The MarkaNdeya Pralaya

The sage MarkaNdeya, a great devotee, was able to conquer death and lived through six Manvantaras. He was renowned as the sage who had witnessed pralaya (the dissolution, the deluge). This puzzled the sages of NaimisharaNya who knew MarkaNdeya was born in the family of Bhrugu, in the same kalpa (day of Brahma) in which they lived and there had been no pralaya. So, what did the sage witness? This story is told here, briefly, based on the version we find in Canto 12 of the Srimad Bhagavatam.