[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.3.238.p9 # Skandapurana 6.3.238.p9 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.238.p9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.238.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p9) 8 kalpakāle kasyacidbakasya mārkaṇḍeyena darśanam, kastvamiti mārkaṇḍeyapṛṣṭena bakena jagatsthitirakṣāpralayādikartāhamityādyuttarapradānavarṇanam, mārkaṇḍeyasya kiṃcicchabdaśravaṇam, daśadikṣu sthitāyāḥ kanyāyā darśanam, tato mahāśivaliṃgadarśanam, śivaligārcanakāriṇyāḥ kanyāyā darśanam, tayā mvasyā narmadānāmakathanam, itthaṃ bakakalpasamudbhavavarṇanam.. .. .... ... 183 2 > 8. Mārkaṇḍeya's sighting of a certain heron at the time of the aeon; description of the reply given by the heron when asked by Mārkaṇḍeya, "Who are you?", saying, "I am the maker of the world's maintenance, protection, dissolution, and so forth"; Mārkaṇḍeya's hearing a certain sound; sighting of a maiden stationed in the ten directions; then the sighting of a great Śiva-liṅga; sighting of the maiden performing worship to the Śiva-liṅga; her stating her own name as Narmadā; thus the description of the origin during the Baka Aeon. 183 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.238.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p8) - [Next: 6.3.238.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p10) - [Up: 6.3.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.238.p9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p9) · Pramāṇa