[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) › 45.69 # Markandeyapurana 45.69 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.69 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.69) mahāṃstaiḥ sahitaḥ sarvairavyaktena samāvṛtaḥ / ebhirāvaraṇairaṇḍaṃ saptabhaiḥ prākṛtairvṛtam // > Then the egg was enveloped by water, air, fire and ether and by the evolving Ahaṅkāra externally, ten times over by each of them. It was then surrounded\[31\] by Mahat which I have mentioned, which had the same magnitude. Mahat together with them all was enveloped by the Imperceptible. With these seven coverings formed from Prakṛti was the egg enveloped. Enveloping one another the eight Prakṛtis existed. This very Prakṛti is permanent; and that Puruṣa is limited by it. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 45.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.68) - [Next: 45.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.70) - [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.p18) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.45.69) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (7) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.3.34) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.4.78) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.70.59) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.2.59) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.4.46) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.79.58-2) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.1.112) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.69) · Pramāṇa