[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) › 3.20 # Markandeyapurana 3.20 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 3.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.20) satya-śauca-kṣamācāramatīvodāramānasam / jijñāsustamṛṣiśreṣṭhamasmacchāpabhavāya ca // > “How while he and we thus dwelt in the forest, there came the king of the gods in the appearance of a bird, mighty in size, with broken wings, stricken with age, with eyes of a copperish colour, down-cast in soul; desirous to prove that venerable Ṛṣi, who practised truth, purity, and patience, and who was exceedingly lofty in mind; and for the coming of the curse upon us. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.3.p6) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.3.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.20) · Pramāṇa