[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) › 53.3 # Markandeyapurana 53.3 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 53.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.53.3) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca manvantarāṇāṃ saṃkhyātā sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ / mānuṣeṇa pramāṇena śṛṇu manvantarañca me // > Mārkaṇḍeya spoke: > The duration of the Manvantaras has been declared to be the four yugas multiplied by seventy-one and a fraction.\[1\] Hear the duration of a Manvantara from me in human reckoning. Thirty times ten millions are announced, and twenty thousands, and sixty-seven lakhs\[2\] more by computation—this is the length of the Manvantara in human years, omitting the fraction: it is known to be eight hundreds of thousands and fifty two thousands more besides of years by the divine reckoning. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.53.2) - [Next: 53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.53.4) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.53) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.53.p3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.53.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.53.3) · Pramāṇa