Markandeya in Hindu mythology, is a sage.Markandeya is primarily known for two mythological feats, one of which is linked to Shiva and the other to Vishnu.
Markandeya is a tremendously educated and holy youngster who
is dedicated to Shiva and adept in all disciplines of study, according to legend.
This apparently limitless potential is made all the more
poignant by the fact that he discovers he will die at the age of sixteen.
Markandeya starts to worship Shiva with considerably more
zeal just before his sixteenth birthday.
The servants of Yama, the deity of death, are unable to
approach the youngster because of his religious virtues.
As a result, Yama must pursue Markandeya on his own.
Yama's rope wraps over Markandeya's clutching to Shiva's
statue as he throws his noose over him to pull out the boy's soul.
Shiva emerges from the picture and kills Yama, but he later
repents and resurrects him.
A vision of pralaya, the universal dissolution of the
universe, is Markandeya's second mythological accomplishment.
While meditating one evening, the sky darkens, the wind
picks up, and rain pours down till the soil is flooded.
Markandeya gets blown about till he comes to a massive
banyan tree with a baby sitting in it.
Markandeya is fascinated to the youngster and notices that
he carries the complete uni poem inside him.
He wanders within the kid for a while until he slides out of
the child's mouth, at which point he sees the newborn and the banyan tree for
the first time.
Markandeya recognizes the newborn as Vishnu, but the kid
vanishes before he can approach him again.
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