[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) › 59.2 # Markandeyapurana 59.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 59.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [59.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.59.2) atraivaitadyugānāntu cāturvarṇyo 'tra vai dvija / catvāri trīṇi dve caiva tathaikañca śaracchatam // > Mārkaṇḍeya spoke: > Thus then have I declared this continent Bhārata accurately, O muni, and the Kṛta, Tretā, and Dvāpara, and Kali ages which are the four ages.\[1\] And now indeed there is a fourfold classification\[2\] in these ages, O brāhman. Four, three and two hundreds and one hundred of autumns men live here in the Kṛta, Tretā and two other ages respectively, O brāhman. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 59.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.59.1) - [Next: 59.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.59.3) - [Up: 59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.59) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.59.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.59.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.59.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.59.2) · Pramāṇa