[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) › 63.7 # Markandeyapurana 63.7 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 63.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [63.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.63.7) svarocibhiryato bhāti bhāsvāniva sa bālakaḥ / tataḥ svarocirityevaṃ nāmnā khyāto babhūta saḥ // > The child was born a boy, with a splendour like the blazing orb of light, illuminating all the regions of the sky with his own lustre like the sun. Because he shines with his own lustre,\[1\] like the sun, the boy became therefore famed by the appropriate name Svarocis. And the noble boy grew day by day in age and with a multitude of good qualities, just as the new moon increases with its daily increments; he acquired skill in archery, and learnt the Vedas in due order and the sciences; then the noble boy entered on the period of early manhood. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 63.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.63.6) - [Next: 63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.63.8) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.63) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.63.p3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.63.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.63.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.63.7) · Pramāṇa