Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 78, Shloka 33
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
भविष्यति मनुः सोऽपि बलिरिन्द्रो यदा तदा ।
शनैश्चरो ग्रहाणाञ्च मध्ये पित्रा नियोजितः ॥
bhaviṣyati manuḥ so 'pi balir indro yadā tadā | śanaiścaro grahāṇāñ ca madhye pitrā niyojitaḥ ||
他也将成为一位摩奴；届时，婆利（Bali）将为因陀罗。沙奈施遮罗（Śanaiścara，土星）将由其父安置于诸行星之列。
FAQs
Authority and status are time-bound within cosmic cycles: even exalted posts like Indra-ship rotate. This undercuts pride and supports a dharmic view of office as service rather than permanent possession.
Manvantara: it explicitly forecasts offices (Manu, Indra) within a coming cycle; also aligns with Purāṇic kalpa-chronology where roles recur in patterned succession.
Śanaiścara’s ‘appointment’ among the grahas encodes the idea that karmic timing (often associated with Saturn) is not random but integrated into cosmic administration—discipline and delay as instruments of order.