[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) › 45.35 # Markandeyapurana 45.35 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.35) pralayasyānu tenedaṃ vyāptamāsīdaśeṣataḥ / guṇasāmyāttatastasmāt kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitānmune // > 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 > Then from him, in whom the three qualities existed in equipoise, and in whom the Soul\[9\] became prevalent, O Muni; and next from the coming into existence of the qualities which were being created, at the time of creation the first principle Pradhāna came into existence. It enveloped Mahat;\[10\] as the seed is enveloped by its rind, even so Mahat was enveloped by the Imperceptible. It is three-fold, that characterized by goodness, that by passion, and that by ignorance. Then from it was evolved Ahaṅkāra,\[11\] which is three-fold, the Modifying,\[12\] the Energizing,\[13\] and the Evolving\[14\] which is characterized by darkness. And it was enveloped by Mahat, just as Mahat was by the Imperceptible. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 45.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.34) - [Next: 45.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.36) - [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.45.35) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.33) — Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.1.88) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.35) · Pramāṇa