Markandeyapurana 75.33.p1

75.33.p1

rājovāca

The king spoke:
Whither has he gone from this hermitage, the adorable lordly muni? I wish to pay him my affection here. Tell him so, O bright maiden!

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
And immediately there reached his,hermitage, O muni, in the course of hunting that wise king Durgama, who was sprung from Priyavrata’s lineage, great in strength and prowess, Vikrama-śīla.’s son, born of Kālindī’s womb. The king entered the hermitage and, not seeing the ṛṣi, hailed the slender maiden with the word “Dear!” and asked:—