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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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Chapter 17 · 25 shlokas

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 1

स्वभार्यां भगवानत्रिरनसूयामपश्यत।।

svabhāryāṃ bhagavānatriranasūyāmapaśyata||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 2

सकामो मनसा भेजे स मुनिस्तामनिन्दिताम।।

sakāmo manasā bheje sa munistāmaninditām||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 3

तमेवोवाह पवनस्तिरश्चोर्ध्वञ्च वेगवान।।

tamevovāha pavanastiraścordhvañca vegavān||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 4

सोमरूपं रजोपेतं दिशस्तं जगृहुर्दश।।

somarūpaṃ rajopetaṃ diśastaṃ jagṛhurdaśa||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 5

पुत्रः समस्तसत्त्वानामायुराधार एव च।।

putraḥ samastasattvānāmāyurādhāra eva ca||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 6

स्वशरीरात समुत्पाद्य सत्त्वोद्रिक्तो द्विजात्तमः।।

svaśarīrāt samutpādya sattvodrikto dvijāttamaḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 7

विष्णुरेवावतीर्णो ऽसौ द्वितीयो ऽत्रेः सुतो ऽभवत।।

viṣṇurevāvatīrṇo 'sau dvitīyo 'treḥ suto 'bhavat||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 8

हैहयेन्द्रमुपावृत्तमपराध्यन्तमुद्धतम।।

haihayendramupāvṛttamaparādhyantamuddhatam||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 9

गर्भवासमहायास-दुः खामर्षसमन्वितः।।

garbhavāsamahāyāsa-duḥ khāmarṣasamanvitaḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 10

इति पुत्रत्रयं तस्या जज्ञे ब्रह्मेशवैष्णवम।।

iti putratrayaṃ tasyā jajñe brahmeśavaiṣṇavam||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 11

दुर्वासाः शङ्करो जज्ञे वरदानाद्दिवौकसाम।।

durvāsāḥ śaṅkaro jajñe varadānāddivaukasām||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 12

आप्याययन सदा स्वर्गे वर्तते स प्रजापतिः।।

āpyāyayan sadā svarge vartate sa prajāpatiḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 13

शिष्टानुग्रहकृच्चेति ज्ञेयश्चांशः स वैष्णवः।।

śiṣṭānugrahakṛcceti jñeyaścāṃśaḥ sa vaiṣṇavaḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 14

रौद्रं समाश्रित्य वपुर्दृङ्मनोवाग्भिरुद्धतः।।

raudraṃ samāśritya vapurdṛṅmanovāgbhiruddhataḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 15

दत्तात्रेयो ऽपि विषयान योगास्थो बुभुजे हरिः।।

dattātreyo 'pi viṣayān yogāstho bubhuje hariḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 16

उन्मत्ताख्यं समाश्रित्य परिबभ्राम मेदिनीम।।

unmattākhyaṃ samāśritya paribabhrāma medinīm||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 17

अभीप्स्यमानः सरसि निममज्ज चिरं प्रभुः।।

abhīpsyamānaḥ sarasi nimamajja ciraṃ prabhuḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 18

तत्यजुर्न कुमारास्ते सरसस्तीरमाश्रिताः।।

tatyajurna kumārāste sarasastīramāśritāḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 19

तत्प्रीत्या सरसस्तीरं सर्वे मुनिकुमारकाः।।

tatprītyā sarasastīraṃ sarve munikumārakāḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 20

नारीमादाय कल्याणीमुत्तितार जलान्मुनिः।।

nārīmādāya kalyāṇīmuttitāra jalānmuniḥ||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 21

मुनिपुत्रास्ततो ऽसङ्गी स्थास्यामीति विचिन्तयन।।

muniputrāstato 'saṅgī sthāsyāmīti vicintayan||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 22

ततः सह तया नार्या मद्यपानमथापिबत।।

tataḥ saha tayā nāryā madyapānamathāpibat||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 23

गीतवाद्यादिवनिता-भोगसंसर्गदूषितम।।

gītavādyādivanitā-bhogasaṃsargadūṣitam||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 24

नावाप दोषं योगीशो वारुणीं स पिबन्नपि।।

nāvāpa doṣaṃ yogīśo vāruṇīṃ sa pibannapi||

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The Birth of Dattātreya - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 17 · Verse 25

योगीश्वारश्चिन्त्यमानो योगिभिर्मुक्तिकाङ्क्षिभिः।।

yogīśvāraścintyamāno yogibhirmuktikāṅkṣibhiḥ||

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