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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 19 · 37 shlokas

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 1

दत्तात्रेयाश्रमं गत्त्वा तं भक्त्या समपूजयत।।

dattātreyāśramaṃ gattvā taṃ bhaktyā samapūjayat||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 2

स्त्रक्चन्दनादिगन्धाम्बु-फलाद्यनयनेन च।।

strakcandanādigandhāmbu-phalādyanayanena ca||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 3

परितुष्टो मुनिर्भूतं तमुवाच तथैव सः।।

parituṣṭo munirbhūtaṃ tamuvāca tathaiva saḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 4

स्त्री चेयं मम पार्श्वस्थेत्येतद्भोगाच्च कुत्सितम।।

strī ceyaṃ mama pārśvasthetyetadbhogācca kutsitam||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 5

अशक्तमुपकाराय शक्तमाराधयस्व भोः।।

aśaktamupakārāya śaktamārādhayasva bhoḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 6

प्रत्युवाच प्रणम्यैनं सार्तवीर्यार्जुनस्तदा।।

pratyuvāca praṇamyainaṃ sārtavīryārjunastadā||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 7

अनघस्त्वं तथैवेयं देवी सर्वभवारणिः।।

anaghastvaṃ tathaiveyaṃ devī sarvabhavāraṇiḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 8

कार्तवीर्यं महाभागं वशीकृतमहीतलम।।

kārtavīryaṃ mahābhāgaṃ vaśīkṛtamahītalam||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 9

तेन तुष्टिः परा जाता त्वय्यद्य मम पार्थिव।।

tena tuṣṭiḥ parā jātā tvayyadya mama pārthiva||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 10

मांसमद्योपहारैश्च मिष्टान्नैश्चाज्यसंयुतैः।।

māṃsamadyopahāraiśca miṣṭānnaiścājyasaṃyutaiḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 11

वाद्यैर्मनोरमैर्वोणा-वेणु-शङ्कादिभिस्तथा।।

vādyairmanoramairvoṇā-veṇu-śaṅkādibhistathā||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 12

प्रदास्याम्यवघातञ्च हनिष्याम्यवमन्यताम।।

pradāsyāmyavaghātañca haniṣyāmyavamanyatām||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 13

प्रसादसुमुखस्ते ऽहं गुह्यनामप्रकीर्तनात।।

prasādasumukhaste 'haṃ guhyanāmaprakīrtanāt||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 14

यया प्रजाः पालये ऽहं न चाधर्ममवाप्नुयाम।।

yayā prajāḥ pālaye 'haṃ na cādharmamavāpnuyām||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 15

सहस्रमाप्तुमिच्छामि बाहूनां लघुतागुणम।।

sahasramāptumicchāmi bāhūnāṃ laghutāguṇam||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 16

पातालेषु च सर्वेषु वधश्चाप्यधिकान्नरात।।

pātāleṣu ca sarveṣu vadhaścāpyadhikānnarāt||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 17

सन्तु मे ऽतिथयः श्लाघ्या वित्तदाने तथाक्षये।।

santu me 'tithayaḥ ślāghyā vittadāne tathākṣaye||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 18

त्वयि भक्तिर्ममैवास्तु नित्यमव्यभिचारिणी।।

tvayi bhaktirmamaivāstu nityamavyabhicāriṇī||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 19

मत्प्रसादाच्च भविता चक्रवर्तो त्वमीश्वरः।।

matprasādācca bhavitā cakravarto tvamīśvaraḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 20

आनाय्य प्रकृतीः सम्यगभिषेकमगृह्णत।।

ānāyya prakṛtīḥ samyagabhiṣekamagṛhṇata||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 21

दत्तात्रेयात परामृद्धिमवाप्यातिबलान्वितः।।

dattātreyāt parāmṛddhimavāpyātibalānvitaḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 22

हन्तव्यः स मया दस्युः परिहंसारतो ऽपि वा।।

hantavyaḥ sa mayā dasyuḥ parihaṃsārato 'pi vā||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 23

तमृते पुरुषव्याघ्रं बभूवोरुपराक्रमः।।

tamṛte puruṣavyāghraṃ babhūvoruparākramaḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 24

क्षेत्रपालः स एवासीद द्विजातीनाञ्च रक्षिता।।

kṣetrapālaḥ sa evāsīd dvijātīnāñca rakṣitā||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 25

द्स्यु-व्यालाग्रि-शस्त्रादि-भयेष्वब्धौ निमज्जताम।।

dsyu-vyālāgri-śastrādi-bhayeṣvabdhau nimajjatām||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 26

स एव संस्मृतः सद्यः समुद्धर्ताभवन्नृणाम।।

sa eva saṃsmṛtaḥ sadyaḥ samuddhartābhavannṛṇām||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 27

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 27

तेनेष्टं बहुभिर्यज्ञैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः।।

teneṣṭaṃ bahubhiryajñaiḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 28

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 28

तस्यार्धिमतिमानञ्च दृष्ट्वा प्राहाङ्गिरा मुनिः।।

tasyārdhimatimānañca dṛṣṭvā prāhāṅgirā muniḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 29

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 29

यज्ञैर्दानैस्तपोभिर्वा संग्रामे चातिचेष्चितैः।।

yajñairdānaistapobhirvā saṃgrāme cāticeṣcitaiḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 30

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 30

तस्मिंस्तस्मिन दिने यागं दत्तात्रेयस्य सो ऽकरोत।।

tasmiṃstasmin dine yāgaṃ dattātreyasya so 'karot||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 31

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 31

तस्यर्धि परमां दृष्ट्वा यागं चक्रुः समाधिना।।

tasyardhi paramāṃ dṛṣṭvā yāgaṃ cakruḥ samādhinā||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 32

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 32

विष्णोश्चराचरगुरोरनन्तस्य महात्मनः।।

viṣṇoścarācaraguroranantasya mahātmanaḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 33

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 33

अनन्तस्याप्रमेयस्य शङ्ख-चक्र-गदाभृतः।।

anantasyāprameyasya śaṅkha-cakra-gadābhṛtaḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 34

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 34

स सुखी स च संसारात समुत्तीर्णो ऽचिराद्भवेत।।

sa sukhī sa ca saṃsārāt samuttīrṇo 'cirādbhavet||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 35

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 35

इत्येवं यस्य वै वाचस्तं कथं नाश्रयेज्जनः।।

ityevaṃ yasya vai vācastaṃ kathaṃ nāśrayejjanaḥ||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 36

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 36

अनादिनिधनो देवः करोति स्थिति-पालनम।।

anādinidhano devaḥ karoti sthiti-pālanam||

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The Episode of Dattātreya - Verse 37

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 19 · Verse 37

पितृभक्तस्य राजर्षेरलर्कस्य महात्मनः।।

pitṛbhaktasya rājarṣeralarkasya mahātmanaḥ||

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