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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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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 1

तुतोष यस्य यज्ञेषु सोमावाप्त्या पुरन्दरः।।

tutoṣa yasya yajñeṣu somāvāptyā purandaraḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 2

बुद्धि-विक्रम-लावण्यैर्गुरुशक्राश्विभिः समः।।

buddhi-vikrama-lāvaṇyairguruśakrāśvibhiḥ samaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 3

नृपपुत्रो नृपसुतैर्नित्यमास्ते समावृतः।।

nṛpaputro nṛpasutairnityamāste samāvṛtaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 4

कदाचित काव्यसंलाप-गीत-नाटकसम्भवैः।।

kadācit kāvyasaṃlāpa-gīta-nāṭakasambhavaiḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 5

योग्यानि युद्धनागाश्व-स्यन्दनाभ्यासतत्परः।।

yogyāni yuddhanāgāśva-syandanābhyāsatatparaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 6

यथैव हि दिवा तद्वद्रात्रवपि मुदा युतः।।

yathaiva hi divā tadvadrātravapi mudā yutaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 7

समानवयसः प्रीत्या रन्तुमायान्त्यनेकशः।।

samānavayasaḥ prītyā rantumāyāntyanekaśaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 8

कुमारावागतौ नागौ पुत्रावश्वतरस्य तु।।

kumārāvāgatau nāgau putrāvaśvatarasya tu||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 9

तौ तैर्नृपसुतैः सार्धं तथैवान्यैर्द्विजन्मभिः।।

tau tairnṛpasutaiḥ sārdhaṃ tathaivānyairdvijanmabhiḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 10

सर्व च ते नृपसुतास्ते च ब्रह्मविशां सुताः।।

sarva ca te nṛpasutāste ca brahmaviśāṃ sutāḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 11

वस्त्रगन्धानुसयुक्तां चक्रुर्भागभुजिक्रियाम।।

vastragandhānusayuktāṃ cakrurbhāgabhujikriyām||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 12

आजग्मतुर्मुदा युक्तौ प्रीत्या सूनोर्महीपतेः।।

ājagmaturmudā yuktau prītyā sūnormahīpateḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 13

विनोदैर्विविधैर्हास्य-संलापादिभिरेव च।।

vinodairvividhairhāsya-saṃlāpādibhireva ca||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 14

न रराम न जग्राह शास्त्राण्यात्मगुणर्धये।।

na rarāma na jagrāha śāstrāṇyātmaguṇardhaye||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 15

निश्वासपरमौ नीत्वा जग्मतुस्तं दिने दिने।।

niśvāsaparamau nītvā jagmatustaṃ dine dine||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 16

सहेति पप्रच्छ पिता तावुभौ नागदारकौ।।

saheti papraccha pitā tāvubhau nāgadārakau||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 17

दिवा रजन्यामेवोभौ पश्यामि प्रियदर्शनौ।।

divā rajanyāmevobhau paśyāmi priyadarśanau||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 18

प्रत्यूचतुर्महाभागावुरगाधिपतेः सुतौ।।

pratyūcaturmahābhāgāvuragādhipateḥ sutau||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 19

रूपवानार्जवोपेतः शूरो मानी प्रियंवदः।।

rūpavānārjavopetaḥ śūro mānī priyaṃvadaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 20

मान्यमानयिता धीमान ह्रीमान विनयभूषणः।।

mānyamānayitā dhīmān hrīmān vinayabhūṣaṇaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 21

नागलोके भुवर्लोके न रतिं विन्दते पितः।।

nāgaloke bhuvarloke na ratiṃ vindate pitaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 22

परितापाय तत्सङ्गादाह्लादाय रविर्दिवा।।

paritāpāya tatsaṅgādāhlādāya ravirdivā||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 23

परोक्षस्यापि गुणिभैः क्रियते गुणकीर्तनम।।

parokṣasyāpi guṇibhaiḥ kriyate guṇakīrtanam||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 24

शास्त्रशीले समं मन्ये पुत्रौ धन्यतरन्तु तम।।

śāstraśīle samaṃ manye putrau dhanyatarantu tam||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 25

कथयन्ति सदा सत्सु पुत्रवांस्तेन वै पिता।।

kathayanti sadā satsu putravāṃstena vai pitā||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 26

किञ्चिन्निष्पादितं वत्सौ परितोषाय चेतसः।।

kiñcinniṣpāditaṃ vatsau paritoṣāya cetasaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 27

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 27

यस्यार्थिनो न विमुखा मित्रार्थो न च दुर्बलः।।

yasyārthino na vimukhā mitrārtho na ca durbalaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 28

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 28

यच्चान्यत प्रीतये तस्य तद्देयमविशङ्कया।।

yaccānyat prītaye tasya taddeyamaviśaṅkayā||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 29

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 29

प्रतिरूपमकुर्वन यो जीवामीत्यवगच्छति।।

pratirūpamakurvan yo jīvāmītyavagacchati||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 30

