[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) › 70.2 # Markandeyapurana 70.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 70.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [70.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.70.2) yathākhyātasvarūpāñca bhāryāṃ bhartrā dvijasya tām / bhakṣayantīṃ dadārśātha śrīphalāni nareśvaraḥ // > Mārkaṇḍeya spoke: > Then the king prostrated himself before the great muni, and mounted his chariot, and went to the forest Utpalāvata mentioned by him. And the king saw\[2\] the brāhman’s wife, in appearance such as her husband described her, eating the fruit of the bel tree;\[3\] and asked — “How didst thou come to this forest, lady? tell me plainly; art thou the wife of Suśarman Vaiśāli?\[4\] > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 70.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.70.1) - [Next: 70.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.70.3) - [Up: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.70) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.70.p3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.70.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.70.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.70.2) · Pramāṇa