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Markandeyapurana 76.46

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 76.46

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Sanskrit

76.46

cākṣuṣetyāha taṃ brahmā tapaso vinivartayan /
pūrvanāmnā babhūvātha prakhyātaścākṣuṣo manuḥ //

Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
Being thus exhorted by Brahmā, he then the high-minded replied, “So be it!” and went directing himself to that pursuit. He ceased indeed from austerities. Turning him away from austerities Brahmā addressed him as Cākṣuṣa; formerly he was known by that name; he became famous as Manu Cākṣuṣa.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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