[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) › 81.2 # Markandeyapurana 81.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 81.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [81.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.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. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 81.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.81.1) - [Next: 81.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.81.3) - [Up: 81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.81) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.81.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.81.2) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Guptavatī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.devimahatmya!guptavati) — Bhāskararāya Makhin 1741, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.81.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.81.2) · Pramāṇa