Shloka 61
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
कन्योवाच तपस्वी यदि मे तातस् तत् किमृक्षमिदं दिवि ।
समारोप्य विवाहो मे तदृक्षे क्रियते न तु ॥
kanyovāca tapasvī yadi me tātas tat kim ṛkṣam idaṃ divi | samāropya vivāho me tadṛkṣe kriyate na tu ||
少女说道：“父亲，若他确为苦行者，那么天上的这宿（ṛkṣa，星宿）又是什么？请将它上举（移其位置），使我的婚礼得以在那星宿之下举行。”
FAQs
Ritual life (like marriage) is portrayed as harmonized with cosmic rhythms; yet the text also teaches that higher spiritual power (tapas) can reconcile obstacles without violating dharma’s intent.
Manvantara/Vaṃśa narrative with a cosmological note: it links human rites to celestial order, a typical Purāṇic bridging of social dharma and cosmology.
The ‘raising of the asterism’ symbolizes elevating one’s inner timing (kāla) so that life-events occur under an auspicious, clarified state of consciousness.