[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) › 3.75 # Markandeyapurana 3.75 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 3.75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.75) yanmayoktaṃ na tanmithyā bhaviṣyati kadācana / na me vāganṛtaṃ prāha yāvadadyeti putrakāḥ // > “The Ṛṣi spoke: > “‘What I have uttered, will never become false; my voice has not spoken untruth hitherto, O sons! Fate is here supreme, I think. Fie on worthless manhood, whereby I have been thoughtlessly forced to do a deed that ought not to be done! And since I am besought reverently by you, therefore, when endowed with the nature of brutes, ye shall obtain the highest knowledge. And ye, having your paths illuminated by knowledge, with the stains of pain removed, free from doubt, shall through my favour gain the highest perfection.’ > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.74) - [Next: 3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.76) - [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.p19) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.3.75) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.75) · Pramāṇa