Markandeyapurana 81.2

81.2

mahāmāyānubhāvena yathā manvantarādhipaḥ /
sa babhūva mahābhāgaḥ sāvarṇistanayo raveḥ //

Om! Reverence to Caṇḍikā:
Mārkaṇḍeya spoke:
Sūrya’s son Sāvarṇi is he who is called the eighth Manu. Hear about his birth, as I tell if at full length, how by reason of the authority of the Great Illusion[1] that illustrious son of the Sun, Sāvai'ṇi, became the king of the eighth manvantara.