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 11 · Verse 1
विमुक्तमात्रो नरकात स्वर्गाद्वापि प्रपद्यते।।
vimuktamātro narakāt svargādvāpi prapadyate||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 2
कललत्वं बुद्बुदत्वं ततः पेषित्वमेव च।।
kalalatvaṃ budbudatvaṃ tataḥ peṣitvameva ca||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 3
अङ्गानां च तथोत्पत्तिः पञ्चानामनुभागशः।।
aṅgānāṃ ca tathotpattiḥ pañcānāmanubhāgaśaḥ||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Divine Illusion
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 4
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु विष्णुमायेति शब्दिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu viṣṇu-māyeti śabditā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to that Goddess who in all beings is proclaimed as Vishnu-maya. Salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her—ever again salutations.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 4
प्ररोहं यान्ति चाङ्गेभ्यस्तद्वत तेभ्यो नखादिकम।।
prarohaṃ yānti cāṅgebhyastadvat tebhyo nakhādikam||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Consciousness
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 5
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु चेतनेत्यभिधीयते। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu cetanety abhidhīyate namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to that Devi who dwells in all beings as consciousness — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, ever salutations.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 5
समं समृद्धिमायाति तेनैवोद्भवकोषकम।।
samaṃ samṛddhimāyāti tenaivodbhavakoṣakam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 6
तद्वत प्रयात्यसौ वृद्धिं सकोषो ऽधोमुखः स्थितः।।
tadvat prayātyasau vṛddhiṃ sakoṣo 'dhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Intelligence
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 6
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु बुद्धिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu buddhi-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to that Devi who dwells in all beings as buddhi (intelligence) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, ever salutations.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 7
अङ्गुष्ठो चोपरि न्यस्तौ जान्वोरग्रे तथाङ्गुली।।
aṅguṣṭho copari nyastau jānvoragre tathāṅgulī||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Sleep
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 8
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु निद्रारूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu nidrā-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to that Devi who dwells in all beings as nidra (sleep) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, ever salutations.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 8
स्फिचौ पार्ष्णिद्वयस्थे च बाहुजङ्घे बहिः स्थिते।।
sphicau pārṣṇidvayasthe ca bāhujaṅghe bahiḥ sthite||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 9
अन्यसत्त्वोदरे जन्तोर्यथा रूपं तथा स्थितिः।।
anyasattvodare jantoryathā rūpaṃ tathā sthitiḥ||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Hunger
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 10
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु क्षुधारूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu kṣudhā-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to that Devi who dwells in all beings as kshudha (hunger) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, ever salutations.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 10
पुण्यापुण्याश्रयमयी स्थितिर्जन्तोस्तथोदरे।।
puṇyāpuṇyāśrayamayī sthitirjantostathodare||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 11
स्त्रीणां तथान्त्रसुषिरे सा निबद्धोपजायते।।
strīṇāṃ tathāntrasuṣire sā nibaddhopajāyate||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Shadow
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 12
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु छायारूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu chāyā-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to that Devi who dwells in all beings as chhaya (shadow) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, ever salutations.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 12
तैराप्यायितदेहो ऽसौ जन्तुर्वृद्धिमुपैति वै।।
tairāpyāyitadeho 'sau janturvṛddhimupaiti vai||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 13
ततो निर्वेदमायाति पीड्यमान इतस्ततः।।
tato nirvedamāyāti pīḍyamāna itastataḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 14
तथा तथा यतिष्यामि गर्भं नाप्स्याम्यहं यथा।।
tathā tathā yatiṣyāmi garbhaṃ nāpsyāmyahaṃ yathā||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Power
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 14
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu śakti-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
To that Goddess who abides in all beings as Shakti (power) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 15
यानि पूर्वानुभूतानि दैवभूतानि यानि वै।।
yāni pūrvānubhūtāni daivabhūtāni yāni vai||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 16
नवमे दशमे वापि मासि सज्जयते यतः।।
navame daśame vāpi māsi sajjayate yataḥ||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Patience
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 16
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु क्षान्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu kṣānti-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
To that Goddess who abides in all beings as kshanti (patience, forbearance) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 17
निष्क्राम्यते च विलपन हृदि दुः खनिपीडितः।।
niṣkrāmyate ca vilapan hṛdi duḥ khanipīḍitaḥ||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Species
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 18
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु जातिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu jāti-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
To that Goddess who abides in all beings as jati (birth-nature, species) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 18
