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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+ Add ShlokaThe story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 1
उपासाञ्चक्रिरे पुत्रौ भूपालतनयस्तथा।।
upāsāñcakrire putrau bhūpālatanayastathā||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 2
प्रीतिं सञ्जनयामास पुत्रसख्युरुवाच च।।
prītiṃ sañjanayāmāsa putrasakhyuruvāca ca||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 3
कर्तव्यमुत्सृजाशङ्कां पितरीव सुतो मयि।।
kartavyamutsṛjāśaṅkāṃ pitarīva suto mayi||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 4
यद्वाभिमतमत्यर्थं दुर्लभं तद्वृणुष्व माम।।
yadvābhimatamatyarthaṃ durlabhaṃ tadvṛṇuṣva mām||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 5
पितुरस्ति ममाद्यापिन किञ्चित कार्यमीदृशम।।
piturasti mamādyāpina kiñcit kāryamīdṛśam||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 6
तथैव त्वयि पातालं न मे याञ्चोन्मुकं मनः।।
tathaiva tvayi pātālaṃ na me yāñconmukaṃ manaḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 7
तृणकोटिसमं वित्तं तारुण्याद्वित्तकोटिषु।।
tṛṇakoṭisamaṃ vittaṃ tāruṇyādvittakoṭiṣu||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 8
जनिता ध्रियते वित्तं यौवनं किन्नु नास्ति मे।।
janitā dhriyate vittaṃ yauvanaṃ kinnu nāsti me||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 9
सत्यशेषे कथं याञ्चां मम जिह्वा करिष्यति।।
satyaśeṣe kathaṃ yāñcāṃ mama jihvā kariṣyati||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 10
पितृबाहुतरुच्छायां संश्रिताः सुखिनो हि ते।।
pitṛbāhutarucchāyāṃ saṃśritāḥ sukhino hi te||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 11
ते सुखास्वादविभ्रंशान्मन्ये धात्रैव वञ्चिताः।।
te sukhāsvādavibhraṃśānmanye dhātraiva vañcitāḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 12
पितृमुक्तान प्रयच्छामः कामतो नित्यमर्थिनाम।।
pitṛmuktān prayacchāmaḥ kāmato nityamarthinām||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 13
मच्चूडामणिना स्पृष्टं यच्चाङ्गस्पर्शमाप्तवान।।
maccūḍāmaṇinā spṛṣṭaṃ yaccāṅgasparśamāptavān||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 14
प्राह राजसुतं प्रीत्या पुत्रयोरुपकारिणम।।
prāha rājasutaṃ prītyā putrayorupakāriṇam||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 15
यदन्यन्मनसः प्रीत्यै तद्ब्रूहि त्वं ददाम्यहम।।
yadanyanmanasaḥ prītyai tadbrūhi tvaṃ dadāmyaham||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 16
सर्वमस्ति विशेषेण सम्प्राप्तं तव दर्शनात।।
sarvamasti viśeṣeṇa samprāptaṃ tava darśanāt||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 17
यदङ्गसंश्लेषमितस्तव देवस्य मानुषः।।
yadaṅgasaṃśleṣamitastava devasya mānuṣaḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 18
कृतं तेनैव न प्राप्तं किं मया पन्नगेश्वर।।
kṛtaṃ tenaiva na prāptaṃ kiṃ mayā pannageśvara||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 19
तत्पुण्यकर्मसंस्कारो हृदयान्मा व्यपैतु मे।।
tatpuṇyakarmasaṃskāro hṛdayānmā vyapaitu me||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 20
स्त्रियो ऽन्नपानं पुत्राश्च चारुमाल्यानुलेपन।।
striyo 'nnapānaṃ putrāśca cārumālyānulepan||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 21
सर्वमेतन्मम मतं फलं पुण्यवनस्पतेः।।
sarvametanmama mataṃ phalaṃ puṇyavanaspateḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 22
कर्तव्यः पुण्यसक्तानां न किञ्चिद्भुवि दुर्लभम।।
