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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 35 · 57 shlokas

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 1

भोज्यमन्नं पर्युषितं स्नेहाक्तं चिरसंभृतम।।

bhojyamannaṃ paryuṣitaṃ snehāktaṃ cirasaṃbhṛtam||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 2

शशकः कच्छपो गोधा श्वावित खड्गो ऽथ पुत्रक।।

śaśakaḥ kacchapo godhā śvāvit khaḍgo 'tha putraka||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 3

पितृदेवादिशेषश्च श्राद्धे ब्राह्मणकाम्यया।।

pitṛdevādiśeṣaśca śrāddhe brāhmaṇakāmyayā||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 4

शङ्खाश्मस्वर्णरूप्याणां रज्जूनामथ वाससाम।।

śaṅkhāśmasvarṇarūpyāṇāṃ rajjūnāmatha vāsasām||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 5

मणिवज्रप्रवालानान्तथा मुक्ताफलस्य च।।

maṇivajrapravālānāntathā muktāphalasya ca||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 6

यथायसानां तोयेन ग्राव्णः सङ्घर्षणेन च।।

yathāyasānāṃ toyena grāvṇaḥ saṅgharṣaṇena ca||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 7

शूर्पधान्याजिनानाञ्च मुषलोलूखलस्य च।।

śūrpadhānyājinānāñca muṣalolūkhalasya ca||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 8

वल्कलानामशेषाणामम्बुमृच्छौचमिष्यते।।

valkalānāmaśeṣāṇāmambumṛcchaucamiṣyate||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 9

आविकानां समस्तानां केशानाञ्चापि मेध्यता।।

āvikānāṃ samastānāṃ keśānāñcāpi medhyatā||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 10

साम्बुना तात! भवति उपघातवतां सदा।।

sāmbunā tāta! bhavati upaghātavatāṃ sadā||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 11

दारुदन्तास्थिशृङ्गाणां तक्षणाच्छुद्धिरिष्यते।।

dārudantāsthiśṛṅgāṇāṃ takṣaṇācchuddhiriṣyate||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 12

शुचिर्भैक्षं कारुहस्तः पण्यं योषिन्मुखं तथा।।

śucirbhaikṣaṃ kāruhastaḥ paṇyaṃ yoṣinmukhaṃ tathā||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 13

वाक्रप्रशास्तं चिरातीतमनेकान्तरितं लघु।।

vākrapraśāstaṃ cirātītamanekāntaritaṃ laghu||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 14

कर्मान्ताङ्गाराशालाश्च स्तनन्धयसुताः स्त्रियः।।

karmāntāṅgārāśālāśca stanandhayasutāḥ striyaḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 15

भूमिर्विशुध्यते कालाद्दाहमार्जनगोक्रमैः।।

bhūmirviśudhyate kālāddāhamārjanagokramaiḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 16

केशकीटावपन्ने च गोघ्राते मक्षिकान्विते।।

keśakīṭāvapanne ca goghrāte makṣikānvite||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 17

औदुम्बराणामम्लेन क्षारेण त्रपुसीसयोः।।

audumbarāṇāmamlena kṣāreṇa trapusīsayoḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 18

अमेध्याक्तस्य मृत्तोयैर्गन्धापहरणेन च।।

amedhyāktasya mṛttoyairgandhāpaharaṇena ca||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 19

शुचि गोतृप्तिकृत्तोयं प्रकृतिस्थं महीगतम।।

śuci gotṛptikṛttoyaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ mahīgatam||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 20

रथ्यागतञ्च चेलादि तात! वातात शुचि स्मृतम।।

rathyāgatañca celādi tāta! vātāt śuci smṛtam||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 21

विप्रुषो मक्षिकाद्याश्च दुष्टसङ्गाददोषिणः।।

vipruṣo makṣikādyāśca duṣṭasaṅgādadoṣiṇaḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 22

मातुः प्रस्त्रवणं मेध्यं शकुनिः फलपातने।।

mātuḥ prastravaṇaṃ medhyaṃ śakuniḥ phalapātane||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 23

सोमसूर्यांशुपवनैः शुध्यन्ते तानि पण्यवत।।

somasūryāṃśupavanaiḥ śudhyante tāni paṇyavat||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 24

आचामेत यथान्यायं वासो विपरिधाय च।।

ācāmeta yathānyāyaṃ vāso viparidhāya ca||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 25

पक्वेष्टरचितानाञ्च मेध्यता वायुसङ्गमात।।

pakveṣṭaracitānāñca medhyatā vāyusaṅgamāt||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 26

शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं कुर्यादाचम्यादिभस्तथा मृदा।।

śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ kuryādācamyādibhastathā mṛdā||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 27

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 27

अज्ञाते ज्ञानपूर्वन्तु तद्दोषोपशमेन तु।।

ajñāte jñānapūrvantu taddoṣopaśamena tu||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 28

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 28

स्पृष्ट्वा स्नायीत शौचार्थं तथैव मृतहारिणः।।

spṛṣṭvā snāyīta śaucārthaṃ tathaiva mṛtahāriṇaḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 29

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 29

आचम्यैव तु निः स्त्रेहं गामालभ्यार्कमीक्ष्य वा।।

ācamyaiva tu niḥ strehaṃ gāmālabhyārkamīkṣya vā||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 30

