[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) › 50.2 # Markandeyapurana 50.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 50.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.2) kṣetrajñāḥ samavartanta gātrebyastasya dhīmataḥ / te sarve samavartanta ye mayā pragudāhṛtāḥ // > Mārkaṇḍeya spoke: > Then while he was meditating, mankind were begotten in his mind, together with their occupations, and implements which were produced from his body. Spirits in bodily form\[1\] were produced from the limbs of him, the wise god. All those whom I have already mentioned came into existence. All created beings from the gods down to those whose condition is stationary are known to be subject to the three qualities:\[2\] such was the constitution of created things, immoveable and moveable. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 50.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.1) - [Next: 50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.3) - [Up: 50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.50.p5) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.50.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.50.2) · Pramāṇa