Markandya Purana (Markendya Rishi)
मार्कण्डेयपुराणम्
The Markandeya Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas, a Sanskrit text. It includes the famous Devi Mahatmya section, which praises the goddess Devi.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 1
अविर्भवत्क्रमविलङ्घितभूर्भुवः स्वः।। Mअर्कP_Mअन्ग.1।। सिन्धुः प्रनृत्यमिव यस्य करोति सङ्गात।। Mअर्कP_Mअन्ग.2।। देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत।। Mअर्कP_Mअन्ग.3।। व्यासशिष्यो महातेजा जैमिनिः पर्यपृच्छत।।
avirbhavatkramavilaṅghitabhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ|| MarkP_Mang.1|| sindhuḥ pranṛtyamiva yasya karoti saṅgāt|| MarkP_Mang.2|| devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet|| MarkP_Mang.3|| vyāsaśiṣyo mahātejā jaiminiḥ paryapṛcchata||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 2
पूर्णमस्तमलैः शुभ्रैर्नानाशास्त्रसमुच्चयैः।।
pūrṇamastamalaiḥ śubhrairnānāśāstrasamuccayaiḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 3
पूर्वपक्षोक्तिसिद्धान्तपरिनिष्ठासमन्वितम।।
pūrvapakṣoktisiddhāntapariniṣṭhāsamanvitam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 4
भूषणानाञ्च सर्वेषां यथा चूडामणिर्वरः।।
bhūṣaṇānāñca sarveṣāṃ yathā cūḍāmaṇirvaraḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 5
तथेह सर्वशास्त्रणां महाभारतमुत्तमम।।
tatheha sarvaśāstraṇāṃ mahābhāratamuttamam||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 6
परस्परानुबन्धाश्च सानुबन्धाश्च ते पृथक।।
parasparānubandhāśca sānubandhāśca te pṛthak||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 7
कामशास्त्रमिदं चाग्र्यं मोक्षशास्त्रं तथोत्तमम।।
kāmaśāstramidaṃ cāgryaṃ mokṣaśāstraṃ tathottamam||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 8
प्रोक्तमेतन्महाभाग वेदव्यासेन धीमता।।
proktametanmahābhāga vedavyāsena dhīmatā||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 9
यथा व्याप्तं महाशास्त्रं विरोधैर्नाभिभूयते।।
yathā vyāptaṃ mahāśāstraṃ virodhairnābhibhūyate||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 10
वेदशैलावतीर्णेन नीरजस्का मही कृता।।
vedaśailāvatīrṇena nīrajaskā mahī kṛtā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 11
कथाविस्तीर्णसलिलं कार्ष्ण वेदमहाह्रदम।।
kathāvistīrṇasalilaṃ kārṣṇa vedamahāhradam||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 12
तत्त्वतो ज्ञातुकामो ऽहं भगवंस्त्वामुपस्थितः।।
tattvato jñātukāmo 'haṃ bhagavaṃstvāmupasthitaḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 13
वासुदेवो जगत्सूति-स्थिति-संयमकारणम।।
vāsudevo jagatsūti-sthiti-saṃyamakāraṇam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 14
पञ्चानां महीषी कृष्णा ह्यत्र नः संशयो महान।।
pañcānāṃ mahīṣī kṛṣṇā hyatra naḥ saṃśayo mahān||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 15
तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन कस्माच्चक्रे हलायुधः।।
tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena kasmāccakre halāyudhaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 16
पाण्डुनाथा महात्मानो वधमापुरनाथवत।।
pāṇḍunāthā mahātmāno vadhamāpuranāthavat||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 17
भवन्तो मूढबुद्धीनामवबोधकराः सदा।।
bhavanto mūḍhabuddhīnāmavabodhakarāḥ sadā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 18
दशाष्टदोषरहितो वक्तुं समुपचक्रमे।।
daśāṣṭadoṣarahito vaktuṃ samupacakrame||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 19
विस्तरे चापि वक्तव्ये नैष कालः प्रशस्यते।।
vistare cāpi vaktavye naiṣa kālaḥ praśasyate||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 20
तथा च नष्टसन्देहं त्वां करिष्यन्ति पक्षिणः।।
tathā ca naṣṭasandehaṃ tvāṃ kariṣyanti pakṣiṇaḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 21
द्रोणपुत्राः खगश्रेष्ठास्तत्त्वज्ञाः शास्त्रचिन्तकाः।।
droṇaputrāḥ khagaśreṣṭhāstattvajñāḥ śāstracintakāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22
विन्ध्यकन्दरमध्यस्थास्तानुपास्य च पृच्छ च।।
vindhyakandaramadhyasthāstānupāsya ca pṛccha ca||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 23
प्रत्युवाचर्षिशार्दूलो विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनः।।
pratyuvācarṣiśārdūlo vismayotphullalocanaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 24
यत पक्षिणस्ते विज्ञानमापुरत्यन्तदुर्लभम।।
yat pakṣiṇaste vijñānamāpuratyantadurlabham||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 25
कथञ्च द्रोणतनयाः प्रोच्यन्ते ते पतत्रिणः।।
kathañca droṇatanayāḥ procyante te patatriṇaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 26
