[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Markandeyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) › 78.7 # Markandeyapurana 78.7 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 78.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [78.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.78.7) namaḥ sūryasvarūpāya prakāśātmasvarūpiṇe / bhāskarāya namastubhyaṃ tathā dinakṛte namaḥ // > The gods spoke: > “Adoration to thee who hast the nature of the Ṛc! adoration to thee who hast the nature of the Sāman! adoration to thee whose form has the nature of the Tajus! to thee who hast the glory of the Sāmans! Adoration to thee who hast become the sole domain of knowledge, to the cleanser of darkness! to thee who hast the nature of pure light! to the purified, to the stainless Soul! Adoration to the most excellent, to the desirable one! to the utmost one, to the supreme Soul! Adoration to thee whose nature pervades the entire universe, to the embodiment of Soul!” (This fine delightsome eulogy must he heard by men with faith. Having become a disciple and having given also the guru his fee one may hear it rapt in meditation. It must not be heard by those who have become emptyhanded. Now may this become fruitful!) “Adoration to the being who is the universal cause, to the goal\[2\] of men of wise intellect! Adoration to thee who hast the nature of the sun, who hast the nature of the brilliant Soul! Adoration to thee, the illuminator, and adoration to the maker of day! And adoration to the causer of night, to the maker of twilight and moon-light! Thou art this universe, thou art the adorable! With thee, as thou revolvest above the world, the entire egg of Brahmā, devoid of intelligence,\[3\] with everything moveable and immoveable, turns round! This universe when touched by thy rays comes, to life, pure! Water and other objects are cleansed by contact with thy rays! Oblations, alms-giving and the other deeds which compose righteousness tend to no benefit so long as this world has no contact with thy rays! All these Ṛces verily are thine; these Yajuṣes on the other hand are thine also; and all the Sāmans drop from thy body! Since thou are composed of the Ṛc, O lord of the world, and thou indeed art composed of the Yajus, and composed also of the Sāman, therefore, O lord, thou art composed of the three! Thou verily art Brahmā’s form; thou art the highest and the lowest also! Moreover thou art material and nonmaterial; thou art minute and yet thou dost exist in massive shape! Thou hast the form of Time, composed of moments, kāṣṭhas and other divisions of time, yet subject to decay! Be gracious! Of thine own will mitigate the innate splendour of thy form!” > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 78.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.78.6) - [Next: 78.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.78.8) - [Up: 78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.78) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.78.p3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.78.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.78.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.78.7) · Pramāṇa