[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) › 45.73 # Markandeyapurana 45.73 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa > 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 ### [45.73.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.73.p1) iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe brahmotpatirnāma pañcacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, named 'The Origin of Brahmā', in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [45.73.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.73.p2) śrīmanmaharṣivedavyāsapraṇītaṃ > Composed by the venerable great sage Vedavyāsa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [45.73.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.73.p3) śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇam / > The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [45.73.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.73.p4) (dvitīyo bhāgaḥ ) > (Part Two) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [45.73.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.73.p5) ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ > The forty-sixth chapter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.45.p20) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.45.73) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.4.81) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.73) · Pramāṇa