जातं गुणवतां तेषां धर्मज्ञानं महात्मनाम।।
jātaṃ guṇavatāṃ teṣāṃ dharmajñānaṃ mahātmanām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 27
शक्रस्याप्यसरसां चैव नारदस्य च सङ्गमे।।
śakrasyāpyasarasāṃ caiva nāradasya ca saṅgame||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 28
शक्रं सुराधिराजानं तन्मुखासक्तलोचनम।।
śakraṃ surādhirājānaṃ tanmukhāsaktalocanam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29
समुत्तस्थौ स्वकं चास्मै ददावासनमादरात।।
samuttasthau svakaṃ cāsmai dadāvāsanamādarāt||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 30
प्रणेमुस्ताश्च देवर्षि विनयावनताः स्थिताः।।
praṇemustāśca devarṣi vinayāvanatāḥ sthitāḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 31
यथार्हं कृतसम्भाषः कथाश्चक्रे मनोरमाः।।
yathārhaṃ kṛtasambhāṣaḥ kathāścakre manoramāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 32
देह्याज्ञां नृत्यतामासां तव याभिमतेति वै।।
dehyājñāṃ nṛtyatāmāsāṃ tava yābhimateti vai||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 33
घृताची मेनका वापि यत्र वा भवतो रुचिः।।
ghṛtācī menakā vāpi yatra vā bhavato ruciḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 34
विचिन्त्याप्सरसः प्राह विनयावनताः स्थिताः।।
vicintyāpsarasaḥ prāha vinayāvanatāḥ sthitāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 35
आत्मानं मन्यते या तु सा नृत्यतु ममाग्रतः।।
ātmānaṃ manyate yā tu sā nṛtyatu mamāgrataḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 36
चार्वधिष्ठानवन्नृत्यं नृत्यमन्यद्विडम्बनम।।
cārvadhiṣṭhānavannṛtyaṃ nṛtyamanyadviḍambanam||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 37
अहं गुणाधिका न त्वं न त्वं चान्याब्रवीदिदम।।
ahaṃ guṇādhikā na tvaṃ na tvaṃ cānyābravīdidam||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 38
पृच्छ्यतां मुनिरित्याह वक्ता यां वो गुणाधिकाम।।
pṛcchyatāṃ munirityāha vaktā yāṃ vo guṇādhikām||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 39
प्रोवाच यत तदा वाक्यं जैमिने तन्निबोध मे।।
provāca yat tadā vākyaṃ jaimine tannibodha me||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 40
दुर्वाससं मुनिश्रेष्ठं तां वो मन्ये गुणाधिकाम।।
durvāsasaṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ tāṃ vo manye guṇādhikām||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 41
अशक्यमेतदस्माकमिति ताश्चक्रिरे कथाः।।
aśakyametadasmākamiti tāścakrire kathāḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 42
प्रत्युवाचाद्य यास्यामि यत्रासौ संस्थितो मुनिः।।
pratyuvācādya yāsyāmi yatrāsau saṃsthito muniḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 43
स्मरशस्त्रगलद्रश्मिं करिष्यामि कुसारथिम।।
smaraśastragaladraśmiṃ kariṣyāmi kusārathim||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 44
तमप्यद्य करिष्यामि कामबाणक्षतान्तरम।।
tamapyadya kariṣyāmi kāmabāṇakṣatāntaram||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 45
मुनेस्तपः प्रभावेण प्रशान्तश्वापदाश्रमम।।
munestapaḥ prabhāveṇa praśāntaśvāpadāśramam||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 46
क्रोशमात्रं स्थिता तस्मादगायत वराप्सराः।।
krośamātraṃ sthitā tasmādagāyata varāpsarāḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 47
जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते सा बाला रुचिरानना।।
jagāma tatra yatrāste sā bālā rucirānanā||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 48
क्षोभणायागतां ज्ञात्वा कोपामर्षसन्वितः।।
kṣobhaṇāyāgatāṃ jñātvā kopāmarṣasanvitaḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 49
उवाचेदं ततो वाक्यं महर्षिस्तां महातपाः।।
uvācedaṃ tato vākyaṃ maharṣistāṃ mahātapāḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 50
आगतासि मदोन्मत्ते मम दुः खाय खेचरि।।
āgatāsi madonmatte mama duḥ khāya khecari||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 51
जन्म प्राप्स्यसि दुष्प्रज्ञे यावद्वर्षाणि षोडश।।
janma prāpsyasi duṣprajñe yāvadvarṣāṇi ṣoḍaśa||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 52
चत्वारस्ते च तनया जनिष्यन्ते ऽधमाप्सराः।।
catvāraste ca tanayā janiṣyante 'dhamāpsarāḥ||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 53
वासमाप्स्यसि वक्तव्यं नोत्तरं ते कथञ्चन।।
vāsamāpsyasi vaktavyaṃ nottaraṃ te kathañcana||
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The Curse on Vapu - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 1 · Verse 54
प्रथितगुणगणौघां संप्रयाताः खगङ्गाम।।
prathitaguṇagaṇaughāṃ saṃprayātāḥ khagaṅgām||
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