Jayantī–Kāvyā (Śukra) Saṃvāda: Varadāna and the Ten-Year Concealment
नष्टे धर्मे चतुर्थश्च मार्कण्डेयपुः सरः / पञ्चमः पञ्चदश्यां तु त्रेतायां संबभूव ह
naṣṭe dharme caturthaśca mārkaṇḍeyapuḥ saraḥ / pañcamaḥ pañcadaśyāṃ tu tretāyāṃ saṃbabhūva ha
When dharma had perished, the fourth was reckoned as Mārkaṇḍeya, the foremost. And in the Tretā, at the fifteenth occasion, the fifth manifestation arose.