[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) › 4.53 # Markandeyapurana 4.53 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 4.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.4.53) yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati jaimine / abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjatyasau // > “The third form of Viṣṇu, which is assiduously intent on the preservation of creatures, always maintains righteousness on the earth. It destroys the haughty Asuras, the exterminators of righteousness; it protects the gods, and holy men, who are devoted to the preservation of righteousness. Whensoever, O Jaimini, the wane of righteousness occurs and the rise of iniquity, then it creates itself. Having formerly become existent, as a wild boar it repelled the water with its snout, and lifted out the earth like a lotus with one of its tushes. Having taken the form of the man-lion, it slew Hiraṇyakaśipu, and destroyed Vipracitti and other Dānavas. I cannot now enumerate its other incarnations, those of the dwarf, etc.: his recent incarnation here was this one in Mathurā. Thus that form, which is characterized by goodness, becomes incarnate; and it is designated Pradyumna; it is occupied in the work of preservation. And ever by Vāsudeva’s will, it exists in divine form, human form, and brute form, and partakes of their several natures. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.4.52) - [Next: 4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.4.54) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.4) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.4.p11) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.4.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.4.53) · Pramāṇa