[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) › 7.2 # Markandeyapurana 7.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 7.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.7.2) na durbhikṣaṃ na ca vyādhirnākālamaraṇaṃ nṛṇām / nādharmarucayaḥ paurāstasmin śāsati pārthive // > The righteous birds spoke: > There lived formerly in the Tretā Age a most exalted Rājarṣi named Hariścandra, virtuous in soul, a ruler of the earth, brilliant in fame. No famine, nor sickness, nor untimely death occurred among men, nor did the citizens delight in evil, while he ruled as king; nor, further, did the people become uproarious through wealth, valour, austerities or spirituous liquors; nor were any females born who failed to reach womanhood.\[1\] > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.7.1) - [Next: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.7.3) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.7) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.7.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.7.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.7.2) · Pramāṇa