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 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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