In course of conversation, o king, on a former occasion, the great ascetic Markandeya had described to me this history on the banks of Ganga.
इदमाख्यातवांश्चापि ममाख्यानं महामुनिः। मार्कण्डेयः पुरा राजन् गङ्गाकूले कथान्तरे॥