[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) › 26.7 # Markandeyapurana 26.7 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 26.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.7) tathaiva so 'pi tanvaṅgyā bālatvādavabodhitaḥ / kriyāścakāra niṣkāmo na kiñcidupakārakam // > When the king named the third-born son Śatrumardana, she the beautiful-browed laughed again very long thereat. The slender-limbed mother similarly instructed him also from childhood. Devoid of desire he performed ceremonies, hut not anything beneficial. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.6) - [Next: 26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.8) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.26.p4) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.26.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.26.7) · Pramāṇa