[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 2.10 # Markandeyapurana 2.10 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 2.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.2.10) kaṅkaṃ vinihataṃ śrutvā kandharaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ / vidyudrūpavadhāyāśu manaścakre 'ṇḍajeśvaraḥ // > Having heard that Kanka was slain, Kandhara the king of the birds, bewildered with anger, resolved speedily to slay Vidyudrūpa. Having gone to the mountain-top, where Kanka lay slain, the king of the birds, his eyes swollen with anger and resentment, and sighing like the king of the Nāgas performed the Saṅkalana for his elder brother. Where sits the slayer of his brother, there he went, rocking the lofty mountains with the mighty wind from his wings. He, with blood-red eyes, overtopping the mountains, and forcibly hurling down masses of clouds with his wings, used to destroy his enemies suddenly. There he saw that demon, whose thoughts were intent on drinking, whose face and eyes were of a copperish colour, and who was seated on a golden couch, whose crest was.covered with strings of garlands, who was adorned with yellow sandal, whose face was very horrible with teeth that resembled the inside of the Ketakī leaf. And he saw, seated on the Rākṣasa’s left thigh his long-eyed wife, named Madanikā, whose voice was soft as the cuckoo’s. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.2.9) - [Next: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.2.11) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.2.p6) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.2.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.2.10) · Pramāṇa