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 22 · Verse 1
प्राह गच्छाशु विप्राणां त्राणाय चर मेदिनीम।।
prāha gacchāśu viprāṇāṃ trāṇāya cara medinīm||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 2
अबाधा द्विजमुख्यानामन्वेष्टव्या सदैव हि।।
abādhā dvijamukhyānāmanveṣṭavyā sadaiva hi||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 3
तेभ्यो न स्याद्यथा बाधा मुनीनां त्वं तथा कुरु।।
tebhyo na syādyathā bādhā munīnāṃ tvaṃ tathā kuru||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 4
परिक्रम्य महीं सर्वां ववन्दे चरणौ पितुः।।
parikramya mahīṃ sarvāṃ vavande caraṇau pituḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 5
ततश्च शेषं दिवसं तया रेमे सुमध्यया।।
tataśca śeṣaṃ divasaṃ tayā reme sumadhyayā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 6
पातालकेतोरनुजं तालकेतुं कृताश्रमम।।
pātālaketoranujaṃ tālaketuṃ kṛtāśramam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 7
स प्राह राजपुत्रं तं पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन।।
sa prāha rājaputraṃ taṃ pūrvavairamanusmaran||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 8
न च ते प्रार्थनाभङ्गः कार्यः सत्यप्रतिश्रव।।
na ca te prārthanābhaṅgaḥ kāryaḥ satyapratiśrava||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 9
चितयस्तत्र कर्तव्या नास्ति मे दक्षैणा यतः।।
citayastatra kartavyā nāsti me dakṣaiṇā yataḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 10
यदेतत कण्ठलग्नं ते रक्ष चेमं माश्रमम।।
yadetat kaṇṭhalagnaṃ te rakṣa cemaṃ māśramam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 11
वैदिकैर्वारुणैर्मन्त्रैः प्रजानां पुष्टिहेतुकैः।।
vaidikairvāruṇairmantraiḥ prajānāṃ puṣṭihetukaiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 12
तं प्रणम्य ततः प्रादात स तस्मै कण्ठभूषणम।।
taṃ praṇamya tataḥ prādāt sa tasmai kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 13
स्थास्यामि तावदत्रैव तवाश्रमसमीपतः।।
sthāsyāmi tāvadatraiva tavāśramasamīpataḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 14
विश्रब्धश्चात्वरन ब्रह्मन कुरुष्व त्वं मनोगतम।।
viśrabdhaścātvaran brahman kuruṣva tvaṃ manogatam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 15
ररक्ष सो ऽपि तस्यैव मायाविहितमाश्रमम।।
rarakṣa so 'pi tasyaiva māyāvihitamāśramam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 16
मदालसायाः प्रत्यक्षमन्येषाञ्चैतदुक्तवान।।
madālasāyāḥ pratyakṣamanyeṣāñcaitaduktavān||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 17
केनापि दुष्टदैत्येन कुर्वन रक्षां तपस्विनाम।।
kenāpi duṣṭadaityena kurvan rakṣāṃ tapasvinām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 18
मायामाश्रित्य पापेन भिन्नः शूलेन वक्षसी।।
māyāmāśritya pāpena bhinnaḥ śūlena vakṣasī||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 19
प्रापितश्चाग्निसंयोगं स वने शूद्रतापसैः।।
prāpitaścāgnisaṃyogaṃ sa vane śūdratāpasaiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 20
नीतः सो ऽश्वश्च तेनैव दानवेन दुरात्मना।।
nītaḥ so 'śvaśca tenaiva dānavena durātmanā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 21
यदत्रानन्तरं कृत्यं क्रियतां तदकालिकम।।
yadatrānantaraṃ kṛtyaṃ kriyatāṃ tadakālikam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 22
नास्माकं हि सुवर्णेन कृत्यमस्ति तपस्विनाम।।
nāsmākaṃ hi suvarṇena kṛtyamasti tapasvinām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 23
निपपात जनः सो ऽथ शोकार्तो मूर्च्छयाऽतुरः।।
nipapāta janaḥ so 'tha śokārto mūrcchayā'turaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 24
राजपत्न्यश्च राजा च विलेपुरतिदुः खिताः।।
rājapatnyaśca rājā ca vilepuratiduḥ khitāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 25
तत्याजाशु प्रियान प्राणान श्रुत्वा च निहन्त पतिम।।
tatyājāśu priyān prāṇān śrutvā ca nihanta patim||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 26
यथैव तस्य नृपतेः स्वगेहे समवर्तत।।
yathaiva tasya nṛpateḥ svagehe samavartata||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 27
प्रत्युवाच जनं सर्वं विमृश्य सुस्थमानसः।।
pratyuvāca janaṃ sarvaṃ vimṛśya susthamānasaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 28
सर्वेषामेव संचिन्त्य सम्बन्धानामनित्यताम।।
sarveṣāmeva saṃcintya sambandhānāmanityatām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 29
विमृश्य कृतकृत्यत्वाम्नम्ये ऽशोच्यावुभावपि।।
vimṛśya kṛtakṛtyatvāmnamye 'śocyāvubhāvapi||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 30
प्राप्तो मे यः सुतो मृत्युं कथं शोच्यः स धीमताम।।
prāpto me yaḥ suto mṛtyuṃ kathaṃ śocyaḥ sa dhīmatām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 31
मम पुत्रेण संत्यक्तं नन्वभ्युदयकारि तत।।
mama putreṇa saṃtyaktaṃ nanvabhyudayakāri tat||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 32
कथन्नु शोच्या नारीणां भर्तुरन्यन्न दैवतम।।
kathannu śocyā nārīṇāṃ bharturanyanna daivatam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 33
शोच्या ह्येषा भवेदेवं यदि भर्त्रा वियोगिनी।।
śocyā hyeṣā bhavedevaṃ yadi bhartrā viyoginī||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 34
भर्तारमनुयातेयं न शोच्यातो विपश्चिताम।।
bhartāramanuyāteyaṃ na śocyāto vipaścitām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 35
भर्त्रा वियोगस्त्वनया नानुभूतः कृतज्ञया।।
bhartrā viyogastvanayā nānubhūtaḥ kṛtajñayā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 36
लोकयोः का हि भर्तारं नारी मन्येत मानुषम।।
lokayoḥ kā hi bhartāraṃ nārī manyeta mānuṣam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 37
त्यजता ब्राह्मणार्थाय प्राणान सर्वे स्म तारिताः।।
tyajatā brāhmaṇārthāya prāṇān sarve sma tāritāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 38
आनृण्यमर्धभुक्तस्य त्यागाद देहस्य मे सुतः।।
ānṛṇyamardhabhuktasya tyāgād dehasya me sutaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 39
संग्रामे संत्यजन प्राणान नात्यजद द्विजरक्षणम।।
saṃgrāme saṃtyajan prāṇān nātyajad dvijarakṣaṇam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 40
श्रुत्वा पुत्रवधं तादृक प्राह दृष्ट्वा तु तं पतिम।।
śrutvā putravadhaṃ tādṛk prāha dṛṣṭvā tu taṃ patim||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 41
श्रुत्वा मुनिपरित्राणे हतं पुत्रं यथा मया।।
śrutvā muniparitrāṇe hataṃ putraṃ yathā mayā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 42
म्रियन्ते व्याधिना क्लिष्टास्तेषां माता वृथाप्रजा।।
mriyante vyādhinā kliṣṭāsteṣāṃ mātā vṛthāprajā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 43
क्षुण्णाः शस्त्रैर्विपद्यन्ते त एव भुवि मानवाः।।
kṣuṇṇāḥ śastrairvipadyante ta eva bhuvi mānavāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 44
यो न याति पिता तेन पुत्री माता च वीरसूः।।
yo na yāti pitā tena putrī mātā ca vīrasūḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 45
यदारिविजयी वा स्यात संग्रामे वा हतः सुतः।।
yadārivijayī vā syāt saṃgrāme vā hataḥ sutaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 46
निर्गम्य च बहिः स्नातो ददौ पुत्राय चोदकम।।
nirgamya ca bahiḥ snāto dadau putrāya codakam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 47
राजपुत्रमुवाचेदं प्रणयान्मधुरं वचः।।
rājaputramuvācedaṃ praṇayānmadhuraṃ vacaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 48
कार्यं चिराभिलषितं त्वय्यत्राविचले स्थिते।।
kāryaṃ cirābhilaṣitaṃ tvayyatrāvicale sthite||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 49
तन्मया साधितं सर्वं यन्ममासीदभीप्सितम।।
tanmayā sādhitaṃ sarvaṃ yanmamāsīdabhīpsitam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 22 · Verse 50
समारुह्य तमेवाश्वं सुपर्णानिलविक्रमम।।
samāruhya tamevāśvaṃ suparṇānilavikramam||
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