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 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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