प्राप्नोति चेतनां चासौ वायुस्पर्शसमन्वितः।।
prāpnoti cetanāṃ cāsau vāyusparśasamanvitaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 19
तया विमोहितात्मासौ ज्ञानभ्रंशमवाप्नुते।।
tayā vimohitātmāsau jñānabhraṃśamavāpnute||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 20
ततः कौमारकावस्थां यौवनं वृद्धतामपि।।
tataḥ kaumārakāvasthāṃ yauvanaṃ vṛddhatāmapi||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Modesty
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 20
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु लज्जारूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu lajjā-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
To that Goddess who abides in all beings as lajja (modesty, shame) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 21
ततः संसारचक्रे ऽस्मिन भ्राम्यते घटियन्त्रवत।।
tataḥ saṃsāracakre 'smin bhrāmyate ghaṭiyantravat||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 22
नरकं चैव स्वर्गं च कदाचिच्च मृतो ऽश्नुते।।
narakaṃ caiva svargaṃ ca kadācicca mṛto 'śnute||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Peace
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 22
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शान्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu śānti-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
To that Goddess who abides in all beings as Shanti (peace) — salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 23
कदाचिद्भुक्तकर्मा च मृतः स्वल्पेन गच्छति।।
kadācidbhuktakarmā ca mṛtaḥ svalpena gacchati||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 24
स्वर्लोके नरके चैव भुक्तप्रायो द्विजोत्तम।।
svarloke narake caiva bhuktaprāyo dvijottama||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Faith
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 24
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु श्रद्धारूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu śraddhā-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to the Goddess who abides in all beings as faith (shraddhā); salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 25
दृश्यन्ते तात मोदन्ते पात्यमानाश्च नारकाः।।
dṛśyante tāta modante pātyamānāśca nārakāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 26
प्रभृत्यहं पतिष्यामीत्येतन्मनसि वर्तते।।
prabhṛtyahaṃ patiṣyāmītyetanmanasi vartate||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Radiance
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 26
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु कान्तिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu kānti-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to the Goddess who abides in all beings as radiance (kanti); salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 27
एतां गतिमहं गन्तेत्यहर्निशमनिर्वृतः।।
etāṃ gatimahaṃ gantetyaharniśamanirvṛtaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 28
जातस्य बलाभावे च वृद्धत्वे दुः खमेव च।।
jātasya balābhāve ca vṛddhatve duḥ khameva ca||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Lakshmi
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 28
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु लक्ष्मीरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu lakṣmī-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to the Goddess who abides in all beings as Lakshmi (the goddess of fortune); salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 29
दुः खप्राया वृद्धता च मरणे दुः खमुत्तमम।।
duḥ khaprāyā vṛddhatā ca maraṇe duḥ khamuttamam||
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Sarva Mangala Mangalye — All-Auspicious Prayer to Devi
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 30
सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके। शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते॥
sarva-maṅgala-māṅgalye śive sarvārtha-sādhike śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo 'stu te
Salutations to the one who is the auspiciousness of all auspiciousness, O Auspicious One, fulfiller of all aims. Refuge of the helpless, three-eyed Gauri, Narayani—I bow to You.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 30
पुनश्च गर्भो जन्माथ मरणं नरकस्तथा।।
punaśca garbho janmātha maraṇaṃ narakastathā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 31
भ्राम्यन्ते प्राकृतैर्बन्धैर्बद्ध्वा बाध्यन्ति चासकृत।।
bhrāmyante prākṛtairbandhairbaddhvā bādhyanti cāsakṛt||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Compassion
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 32
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु दयारूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu dayā-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to the Goddess who abides in all beings as compassion (dayā); salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 11 · Verse 32
तस्मान्मोक्षाय यतता कथं सेव्या मया त्रयी।।
tasmānmokṣāya yatatā kathaṃ sevyā mayā trayī||
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Ya Devi — The Goddess as Contentment
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 34
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु तुष्टिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu tuṣṭi-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to the Goddess who abides in all beings as contentment (tuṣṭi); salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, again and again.
Ya Devi — The Goddess as Mother
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 36
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु मातृरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu mātṛ-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to that Goddess who dwells in all beings in the form of Mother—salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, ever salutations.
Ya Devi — The Goddess as Memory
Devi Mahatmyam (Markandeya Purana) · Chapter 11 · Verse 38
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु स्मृतिरूपेण संस्थिता। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
yā devī sarva-bhūteṣu smṛti-rūpeṇa saṁsthitā namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
Salutations to that Goddess who dwells in all beings in the form of Memory—salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her, ever salutations.