Markandeyapurana 75.27
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 75.27
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- Sanskrit
75.27
tāntu yauvaninīṃ dṛṣṭvā kānyakāṃ rūpaśālinīm /
sa muniścintamāmāsa ko 'syā bhartā bhavediti //
Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
When he uttered this curse, the constellation Revatī verily fell, while all the world beheld with minds pervaded with astonishment. And the constellation Revatī, falling on and around the mountain Kumuda, suddenly illuminated[3] its woods, ravines and cascades. And the mountain Kumuda, by reason of her down-fall, became famous as Raivataka,[4] a mountain exceedingly charming through the whole earth. But the beauty of that constellation became the lake Paṅka-jinī;[5] therefrom a maiden was born then exceedingly brilliant in form. The muni Pramuca saw her who was born from Revatī’s beauty, and so gave her a name, the name Revatī, O Bhāguri. And illustrious Pramuca nourished her, who had been born near his hermitage, in that same land, Now seeing the maiden grown to the bloom of youth, and beautifully formed, the muni bethought—“Who may be her husband?” While he thus pondered a long time passed by, O muni; nor did the great muni light upon a bridegroom equal to her. At length the muni Pramuca entered his room where the sacred fire burned, to ask Agni about a bridegroom for her. Agni replied to the questioner,—“Great in strength, great in valour, kind of speech, fond of righteousness, the king named Durgama shall assuredly be her husband.”
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation