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 18 · Verse 1
कृतवीर्ये दिवं याते मन्त्रिभिः सपुरोहितैः।।
kṛtavīrye divaṃ yāte mantribhiḥ sapurohitaiḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 2
नाहं राज्यं करिष्यामि मन्त्रिणो नरकोत्तरम।।
nāhaṃ rājyaṃ kariṣyāmi mantriṇo narakottaram||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 3
पण्यानां द्वादशं भागं भूपालाय वणिग्जनः।।
paṇyānāṃ dvādaśaṃ bhāgaṃ bhūpālāya vaṇigjanaḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 4
गोपाश्च घृततक्रादेः षड्भागञ्च कृषीबलाः।।
gopāśca ghṛtatakrādeḥ ṣaḍbhāgañca kṛṣībalāḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 5
पण्यादीनामशेषाणां वणिजो गृह्णतस्ततः।।
paṇyādīnāmaśeṣāṇāṃ vaṇijo gṛhṇatastataḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 6
यद्यन्यैः पाल्यते लोकस्तद्वृत्तयन्तरसंश्रितैः।।
yadyanyaiḥ pālyate lokastadvṛttayantarasaṃśritaiḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 7
निरूपितमिदं राज्ञः पूर्वै रक्षणवेतनम।।
nirūpitamidaṃ rājñaḥ pūrvai rakṣaṇavetanam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 8
तस्माद्यदि तपस्तप्त्वा प्राप्तो योगित्वमीप्सितम।।
tasmādyadi tapastaptvā prāpto yogitvamīpsitam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 9
ततो भविष्ये नात्मानं करिष्ये पापभागिनम।।
tato bhaviṣye nātmānaṃ kariṣye pāpabhāginam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 10
गर्गो नाम महाबुद्धिर्मुनिश्रेष्ठो वयो ऽतिगः।।
gargo nāma mahābuddhirmuniśreṣṭho vayo 'tigaḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 11
ततो शृणुष्व मे वाक्यं कुरुष्व च नृपात्मज।।
tato śṛṇuṣva me vākyaṃ kuruṣva ca nṛpātmaja||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 12
तमाराधय भूपाल! पाति यो भुवनत्रयम।।
tamārādhaya bhūpāla! pāti yo bhuvanatrayam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 13
विष्णोरंशं जगद्धातुरवतीर्णं महीतले।।
viṣṇoraṃśaṃ jagaddhāturavatīrṇaṃ mahītale||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 14
हृतं दुरात्मभिर्दैत्यैर्जघान च दितेः सुतान।।
hṛtaṃ durātmabhirdaityairjaghāna ca diteḥ sutān||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 15
कथञ्चापहृतं दैत्यैरिन्द्रत्वं प्राप वासवः।।
kathañcāpahṛtaṃ daityairindratvaṃ prāpa vāsavaḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 16
दैत्यानामीश्वरो जम्भो देवानाञ्च शचीपतिः।।
daityānāmīśvaro jambho devānāñca śacīpatiḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 17
ततो देवाः पराभूता दैत्या विजयिनो ऽभवन।।
tato devāḥ parābhūtā daityā vijayino 'bhavan||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 18
पलायनकृतोत्साहा निरुत्साहा द्विषज्जये।।
palāyanakṛtotsāhā nirutsāhā dviṣajjaye||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 19
अमन्त्रयन्त सहिता बालखिल्यैस्तथर्षिभिः।।
amantrayanta sahitā bālakhilyaistatharṣibhiḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 20
विकृताचरणं भक्त्या सन्तोषयितुमर्हथ।।
vikṛtācaraṇaṃ bhaktyā santoṣayitumarhatha||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 21
ततो हनिष्यथ सुरा सहिता दैत्यदानवान।।
tato haniṣyatha surā sahitā daityadānavān||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 22
ददृशुश्च महात्मानं तं ते लक्ष्म्या समन्वितम।।
dadṛśuśca mahātmānaṃ taṃ te lakṣmyā samanvitam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 23
ते तस्य गत्वा प्रणतिमवदन साध्यसाधनम।।
te tasya gatvā praṇatimavadan sādhyasādhanam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 24
तिष्ठन्तमनुतिष्ठन्ति यान्तं यान्ति दिवौकसः।।
tiṣṭhantamanutiṣṭhanti yāntaṃ yānti divaukasaḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 25
मत्तो भवद्भिर्येनेयं शुश्रूषा क्रियते मम।।
matto bhavadbhiryeneyaṃ śuśrūṣā kriyate mama||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 26
हृतं तैलोक्यमाक्रम्य क्रतुभागाश्च कृत्स्नशः।।
hṛtaṃ tailokyamākramya kratubhāgāśca kṛtsnaśaḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 27
त्वत्प्रसादादभीप्सामः पुनः प्राप्तं त्रिविष्टपम।।
tvatprasādādabhīpsāmaḥ punaḥ prāptaṃ triviṣṭapam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 28
कथमिच्छथ मत्तो ऽपि देवाः शत्रुपराभवम।।
kathamicchatha matto 'pi devāḥ śatruparābhavam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 29
विद्याक्षालनशुद्धान्तर्निविष्टज्ञानदीधिते!।।
vidyākṣālanaśuddhāntarniviṣṭajñānadīdhite!||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 30
अस्यास्तु योषितः सङ्गादहमुच्छिष्टतां गतः।।
