Markandeyapurana 74.50

74.50

kastvaṃ tāta kathaṃ vāhaṃ putro mātā ca kā mama /
kimarthamāgataśca tvametat satyaṃ bravīhi me //

Afterwards the doe brought forth that son marked with the auspicious marks; and at his birth all created things rejoiced, and especially the king. At the birth of that mighty son the doe was freed from the curse and attained to the sublime worlds. Then all the ṛṣis assembled, O best of munis, and perceiving the future prosperity of that bigh-souled child gave him a name—“He was born of his mother while she existed as an ignorant animal,[10] and the world was enveloped in darkness,[11] hence he shall be Tāmasa.” Then Tāmasa was brought up by the father in the forest. When he reached the age of intelligence he spoke thus to his father, O best of munis,—“Who art thou, dear father? and how am I thy son? and who was my mother? and why hast thou come here? Tell me this truly.”