[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) › 45.71 # Markandeyapurana 45.71 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.71) brahmākhyaḥ kathito yaste samāsāt śrū yatāṃ punaḥ / yathā magno jale kaścidunmajjan jalasambhavaḥ // > Hear thou, moreover, briefly of him who is spoken of by the name Brahmā. Just as one sunk in water, on emerging from it, seems to be born from water\[32\] and flings the water away, so Brahmā is both Prakṛti and the Soul.\[33\] The Imperceptible is declared to be his sphere of action;\[34\] hence Brahmā is called Kṣetra-jña, the Soul. A man should know all these characteristics of the Soul and its sphere of action. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 45.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.70) - [Next: 45.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.72) - [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.p19) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.45.71) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.71) · Pramāṇa