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 30

नोद्यानादौ विकालेषु प्राज्ञस्तिष्ठेत कदाचन।।

nodyānādau vikāleṣu prājñastiṣṭhet kadācana||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 31

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 31

गृहादुच्छिष्टविण्मूत्रपादाम्भांसि क्षिपेद्वहिः।।

gṛhāducchiṣṭaviṇmūtrapādāmbhāṃsi kṣipedvahiḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 32

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 32

स्त्रायीत देवखातेषु गङ्गा-ह्रदृसरित्सु च।।

strāyīta devakhāteṣu gaṅgā-hradṛsaritsu ca||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 33

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 33

कृत्वा तु स्पर्शनालापं शुध्येतार्कावलोकनात।।

kṛtvā tu sparśanālāpaṃ śudhyetārkāvalokanāt||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 34

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 34

विधर्मि-सूतिका-षण्ड-विवस्त्रान्त्यावसायिनः।।

vidharmi-sūtikā-ṣaṇḍa-vivastrāntyāvasāyinaḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 35

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 35

एतदेव हि कर्तव्यं प्राज्ञैः शोधनमात्मनः।।

etadeva hi kartavyaṃ prājñaiḥ śodhanamātmanaḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 36

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 36

पतिताविद्धचण्डाल-मृतहारांश्च धर्मवित।।

patitāviddhacaṇḍāla-mṛtahārāṃśca dharmavit||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 37

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 37

तद्वच्च सूतिकाशौचदूषितौ पुरुषावपि।।

tadvacca sūtikāśaucadūṣitau puruṣāvapi||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 38

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 38

यश्च ब्राह्मणसन्त्यक्तः किल्विषी स नराधमः।।

yaśca brāhmaṇasantyaktaḥ kilviṣī sa narādhamaḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 39

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 39

तस्य त्वकरणे बन्धः केवलं मृतजन्मसु।।

tasya tvakaraṇe bandhaḥ kevalaṃ mṛtajanmasu||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 40

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 40

क्षत्रियो द्वादशाहञ्च वैश्यो मासार्धमेव च।।

kṣatriyo dvādaśāhañca vaiśyo māsārdhameva ca||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 41

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 41

ततः परं निजं कर्म कुर्युः सर्वे यथोदितम।।

tataḥ paraṃ nijaṃ karma kuryuḥ sarve yathoditam||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 42

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 42

प्रथमे ऽह्नि चतुर्थे च सप्तमे नवमे तथा।।

prathame 'hni caturthe ca saptame navame tathā||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 43

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 43

उर्ध्वं संचयनात तेषामङ्गस्पर्शो विधीयते।।

urdhvaṃ saṃcayanāt teṣāmaṅgasparśo vidhīyate||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 44

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 44

स्पर्श एव सपिण्डानां मृताहनि तथोभयोः।।

sparśa eva sapiṇḍānāṃ mṛtāhani tathobhayoḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 45

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 45

विषप्रपातादिमृते प्रायोनाशकयोरपि।।

viṣaprapātādimṛte prāyonāśakayorapi||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 46

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 46

सद्यः शौचमथान्यैश्च त्र्यहमुक्तमशौचकम।।

sadyaḥ śaucamathānyaiśca tryahamuktamaśaucakam||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 47

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 47

पूर्वाशौचसमाख्यातैः कार्यास्त्वत्र दिनैः क्रियाः।।

pūrvāśaucasamākhyātaiḥ kāryāstvatra dinaiḥ kriyāḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 48

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 48

सपिण्डानां सपिण्डेषु यथावत्सोदकेषु च।।

sapiṇḍānāṃ sapiṇḍeṣu yathāvatsodakeṣu ca||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 49

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 49

तत्रापि यदि चान्यस्मिन जाते जायेत चापरः।।

tatrāpi yadi cānyasmin jāte jāyeta cāparaḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 50

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 50

दशद्वादशमासार्ध-माससंख्यैर्दिनैर्गतैः।।

daśadvādaśamāsārdha-māsasaṃkhyairdinairgataiḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 51

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 51

प्रेतमुद्दिश्य कर्तव्यमेकोद्दिष्टं ततः परम।।

pretamuddiśya kartavyamekoddiṣṭaṃ tataḥ param||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 52

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 52

यद्यदिष्टतमं लोके यच्चापि ययितं गृहे।।

yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāpi yayitaṃ gṛhe||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 53

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 53

पूर्णैस्तु दिवसैः स्पृष्ट्वा सलिलं वाहनायुधम।।

pūrṇaistu divasaiḥ spṛṣṭvā salilaṃ vāhanāyudham||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 54

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 54

स्ववर्णधर्मनिर्दिष्टमुपादानं तथा क्रियाः।।

svavarṇadharmanirdiṣṭamupādānaṃ tathā kriyāḥ||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 55

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 55

अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भवितव्यं विपश्चिता।।

adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 56

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 56

यच्चापि कुर्वतो नात्मा जुगुप्सामेति पुत्रक!।।

yaccāpi kurvato nātmā jugupsāmeti putraka!||

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The education of Alarka (continued): An exposition of things permitted and forbidden - Verse 57

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 35 · Verse 57

धर्मार्थकामसंप्राप्त्या परत्रेह च शोभनम।।

dharmārthakāmasaṃprāptyā paratreha ca śobhanam||

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