[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) › 45.8 # Markandeyapurana 45.8 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.8) yadi tvanugrahavatī mayī buddhirdvijottamāḥ / bhavatāṃ tatsamākhyātumarhatedamaśeṣataḥ // > If then your mind, O noble brāhmans, is favourable towards me, then deign to expound this completely;—How did this universe, both moveable and immoveable, come into existence? And how will it fall into dissolution at the proper time,. most excellent brāhmans? And how came the families\[2\] that sprang from the gods, the ṛṣis, the pitṛs, created things &c.? And how did the Manvantaras occur? And what was the history of the families of old; and whatever creations and whatever dissolutions of the universe have occurred; and how the ages have been divided; and what the duration of the Manvantaras has been; and how the earth remains stable; and what is the size of the world; and what are the oceans, mountains and rivers and forests according to their situation; what is the number of the worlds, the bhūrloka, svarloka &c., including the lower regions; and what is the course of the sun, moon, and other planets, of the stars and heavenly bodies also. I wish to hear of all this which is destined to subversion;\[3\] and what will be the end when this universe is dissolved. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.7) - [Next: 45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.9) - [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.p6) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.45.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.8) · Pramāṇa