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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+ Add ShlokaThe 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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