Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 8, Shloka 75

Adhyaya 8 — Harishchandra’s Trial: Truth, the Sale of Family, and Bondage to a Chandala

Sanskrit

तपसोऽत्र सुतप्तस्य ब्राह्मण्यस्यामलस्य च ।

मत्प्रभावस्य चोग्रस्य शुद्धस्याध्ययनस्य च ॥

Transliteration

tapaso ’tra sutaptasya brāhmaṇyasyāmalasya ca | matprabhāvasya cograsya śuddhasyādhyayanasya ca ||

Translation

在此颂词/诵念之中，具足善修苦行之果、无垢婆罗门清净之德、我自身猛烈而纯净之力，以及净化之圣学研习（adhyayana）之果报。

Speakers

• Devī (as the revelatory voice in the Devī Māhātmya narrative) to the addressed devotee(s) within the chapter’s praise/assurance context

Primary Deities

• Devī (Durgā/Caṇḍikā as supreme Goddess)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Stotra/recitation merit
• Tapas and purity
• Vedic study (adhyayana)
• Sacred power (prabhāva)