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Markandeya sees the flood and the child on the banyan leaf

Classical

The banyan-leaf child is the image behind many Vishnu temple icons.

Markandeya tells Yudhishthira that he saw the vast expanse of water with all creatures destroyed. The page read has the Deity describing resting in the form of a boy, but no banyan leaf or child on a leaf; the Shiva-Parvati ending is not on it either.

Who: Markandeya, Vishnu, Shiva, Yudhishthira

Bound to

Markandeya, sixteen forever same-story-other-version

The butcher who taught a Brahmin teaches

The Yugas and the Dissolution of the World origin

Where this comes from

• vulgate (Ganguli) · Ganguli translation of the Mahabharata (read via MahabharataOnline) Ganguli, Vana Parva, Markandeya-Samasya (Section number not shown on the page read.)
• commentary · Wikipedia: Markandeya Markandeya-Samasya Parva

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