[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) › 45.53 # Markandeyapurana 45.53 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.53) dviguṇo jāyate vāyustasya sparśo guṇo mataḥ / rūpantathaivāviśataḥ śabdasparśaguṇāvubhau // > Ether has the element\[24\] of sound only. When the element of touch accrued, Air comes into existence with two properties\[25\]; touch is known to he its peculiar property. Moreover, when to form accrued both the properties, sound and touch, then Eire also came into existence with its three\[26\] properties; it has sound and touch and form. Sound, and touch and form,—when the element of taste accrued to them, then Water wūth its four properties came into existence; it is to he known as being characterized by taste. Sound and touch and form and taste, when smell accrued, they consolidated with the element of smell enclosed this Earth; hence earth has five properties; it is seen to be the gross one among created things. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 45.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.52) - [Next: 45.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.54) - [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.p15) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.45.53) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.70.44) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.4.30) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga-anon.79.44) — Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.79.44) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.53) · Pramāṇa