[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) › 48.3 # Markandeyapurana 48.3 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 48.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.3) devādyāḥ sthāvarāntāśca prajā brahmaṃścaturvidhāḥ / brahmaṇaḥ kurvataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ jajñire mānasāstadā // > The gods and other divine beings, and stationary things, and the four classes of mankind, O brāhman, were produced in his mind when Brāhmā was engaged in creation. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.2) - [Next: 48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.4) - [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.p4) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.48.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.1.86-2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.1.5.29) — Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.2.52) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.48.3) · Pramāṇa