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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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Chapter 25 · 18 shlokas

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 1

कथयामास तन्वङ्गी यथा प्राप्ता पुनर्मृता।।

kathayāmāsa tanvaṅgī yathā prāptā punarmṛtā||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 2

स्वजनञ्च यथापूर्वं वन्दनाश्लेषणादिभिः।।

svajanañca yathāpūrvaṃ vandanāśleṣaṇādibhiḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 3

ततो महोत्सवो जज्ञे पौराणां तत्र वै पुरे।।

tato mahotsavo jajñe paurāṇāṃ tatra vai pure||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 4

निर्झरेषु च शैलानां निम्नगापुलिनेषु च।।

nirjhareṣu ca śailānāṃ nimnagāpulineṣu ca||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 5

पुण्यक्षयं वाञ्छमाना सापि कामोपबोगतः।।

puṇyakṣayaṃ vāñchamānā sāpi kāmopabogataḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 6

ततः कालेन महता शत्रुजित स नराधिपः।।

tataḥ kālena mahatā śatrujit sa narādhipaḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 7

ततः पौरा महात्मानं पुत्रं तस्य ऋतध्वजम।।

tataḥ paurā mahātmānaṃ putraṃ tasya ṛtadhvajam||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 8

सम्यक पालयतस्तस्य प्रजाः पुत्रानिवौरसान।।

samyak pālayatastasya prajāḥ putrānivaurasān||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 9

तस्य चक्रे पिता नाम विक्रान्त इति धीमतः।।

tasya cakre pitā nāma vikrānta iti dhīmataḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 10

उल्लापनच्छलेनाह रुदमानमविस्वरम।।

ullāpanacchalenāha rudamānamavisvaram||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 11

नैवास्य त्वं रोदिषि कस्य हेतोः।।

naivāsya tvaṃ rodiṣi kasya hetoḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 12

ऽगुणाश्च भौताः सकलेन्द्रियेषु।।

'guṇāśca bhautāḥ sakalendriyeṣu||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 13

न ते ऽस्ति वृद्धिर्न च ते ऽस्ति हानिः।।

na te 'sti vṛddhirna ca te 'sti hāniḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 14

मदादिमूढैः सञ्चुकस्ते ऽपिनद्धः।।

madādimūḍhaiḥ sañcukaste 'pinaddhaḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 15

त्वं भूतसङ्घं बहुमानयेथाः।।

tvaṃ bhūtasaṅghaṃ bahumānayethāḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 16

जानात्यविद्वान सुविमूढयेताः।।

jānātyavidvāna suvimūḍhayetāḥ||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 17

स्थानं रतेः किं नरकं न योषित।।

sthānaṃ rateḥ kiṃ narakaṃ na yoṣit||

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The story of Kuvalayāśva and Madālasā (continued) - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 25 · Verse 18

देहे ऽतिमात्रं बत मूढतैषा।।

dehe 'timātraṃ bata mūḍhataiṣā||

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