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# Markandeyapurana 3.85

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 3.85

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.85)

iti munivaralabdhasatkriyāste  
munitanayā vihagatvamabhyupetāḥ /  
girivaragahane 'tipuṇyatoye  
yatamanaso nivasanti vindhyapṛṣṭhe //

> Thus, having received respect from the best of sages, / those sons of the sage, having arrived at the state of birds, / dwell on the ridge of the Vindhya, where waters are most sacred, / in the thicket of the excellent mountain, with restrained minds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.85.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.85.p1)

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vindhyaprāptirnāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Reaching the Vindhya', in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.85.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.3.85.p2)

caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ

> Chapter Four  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.3.85) — English, machine translation

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