Markandeya said : Bowing down to that self-existent, primordial Being, who is eternal, undeteriorating and inconceivable who is both endued and devoid of attributes, I shall explain to you all. O foremost of men, Janardana clad in yellow garb,
मार्कण्डेय उवाच हन्त ते वर्णयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्वा स्वयम्भुवे। पुरुषाय पुराणाय शाश्वतायाव्ययाय च॥ अव्यक्ताय सुसूक्ष्माय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने। स एष पुरुषव्याघ्र पीतवासा जनार्दनः॥