[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) › 48.2 # Markandeyapurana 48.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 48.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.2) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca kuśalākuśalairbrahman ! bhāvitā pūrvakamarmabhiḥ / khyātā tathā hyanirmuktāḥ pralaye hyu pasaṃhṛtāḥ // > Mārkaṇḍeya spoke: > Creation is impregnated with the good and bad\[1\] actions of previous existence, O brāhman; and because of this well-known law\[2\], created beings, though they are destroyed in the dissolution, are not delivered, from the consequences of their actions. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 48.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.1) - [Next: 48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.3) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.48.p3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.48.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.2) · Pramāṇa