[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) › 46.1 # Markandeyapurana 46.1 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 46.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.46.1) krauṣṭukiruvāca bhagavaṃstvaṇḍasambhūtiryathāvat kathitā mama / brahmāṇḍe brahmaṇo janma tathā coktaṃ mahātmanaḥ // > Krauṣṭuki spoke: > Adorable Sir! thou hast related to me correctly the genesis of the egg, and thou hast told me of the birth of the mighty Soul Brahmā within the egg of Brahmā. I wish to hear this from thee, O scion of Bhṛgu’s race, when things are not created, and nothing exists, everything having been destroyed by Time at the end of the dissolution of the Universe. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 45.73.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.45.73.p5) - [Next: 46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.46.2) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.46) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.46.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.46.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.46.1) · Pramāṇa