[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) › 82.7 # Markandeyapurana 82.7 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 82.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [82.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.82.7) etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvamamarāriviceṣṭitam / śaraṇaṃ vaḥ prapannāḥ smo vadhastasya vicintyatām // > The ṛṣi spoke: > Of yore there was a fight for a full hundred years between the gods\[1\] and Asuras, when Mahiṣa was lord of the Asuras and Indra lord of the gods; in it the army of the gods was vanquished by the Asuras who excelled in valour, and the Asura Mahiṣa after conquering all the gods became the Indra. Then the vanquished gods, placing the Prajāpati Brahmā at their head, went where abode Śiva and Viṣṇu. The thirty gods described to them accurately what had happened, the full story of the gods’ discomfiture which had been wrought by the Asura Mahiṣa,—“He, Mahiṣa, in his own person domineers over the jurisdictions of the Sun, Indra, Agni, Vāyu and the Moon, of Yama and Varuṇa and of the other gods. Cast out by that evil-souled Mahiṣa from Svarga all the hosts of the gods wander on the earth like mortals. It has now been related to you both, all that has been wrought by the foe of the Immortals, and we have sought you both as a refuge; let his destruction be devised!” > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 82.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.82.6) - [Next: 82.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.82.8) - [Up: 82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.82) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.82.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.82.7) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Guptavatī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.devimahatmya!guptavati) — Bhāskararāya Makhin 1741, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Durgārcanasṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.durgarcanasrti.6.689) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.82.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.82.7) · Pramāṇa