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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 18 · 58 shlokas

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Garga’s speech - Verse 1

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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