kartavyaḥ puṇyasaktānāṃ na kiñcidbhuvi durlabham||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 23
सत्यञ्चैतत फलं सर्वं धर्मस्योक्तं यथा त्वया।।
satyañcaitat phalaṃ sarvaṃ dharmasyoktaṃ yathā tvayā||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 24
ग्राह्यं यन्मानुषे लोके दुष्प्राप्तं भवतो मतम।।
grāhyaṃ yanmānuṣe loke duṣprāptaṃ bhavato matam||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 25
मुकावलोकनञ्चक्रे पन्नगेश्वरपुत्रयोः।।
mukāvalokanañcakre pannageśvaraputrayoḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 26
तत पितुः सकलं वीरौ कथयामासतुः स्फुटम।।
tat pituḥ sakalaṃ vīrau kathayāmāsatuḥ sphuṭam||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 27
अत्यजद्दयितान प्राणान विप्रलब्धा दुरात्मना।।
atyajaddayitān prāṇān vipralabdhā durātmanā||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 28
गन्धर्वराजस्य सुता नाम्ना ख्याता मदालसा।।
gandharvarājasya sutā nāmnā khyātā madālasā||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 29
नान्या भार्या भवित्रीति वर्जयित्वा मदालसाम।।
nānyā bhāryā bhavitrīti varjayitvā madālasām||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 30
तात! वाञ्छति यद्येतत क्रियते तत कृतं भवेत।।
tāta! vāñchati yadyetat kriyate tat kṛtaṃ bhavet||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 31
कथमेतद्विना स्वप्नं मायां वा शम्बरोदिताम।।
kathametadvinā svapnaṃ māyāṃ vā śambaroditām||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 32
प्रत्युवाच महात्मानं प्रेमलज्जासमन्वितः।।
pratyuvāca mahātmānaṃ premalajjāsamanvitaḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 33
यदि दर्शयते मन्ये परं कृतमनुग्रहम।।
yadi darśayate manye paraṃ kṛtamanugraham||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 34
अनुग्राह्यो भवान गेहं बालो ऽप्यभ्यागतो गुरुः।।
anugrāhyo bhavān gehaṃ bālo 'pyabhyāgato guruḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 35
तेषां संमोहनार्थाय ज्जल्प च ततः स्फुटम।।
teṣāṃ saṃmohanārthāya jjalpa ca tataḥ sphuṭam||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 36
सेयं न वेति ते भार्या राजपुत्र! मदालसा।।
seyaṃ na veti te bhāryā rājaputra! madālasā||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 37
निवारयामास च तं नागः सो ऽश्वतरस्त्वरन।।
nivārayāmāsa ca taṃ nāgaḥ so 'śvatarastvaran||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 38
अन्तर्धानमुपैत्याशु माया संस्पर्शनादिभिः।।
antardhānamupaityāśu māyā saṃsparśanādibhiḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 39
हा प्रियेति वदन सो ऽथ चिन्तयामास भामिनीम।।
hā priyeti vadan so 'tha cintayāmāsa bhāminīm||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 40
येनायं पातनो ऽरीणां विना शस्त्रेण पातितः।।
yenāyaṃ pātano 'rīṇāṃ vinā śastreṇa pātitaḥ||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 41
वाय्वम्बुतेजसां भुमेराकाशस्य च चेष्टया।।
vāyvambutejasāṃ bhumerākāśasya ca ceṣṭayā||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 42
कथयामास तत सर्वं मृतसञ्जीवनादिकम।।
kathayāmāsa tat sarvaṃ mṛtasañjīvanādikam||
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The story of Kuvalayāśva (continued): The Recovery of Madālasā - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 24 · Verse 43
आरुह्य संचिन्तितमभ्युपतेम।।
āruhya saṃcintitamabhyupatem||
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