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Markandeya Purana 76.20

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 76.20

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Sanskrit

76.20

vikrānto 'pi tatastasya sutasyaiva mahīpatiḥ /
kārayāmāsa saṃskārān rājanyasya bhavanti ye //

And then king Vikrānta performed the purificatory rites, which appertain to a prince, for that very son; and as father king Vikrānta gave him the name Ānanda according to rule, being himself filled with intense joy. Now when as a youth he had donned the sacred thread, his spiritual guide ordered him—“Approach before thy mother respectfully and salute her!” Hearing that his guru’s speech, he smiled and spoke thus — “Which of my mothers shall I praise, her who gave me birth or her who has nourished me?”

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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