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 ShlokaExposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 1
न स व्यावर्तितुं शक्यो जन्मान्तरशतैरपि।।
na sa vyāvartituṃ śakyo janmāntaraśatairapi||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 2
विश्वपादशिरोग्रीवं विश्वेशं विश्वभावनम।।
viśvapādaśirogrīvaṃ viśveśaṃ viśvabhāvanam||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 3
तदेवाध्ययनं तस्य स्वरूपं शृण्वतः परम।।
tadevādhyayanaṃ tasya svarūpaṃ śṛṇvataḥ param||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 4
एता एव त्रयो मात्राः सात्त्वराजसतामसाः।।
etā eva trayo mātrāḥ sāttvarājasatāmasāḥ||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 5
गान्धारीति च विज्ञेया गान्धारस्वरसंश्रया।।
gāndhārīti ca vijñeyā gāndhārasvarasaṃśrayā||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 6
यथा प्रयुक्त ओङ्गारः प्रतिनिर्याति मूर्धनि।।
yathā prayukta oṅgāraḥ pratiniryāti mūrdhani||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 7
प्राणो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म वेध्यमनुत्तमम।।
prāṇo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahma vedhyamanuttamam||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 8
ओमित्येतत त्रयो वेदास्त्रयो लोकास्त्रयो ऽग्नयः।।
omityetat trayo vedāstrayo lokāstrayo 'gnayaḥ||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 9
मात्राः सार्धाश्च तिस्त्रश्च विज्ञेयाः परमार्थतः।।
mātrāḥ sārdhāśca tistraśca vijñeyāḥ paramārthataḥ||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 10
अकारस्त्वथ भूर्लोक उकारश्चोच्यते भुवः।।
akārastvatha bhūrloka ukāraścocyate bhuvaḥ||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 11
व्यक्ता तु प्रथमा मात्रा द्वितीयाव्यक्तसंज्ञिता।।
vyaktā tu prathamā mātrā dvitīyāvyaktasaṃjñitā||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 12
अनेनैव क्रमेणैता विज्ञेया योगभूमयः।।
anenaiva krameṇaitā vijñeyā yogabhūmayaḥ||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 13
ह्रस्वा तु प्रथमा मात्रा द्वितीया दैर्घ्यसंयुता।।
hrasvā tu prathamā mātrā dvitīyā dairghyasaṃyutā||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 14
इत्येतदक्षरं ब्रह्म परमोङ्कारसंज्ञितम।।
ityetadakṣaraṃ brahma paramoṅkārasaṃjñitam||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 15
संसारचक्रमुत्सृज्य त्यक्तत्रिविधबन्धनः।।
saṃsāracakramutsṛjya tyaktatrividhabandhanaḥ||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 16
अक्षीणकर्मबन्धश्च ज्ञात्वा मृत्युमरिष्टतः।।
akṣīṇakarmabandhaśca jñātvā mṛtyumariṣṭataḥ||
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Exposition of the word “Om” with regard to the Law of Religious Devotion - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 42 · Verse 17
ज्ञेयन्यरिष्टानि सदा येनोत्क्रान्तौ न सीदति।।
jñeyanyariṣṭāni sadā yenotkrāntau na sīdati||
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