[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) › 60.2 # Markandeyapurana 60.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 60.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.60.2) anāmayā hyaśokāśca narā yatra tathā striyaḥ / plakṣaḥ ṣaṇḍaśca tatroktaḥ sumahānnandanopamaḥ // > Mārkaṇḍeya spoke: > I will tell thee, O brāhman, what the continent Kimpuruṣa is; where men with real bodies live ten thousand years; where men and women are indeed free from sickness and free from sorrow, and there the fig-tree\[1\] is called ṣaṇḍa; it grows very high, it is like a grove.\[2\] Those men are always drinking the juice of its fruit; and the women are born with lasting youthfulness and are fragrant as the lotus.\[3\] > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.60.1) - [Next: 60.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.60.3) - [Up: 60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.60) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.60.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.60.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.60.2) · Pramāṇa