Markandeyapurana 45.73

45.73

etatsamastaṃ jānīyāt kṣetrakṣetrajñalakṣaṇam /
ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitastu saḥ /
abuddhipūrvaḥ prathamaḥ prādurbhūtastaḍidyathā //

One should understand all this as the mark of the Field and the Knower of the Field; / thus this is the primary creation presided over by the Knower of the Field; / not preceded by intellect, it first manifested like lightning.

Such was this creation from Prakṛti; and it is governed by the Soul; the first stage of creation was preceded by non-intelligence, it became manifest like the lightning.

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.

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iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe brahmotpatirnāma pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, named 'The Origin of Brahmā', in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.

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śrīmanmaharṣivedavyāsapraṇītaṃ

Composed by the venerable great sage Vedavyāsa:

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śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇam /

The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.

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(dvitīyo bhāgaḥ )

(Part Two)

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ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

The forty-sixth chapter.