himālayam - the Himālaya Mountains; puṣpa-vahām - Puṣpabhadrā; ca - and; tām - that; nadīm - river; nija-āśramam - his own hermitage; yatra - where; ṛṣī - the two sages, Nara-Nārāyaṇa; apaśyata - he saw; viśvam - the universe; vipaśyan - while observing; śvasitāt - by the breath; śiśoḥ - of the infant; vai - indeed; bahiḥ - outside; nirastaḥ - expelled; nyapatat - he fell; laya-abdhau - into the ocean of dissolution.

He saw before him the Himālaya Mountains, the Puṣpabhadrā River, and his own hermitage, where he had had the audience of the sages Nara-Nārāyaṇa. Then, as Mārkaṇḍeya beheld the entire universe, the infant exhaled, expelling the sage from His body and casting him back into the ocean of dissolution.