Markandeya speaks of Govinda as the great mystery, as all beings, as the Soul of all, as the Highest Soul and as the Foremost of all male beings.
मार्कण्डेयश्च गोविन्दे कथयत्यद्भुतं महत्। सर्वभूतानि भूतात्मा महात्मा पुरुषोत्तमः॥