asyāstu yoṣitaḥ saṅgādahamucchiṣṭatāṃ gataḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 31
एवमुक्तास्ततो देवाः पुनर्वचनमब्रुवन।।
evamuktāstato devāḥ punarvacanamabruvan||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 32
यथांशुमाला सूर्यस्य द्विज-चाण्डालसङ्गिनी।।
yathāṃśumālā sūryasya dvija-cāṇḍālasaṅginī||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 33
प्रहस्य त्रिदशान सर्वान यद्येतद्भवतां मतम।।
prahasya tridaśān sarvān yadyetadbhavatāṃ matam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 34
इहानयत मद्दृष्टिगोचरं मा विलम्बतः।।
ihānayata maddṛṣṭigocaraṃ mā vilambataḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 35
येन नाशमशेषास्ते प्रयान्ति मम दर्शनात।।
yena nāśamaśeṣāste prayānti mama darśanāt||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 36
आहवाय समाहूता जग्मुर्देवगणान रुषा।।
āhavāya samāhūtā jagmurdevagaṇān ruṣā||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 37
दत्तात्रेयाश्रमं जग्मुः समेताः शरणार्थिनः।।
dattātreyāśramaṃ jagmuḥ sametāḥ śaraṇārthinaḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 38
ददृशुश्च महात्मानं दत्तात्रेयं महाबलम।।
dadṛśuśca mahātmānaṃ dattātreyaṃ mahābalam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 39
भार्याञ्चास्य सुचार्वङ्गीं लक्ष्मीमिन्दुनिभाननाम।।
bhāryāñcāsya sucārvaṅgīṃ lakṣmīmindunibhānanām||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 40
गदन्तीं मधुरां भाषां सर्वैर्योषिद्गुणैर्युताम।।
gadantīṃ madhurāṃ bhāṣāṃ sarvairyoṣidguṇairyutām||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 41
न शेसुरुद्धतं धैर्यान्मनसा वोढुमातुराः।।
na śesuruddhataṃ dhairyānmanasā voḍhumāturāḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 42
तेन पापेन मुह्यन्तः संशक्तास्ते ततो ऽब्रुवन।।
tena pāpena muhyantaḥ saṃśaktāste tato 'bruvan||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 43
कृतकृत्यास्ततः सर्व इति नो भावितं मनः।।
kṛtakṛtyāstataḥ sarva iti no bhāvitaṃ manaḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 44
आरोप्य स्वमधिष्ठानं नयाम इति निश्चिताः।।
āropya svamadhiṣṭhānaṃ nayāma iti niścitāḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 45
तस्य तां योषितं साध्वीं समुत्क्षिप्य स्मरार्दिताः।।
tasya tāṃ yoṣitaṃ sādhvīṃ samutkṣipya smarārditāḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 46
शिरः सु शिविकां कृत्वा स्वस्थानाभिमुखं ययुः।।
śiraḥ su śivikāṃ kṛtvā svasthānābhimukhaṃ yayuḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 47
सप्त सथानान्यतिक्रान्ता नवमन्यमुपैष्यति।।
sapta sathānānyatikrāntā navamanyamupaiṣyati||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 48
पुरुषस्य फलं किं वा प्रयच्छत्यथ नश्यति।।
puruṣasya phalaṃ kiṃ vā prayacchatyatha naśyati||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 49
सक्थ्न्योश्च संस्थिता वस्त्रं तथा नानाविधं वसु।।
sakthnyośca saṃsthitā vastraṃ tathā nānāvidhaṃ vasu||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 50
मनोरथान पूरयति पुरुषाणां हृदि स्थिता।।
manorathān pūrayati puruṣāṇāṃ hṛdi sthitā||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 51
अभीष्टबन्धुदारैश्च तथाश्लेषं प्रवासिभिः।।
abhīṣṭabandhudāraiśca tathāśleṣaṃ pravāsibhiḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 52
मुखसंस्था कवित्वञ्च यच्छत्युदधिसम्भवा।।
mukhasaṃsthā kavitvañca yacchatyudadhisambhavā||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 53
सेयं शिरोगता चैतान परित्यक्ष्यति साम्प्रतम।।
seyaṃ śirogatā caitān parityakṣyati sāmpratam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 54
परदारावमर्षाच्च दग्धपुण्या हतौजसः।।
paradārāvamarṣācca dagdhapuṇyā hataujasaḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 55
मूध्नि लक्ष्म्या समाक्रान्ता विनेशुरिति नः श्रुतम।।
mūdhni lakṣmyā samākrāntā vineśuriti naḥ śrutam||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 56
स्तूयमाना सुरैः सर्वैर्दैत्यनाशान्मुदान्वितैः।।
stūyamānā suraiḥ sarvairdaityanāśānmudānvitaiḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 57
नाकपृष्ठमनुप्राप्ता यथापूर्वं गतज्वराः।।
nākapṛṣṭhamanuprāptā yathāpūrvaṃ gatajvarāḥ||
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Garga’s speech - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 18 · Verse 58
प्राप्तुमैश्वर्यमतुलं तूर्णमाराधयस्व ताम।।
prāptumaiśvaryamatulaṃ tūrṇamārādhayasva tām||
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