Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 75, Shloka 47
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
ऋषिरुवाच
प्रियेतिसाम्प्रतं येयं त्वयोक्ता वरवर्णिनी ।
किं विस्मृतन्ते भूपाल श्लाघ्येयं गृहिणी तव ॥
ṛṣir uvāca
priyeti sāmprataṃ yeyaṃ tvayoktā varavarṇinī /
kiṃ vismṛtante bhūpāla ślāghyeyaṃ gṛhiṇī tava //
仙人说道：“方才你自己称她为‘爱妻’——这位卓绝而光辉的女子。大地的守护者啊，你为何忘却了她？你的这位妻子实堪称颂。”
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FAQs
Forgetfulness of one’s obligations—especially toward those who sustain one’s life and dharma—is treated as a moral lapse. Praise without remembrance/commitment is hollow.
Didactic narrative; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
‘Smṛti’ (memory) is a spiritual faculty; its distortion indicates inner veiling. The sage’s reminder functions like a guru’s intervention to restore right-seeing.