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# Markandeyapurana 86.4

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 86.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [86.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.86.4)

tatparitrāṇadaḥ kaścidyadi vottiṣṭhate 'paraḥ /  
sa hantavyo 'maro vāpi yakṣo gandharva eva vā //

> “Ho! Dhūmralocana, haste thee together with thy army; fetch by force that shrew, who will be unnerved when dragged along by her hair. Or if any man besides stands up to offer her deliverance, let him be slain, be he an Immortal, a Yakṣa or a Gandharva forsooth.”  
> — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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## Translations (2)

- [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.86.p3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.86.4) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Guptavatī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.devimahatmya!guptavati) — Bhāskararāya Makhin 1741, Sanskrit

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