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 30

नृमेघो वर्षति प्राज्ञास्तस्येच्छन्ति सदोन्नतिम।।

nṛmegho varṣati prājñāstasyecchanti sadonnatim||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 31

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 31

यस्य सर्वार्थिनो गेहे सर्वकामैः सदार्च्चिताः।।

yasya sarvārthino gehe sarvakāmaiḥ sadārccitāḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 32

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 32

वाहनासनयानानि भूषणान्यम्बराणि च।।

vāhanāsanayānāni bhūṣaṇānyambarāṇi ca||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 33

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 33

प्राज्ञानामप्यसौ तात सर्वसन्देहहृत्तमः।।

prājñānāmapyasau tāta sarvasandehahṛttamaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 34

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 34

हिरण्यगर्भ-गोविन्द-शर्वादीनीश्वरादृते।।

hiraṇyagarbha-govinda-śarvādīnīśvarādṛte||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 35

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 35

असाध्यमथवा साध्यं किं वासाध्यं विपश्चिताम।।

asādhyamathavā sādhyaṃ kiṃ vāsādhyaṃ vipaścitām||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 36

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 36

प्रयान्ति वाञ्छितं वान्यद दृढं ये व्यवसायिनः।।

prayānti vāñchitaṃ vānyad dṛḍhaṃ ye vyavasāyinaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 37

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 37

उद्यतानां मनुष्याणां यतचित्तेन्द्रियात्मनाम।।

udyatānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ yatacittendriyātmanām||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 38

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 38

अगच्छन वैनतेयो ऽपि पादमेकं न गच्छति।।

agacchan vainateyo 'pi pādamekaṃ na gacchati||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 39

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 39

उत्तानपादनृपतेः पुत्रः सन भूमिगोचरः।।

uttānapādanṛpateḥ putraḥ san bhūmigocaraḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 40

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 40

स भूपालसुतः साधुर्येनानृण्यं भवेत वाम।।

sa bhūpālasutaḥ sādhuryenānṛṇyaṃ bhaveta vām||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 41

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 41

कौमारके यथा तस्य वृतं सद्वृत्तशालिनः।।

kaumārake yathā tasya vṛtaṃ sadvṛttaśālinaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 42

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 42

गालवो ऽभ्यागमद्धीमान गृहीत्वा तुरगोत्तमम।।

gālavo 'bhyāgamaddhīmān gṛhītvā turagottamam||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 43

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 43

को ऽपि दैत्याधमो राजन विध्वंसयति पापकृत।।

ko 'pi daityādhamo rājan vidhvaṃsayati pāpakṛt||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 44

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 44

अन्येषाञ्चाल्पकायानामहर्निशमकारणात।।

anyeṣāñcālpakāyānāmaharniśamakāraṇāt||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 45

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 45

तथा करोति विघ्रानि यथा चलति मे मनः।।

tathā karoti vighrāni yathā calati me manaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 46

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 46

दुः खार्जितस्य तपसो व्ययमिच्छामि पार्थिव।।

duḥ khārjitasya tapaso vyayamicchāmi pārthiva||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 47

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 47

तत क्लेशितेन निश्वासो निरीक्ष्यासुरमुज्झितः।।

tat kleśitena niśvāso nirīkṣyāsuramujjhitaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 48

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 48

वाक चाशरीरिणी प्राह नरनाथ शृणुष्व ताम।।

vāk cāśarīriṇī prāha naranātha śṛṇuṣva tām||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 49

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 49

समर्थः क्रान्तुमर्केण तवायं प्रतिपादितः।।

samarthaḥ krāntumarkeṇa tavāyaṃ pratipāditaḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 50

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 50

समस्तदिक्षु व्रजतो न भङ्गः पर्वतेष्वपि।।

samastadikṣu vrajato na bhaṅgaḥ parvateṣvapi||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 51

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 51

अतः कुवलयो नाम्ना ख्यातिं लोके प्रयास्यति।।

ataḥ kuvalayo nāmnā khyātiṃ loke prayāsyati||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 52

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 52

तमप्येनं समारुह्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ हनिष्यति।।

tamapyenaṃ samāruhya dvijaśreṣṭha haniṣyati||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 53

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 53

प्राप्यैतदश्वरत्नञ्च ख्यातिमेतेन यास्यति।।

prāpyaitadaśvaratnañca khyātimetena yāsyati||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 54

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 54

तं निवारय भूपाल भागभाङ्नृपतिर्यतः।।

taṃ nivāraya bhūpāla bhāgabhāṅnṛpatiryataḥ||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 55

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 55

पुत्रमाज्ञापय तथा यथा धर्मो न लुप्यते।।

putramājñāpaya tathā yathā dharmo na lupyate||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 56

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 56

तमश्वरत्नमारोप्य कृतकौतुकमङ्गलम।।

tamaśvaratnamāropya kṛtakautukamaṅgalam||

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The Story of Kuvalayāśva - Verse 57

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 20 · Verse 57

स्वमाश्रमपदं सो ऽपि तमादाय ययौ मुनिः।।

svamāśramapadaṃ so 'pi tamādāya yayau muniḥ||

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