Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1100

c9.1100

SAṆḌHĀMARKA. The two ṛṣis called Saṇḍha and Marka, who were priests of the asuras and whose presence made them invincible. The Devas enticed the two priests to their side by offering them Soma and thus rendered the asuras powerless. When the Devas after some time, began a yajña, Saṇḍha and Marka approached them for the promised Soma, but the Devas did not keep their word, and the disillusioned Saṇḍhamarkas were driven out of the yājñic hall. (Taittirīyasaṃhitā, 6, 4, 10).