni-sattama
随后，那位塔摩萨（Tāmasa）由其父在林中抚育；当其悟性苏醒之时，便对父亲说出如下言辞，噢，诸贤中最胜者。
FAQs
Inner maturity (jāta-buddhi) is presented as the prerequisite for meaningful counsel and action; the forest setting underscores simplicity and discipline as formative influences.
Vamśānucarita: it continues the life-story development of a lineage figure whose role connects to Manvantara ordering.
The forest represents withdrawal from worldly noise; ‘awakening of intellect’ indicates the surfacing of dharmic discernment, preparing the figure for governance/order-making functions.