[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) › 71.2 # Markandeyapurana 71.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 71.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [71.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.71.2) anarghayogyatā kaṣṭaṃ sa māmāha mahāmanāḥ / vaikalyaṃ vipramuddiśya tathāhāyaṃ niśācaraḥ // > Mārkaṇḍeya spoke: > Now the king, after despatching the woman to her husband’s house, sighed and thought, “What good deed may there be in this? The high-minded muni declared I was wretched because of my unfitness for the arghya offering; and this night-roaming demon spoke of ‘impaired condition’ with reference to the brāhman. Being such, what shall I do, for I abandoned her, my wife? Or shall I enquire of that best of munis who has the eye of knowledge?” > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 71.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.71.1) - [Next: 71.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.71.3) - [Up: 71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.71) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.71.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.71.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.71.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.71.2) · Pramāṇa