Markandeya Purana 76.17
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 76.17
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- Sanskrit
76.17
sā hṛtvā taṃ tadā bālaṃ vikrāntasya mahībhṛtaḥ /
prasūtapatnīśayane nyasya tasyādade sutam //
So saying she left him and went out of the lying-in house. The hag Jātahāriṇī then seized him when left, his body and external organs of sense being apathetic, his heart and soul pure. Having seized the boy she placed him then as a newborn child on the bed of king Vikrānta’s wife, and took his new-born son and carried him[11] to another house, and taking a son from that house she, Jātahāriṇī, in regular course devoured this third child. Now carrying children off in succession she devours the third child, totally devoid of pity; but she makes a substitution thus with the other two day after day.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation