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 4 · Verse 1
वसन्ति ह्यचले विन्ध्ये तानुपास्व च पृच्छ च।।
vasanti hyacale vindhye tānupāsva ca pṛccha ca||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 2
जगाम विन्ध्यशिखरं यत्र ते धर्मपक्षिणः।।
jagāma vindhyaśikharaṃ yatra te dharmapakṣiṇaḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3
श्रुत्वा च विस्मयाविष्टश्चिन्तयामास जैमिनिः।।
śrutvā ca vismayāviṣṭaścintayāmāsa jaiminiḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 4
विस्पष्टमपदोषञ्च पठ्यते द्विजसत्तमैः।।
vispaṣṭamapadoṣañca paṭhyate dvijasattamaiḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 5
चित्रमेतदहं मन्ये न जहाति सरस्वती।।
citrametadahaṃ manye na jahāti sarasvatī||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 6
त्यक्त्वा गच्छति तत्सर्वं न जहाति सरस्वती।।
tyaktvā gacchati tatsarvaṃ na jahāti sarasvatī||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 7
प्रविश्य च ददर्शासौ शिलापट्टगातान द्विजान।।
praviśya ca dadarśāsau śilāpaṭṭagātān dvijān||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 8
सो ऽथ शोकेन हर्षेण सर्वानेवाभ्यभाषत।।
so 'tha śokena harṣeṇa sarvānevābhyabhāṣata||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 9
व्यासशिष्यमनुप्राप्तं भवतां दर्शनोत्सुकम।।
vyāsaśiṣyamanuprāptaṃ bhavatāṃ darśanotsukam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 10
शप्ताः खगत्वमापन्नाः सर्वथा दिष्टमेव तत।।
śaptāḥ khagatvamāpannāḥ sarvathā diṣṭameva tat||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 11
द्रव्यनाशे द्विजेन्द्रास्ते शबरेण सुसान्त्विताः।।
dravyanāśe dvijendrāste śabareṇa susāntvitāḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 12
पातयित्वा च पात्यन्ते त एव तपसः क्षयात।।
pātayitvā ca pātyante ta eva tapasaḥ kṣayāt||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 13
भावाभावसमुच्छेदैरजस्त्रं व्याकुलं जगत।।
bhāvābhāvasamucchedairajastraṃ vyākulaṃ jagat||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 14
ज्ञानस्य फलमेतावच्छोकहर्षैरधृष्यता।।
jñānasya phalametāvacchokaharṣairadhṛṣyatā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 15
अनामयञ्च पप्रच्छुः प्रणिपत्य महामुनिम।।
anāmayañca papracchuḥ praṇipatya mahāmunim||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 16
सुखोपविष्टं विश्रान्तं पक्षानिलहतक्लमम।।
sukhopaviṣṭaṃ viśrāntaṃ pakṣānilahataklamam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 17
यत पश्यामः सुरैर्वन्द्यं तव पादाम्बुजद्वयम।।
yat paśyāmaḥ surairvandyaṃ tava pādāmbujadvayam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 18
सो ऽद्य शान्तिं गतो विप्र युष्मद्दर्शनवारिणा।।
so 'dya śāntiṃ gato vipra yuṣmaddarśanavāriṇā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 19
वृक्षेष्वथ लता-गुल्म-त्वक्सार-तृणजातिषु।।
vṛkṣeṣvatha latā-gulma-tvaksāra-tṛṇajātiṣu||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 20
भवता सङ्गमो येषां तेषामकुशलं कुतः।।
bhavatā saṅgamo yeṣāṃ teṣāmakuśalaṃ kutaḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 21
केनास्मद्भाग्यगुरुण आनीतो दृष्टिगोचरम।।
kenāsmadbhāgyaguruṇa ānīto dṛṣṭigocaram||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 22
सन्देहान भारते शास्त्रे तान प्रष्टुं गतवानहम।।
sandehān bhārate śāstre tān praṣṭuṃ gatavānaham||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 23
तमहं पृष्टवान प्राप्य सन्देहान भरतं प्रति।।
tamahaṃ pṛṣṭavān prāpya sandehān bharataṃ prati||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 24
द्रोणपुत्रा महात्मानस्ते वक्ष्मन्त्यर्थविस्तरम।।
droṇaputrā mahātmānaste vakṣmantyarthavistaram||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 25
तच्छृणुध्वमशेषेण श्रुत्वा व्याख्यातुमर्हथ।।
tacchṛṇudhvamaśeṣeṇa śrutvā vyākhyātumarhatha||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 26
कथं तन्न वदिष्यामो यदस्मद्बुद्धिगोचरम।।
kathaṃ tanna vadiṣyāmo yadasmadbuddhigocaram||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 27
समस्तेषु तथाङ्गेषु यच्चान्यद्वेदसंमितम।।
samasteṣu tathāṅgeṣu yaccānyadvedasaṃmitam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 28
प्रतिज्ञान्तु समारोढुं तथापि नहि शक्नुमः।।
pratijñāntu samāroḍhuṃ tathāpi nahi śaknumaḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 29
वक्ष्यामस्तव धर्मज्ञ न चेन्मोहो भविष्यति।।
vakṣyāmastava dharmajña na cenmoho bhaviṣyati||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 30
शृणुध्वममलास्तानि श्रुत्वा व्याख्यातुमर्हथ।।
śṛṇudhvamamalāstāni śrutvā vyākhyātumarhatha||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 31
वासुदेवो ऽखिलाधारः सर्वकारणकारणम।।
vāsudevo 'khilādhāraḥ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 32
पञ्चानां महिषी कृष्णा सुमाहनत्र संशयः।।
pañcānāṃ mahiṣī kṛṣṇā sumāhanatra saṃśayaḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 33
तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन कस्माच्चक्रे हलायुधः।।
tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena kasmāccakre halāyudhaḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 34
पाण्डुनाथा महात्मानो वधमापुरनाथवत।।
pāṇḍunāthā mahātmāno vadhamāpuranāthavat||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 35
कृतार्थोहं सुखं येन गच्छेयं निजमाश्रमम।।
kṛtārthohaṃ sukhaṃ yena gaccheyaṃ nijamāśramam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 36
पुरुषायाप्रमेयाय शाश्वतायाव्ययाय च।।
puruṣāyāprameyāya śāśvatāyāvyayāya ca||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 37
वरिष्ठाय गरिष्ठाय वरेष्यायामृताय च।।
variṣṭhāya gariṣṭhāya vareṣyāyāmṛtāya ca||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 38
येन विश्वमिदं व्याप्तमजेन जगदादिना।।
yena viśvamidaṃ vyāptamajena jagadādinā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 39
वदन्ति यद सृष्टमिदं तथैवान्ते च संहृतम।।
vadanti yad sṛṣṭamidaṃ tathaivānte ca saṃhṛtam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 40
ऋक्सामान्युद्गिरन वक्त्रैर्यः पुनाति जगत्त्रयम।।
ṛksāmānyudgiran vaktrairyaḥ punāti jagattrayam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 41
यस्यासुरगणैर्यज्ञा विलुप्यन्ते न यज्विनाम।।
yasyāsuragaṇairyajñā vilupyante na yajvinām||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 42
येन भारतमुद्दिश्य धर्माद्याः प्रकटीकृताः।।
yena bhāratamuddiśya dharmādyāḥ prakaṭīkṛtāḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 43
अयनं तस्य ताः पूर्वं तेन नारायणः स्मृतः।।
ayanaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 44
चतुर्धा संस्थितो ब्रह्मन सगुणो निर्गुणस्तथा।।
caturdhā saṃsthito brahman saguṇo nirguṇastathā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 45
ज्वालामालोपरुद्धाङ्गी निष्ठा सा योगिनां परा।।
jvālāmāloparuddhāṅgī niṣṭhā sā yogināṃ parā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 46
वासुदेवाभिधानासौ निर्ममत्वेन दृश्यते।।
vāsudevābhidhānāsau nirmamatvena dṛśyate||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 47
अस्त्येव सा सदा शुद्धा सुप्रतिष्ठैकरूपिणी।।
astyeva sā sadā śuddhā supratiṣṭhaikarūpiṇī||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 48
तामसी सा समाख्याता तिर्यक्त्वं समुपाश्रिता।।
tāmasī sā samākhyātā tiryaktvaṃ samupāśritā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 49
सत्त्वोद्रिक्ता तु सा ज्ञेया धर्मसंस्थानकारिणी।।
sattvodriktā tu sā jñeyā dharmasaṃsthānakāriṇī||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 50
रजस्तस्या गुणः सर्गं सा करोति सदैव हि।।
rajastasyā guṇaḥ sargaṃ sā karoti sadaiva hi||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 51
सा तु धर्मव्यवस्थानं करोति नियतं भुवि।।
sā tu dharmavyavasthānaṃ karoti niyataṃ bhuvi||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 52
पाति देवान सतश्चान्यान धर्मरक्षापरायणान।।
pāti devān sataścānyān dharmarakṣāparāyaṇān||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 53
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजत्यसौ।।
abhyutthānamadharmasya tadātmānaṃ sṛjatyasau||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 54
एकया दंष्ट्रयोत्खाता नलिनीव वसुन्धरा।।
ekayā daṃṣṭrayotkhātā nalinīva vasundharā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 55
विप्रचित्तिमुखाश्चान्ये दानवा विनिपातिताः।।
vipracittimukhāścānye dānavā vinipātitāḥ||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 56
अवताराश्च तस्येह माथुरः साम्प्रतं त्वयम।।
avatārāśca tasyeha māthuraḥ sāmprataṃ tvayam||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 57
प्रद्युम्नेति च सा ख्याता रक्षाकर्मण्यवस्थिता।।
pradyumneti ca sā khyātā rakṣākarmaṇyavasthitā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 58
गृह्णाति तत्स्वभावं च वासुदेवेच्छया सदा।।
gṛhṇāti tatsvabhāvaṃ ca vāsudevecchayā sadā||
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The Incarnation of the Four-formed God - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 4 · Verse 59
मानुषत्वं गतो विष्णुः शृणुष्वास्योत्तरं पुनः।।
mānuṣatvaṃ gato viṣṇuḥ śṛṇuṣvāsyottaraṃ punaḥ||
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