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# Markandeyapurana 75.55

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 75.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [75.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.75.55)

ṛṣiruvāca  
revatyṛkṣaṃ na vai bhadre candrayogi vyavasthitam /  
anyāni santi ṛkṣāṇi subhru vaivāhikāni te //

> The ṛṣi spoke:  
> Fair maiden! the constellation Revatī is not declared to be one that unites with the moon. The constellations appropriate to thy marriage are others, O beautiful-browed!  
> — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

### [75.55.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.75.55.p1)

kanyovāca

> The maiden spoke:  
> Dear father! without that constellation the time appears to me unprofitable. How may the marriage of such as me take place at an unprofitable time?  
> — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

## Translations (2)

- [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.75.p22) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.75.55) — English, machine translation

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