Markandeyapurana 4.59

4.59

ityetat te samākhyātaṃ kṛtakṛtyo 'pi yatprabhuḥ /
mānuṣatvaṃ gato viṣṇuḥ śṛṇuṣvāsyottaraṃ punaḥ //

Thus ends the second chapter, named 'The Incarnations of the Four Emanations,' in the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.

“Thus this has been declared to thee, how that the lord Viṣṇu, though all-successful, assumed human form. Hear again the sequel thereof.”

4.59.p1

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe caturvyūhāvatāro nāma dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ

Fifth Chapter

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pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ

The birds said: / Formerly, when the son of Tvaṣṭṛ was slain, O brahmin, a great loss / happened to the fiery splendor of Indra, who was overcome by the killing of a brahmin.