[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) › 45.34 # Markandeyapurana 45.34 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.34) anādyantaṃ jagadyoni triguṇaprabhavāpyayam / asāmpratamavijñeyaṃ brahmāgre samavartata // > Pradhāna is the cause, which is designated the Imperceptible, and which the great ṛṣis call the subtle, permanent Prakṛti, composed of good and evil. Brahmā at first existed certain, imperishable, undecaying, immeasurable, self-dependent, destitute of odour, form, and taste, devoid of sound and touch, without beginning or end, the origin of the universe, unchanged\[7\] by the power of the three qualities, not modern,\[8\] unknowable. Subsequent to the dissolution, all this universe was pervaded by him completely. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 45.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.33) - [Next: 45.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.35) - [Up: 45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.45.p10) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.45.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.4.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.4.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.34) · Pramāṇa