[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) › 87.2 # Markandeyapurana 87.2 Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 87.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [87.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.87.2) dadṛśuste tato devīmīṣaddhāsāṃ vyavasthitām / siṃhasyopari śailendraśṛṅge mahati kāñcane // > The ṛṣi spoke: > Then at his command the Daityas, led by Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, and arrayed in the four-fold order of an army, marched with weapons uplifted. Soon they saw the goddess, slightly smiling, seated upon the lion, on a huge golden peak of the majestic mountain. On seeing her some of them made a strenuous effort to capture her, and others approached her holding their bows bent and their swords drawn. > — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa - [Previous: 87.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.87.1) - [Next: 87.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.87.3) - [Up: 87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.87) ## Translations (2) - [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.87.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.87.2) — 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.6.1127) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.87.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.87.2) · Pramāṇa