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 46 · Verse 1
ब्रह्माण्डे ब्रह्मणो जन्म तथा चोक्तं महात्मनः।।
brahmāṇḍe brahmaṇo janma tathā coktaṃ mahātmanaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 2
काले वै प्रलयस्यान्ते सर्वस्मिन्नुपसंहृते।।
kāle vai pralayasyānte sarvasminnupasaṃhṛte||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 3
तदोच्यते प्राकृतो ऽयं विद्वद्भिः प्रतिसञ्चरः।।
tadocyate prākṛto 'yaṃ vidvadbhiḥ pratisañcaraḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 4
प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चैव साधर्म्येणावतिष्ठतः।।
prakṛtiḥ puruṣaścaiva sādharmyeṇāvatiṣṭhataḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 5
अनुद्रिक्तावनूनौ च तत्प्रोतौ च परस्परम।।
anudriktāvanūnau ca tatprotau ca parasparam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 6
तथा तमसि सत्त्वे च रजो ऽप्यनुसृतं स्थितम।।
tathā tamasi sattve ca rajo 'pyanusṛtaṃ sthitam||
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The computation of Brahmā’s life - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 7
तावद्दिनं परेशस्य तत्समा संयमे निशा।।
tāvaddinaṃ pareśasya tatsamā saṃyame niśā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 8
सर्वहेतुरचिन्त्यात्मा परः को ऽप्यपरक्रियः।।
sarvaheturacintyātmā paraḥ ko 'pyaparakriyaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 9
क्षोभयामास योगेन परेण परमेश्वरः।।
kṣobhayāmāsa yogena pareṇa parameśvaraḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 10
अनुप्रविष्टः क्षोभाय तथासौ योगमूर्तिमान।।
anupraviṣṭaḥ kṣobhāya tathāsau yogamūrtimān||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 11
समुत्पन्नो ऽण्डकोषस्थो यथा ते कथितं मया।।
samutpanno 'ṇḍakoṣastho yathā te kathitaṃ mayā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 12
स सङ्कोचविकाशाभ्यां प्रधानत्वे ऽपि च स्थितः।।
sa saṅkocavikāśābhyāṃ pradhānatve 'pi ca sthitaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 13
भुञ्जन प्रवर्तते सर्गे ब्रह्मत्वं समुपाश्रितः।।
bhuñjan pravartate sarge brahmatvaṃ samupāśritaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 14
विष्णुत्वमेत्य धर्मेण कुरुते परिपालनम।।
viṣṇutvametya dharmeṇa kurute paripālanam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 15
उपसंहृत्य वै शेते त्रैलोक्यं त्रिगुणो ऽगुणः।।
upasaṃhṛtya vai śete trailokyaṃ triguṇo 'guṇaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 16
यथा स संज्ञामायाति ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशकारिणीम।।
yathā sa saṃjñāmāyāti brahmaviṣṇvīśakāriṇīm||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 17
विष्णुत्वे चाप्युदासीनस्तिस्त्रो ऽवस्थाः स्वयम्भुवः।।
viṣṇutve cāpyudāsīnastistro 'vasthāḥ svayambhuvaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 18
एत एव त्रयो देवा एत एव त्रयो गुणाः।।
eta eva trayo devā eta eva trayo guṇāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 19
क्षणं वियोगो नह्येषां न त्यजन्ति परस्परम।।
kṣaṇaṃ viyogo nahyeṣāṃ na tyajanti parasparam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 20
रजोगुणं समाश्रित्य स्त्रष्ट्टत्वे स व्यवस्थितः।।
rajoguṇaṃ samāśritya straṣṭṭatve sa vyavasthitaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 21
भूपद्मकर्णिकासंस्थो ब्रह्माग्रे समजायत।।
bhūpadmakarṇikāsaṃstho brahmāgre samajāyata||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 22
ब्रह्म्येणैव हि मानेन तस्य संख्यां निबोध मे।।
brahmyeṇaiva hi mānena tasya saṃkhyāṃ nibodha me||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 23
कलास्त्रिंशच्च वै काष्ठा मुहूर्तं त्रिंशत्ताः कलाः।।
kalāstriṃśacca vai kāṣṭhā muhūrtaṃ triṃśattāḥ kalāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 24
अहोरात्रैश्च त्रिंशद्भिः पक्षौ द्वौ मास उच्यते।।
ahorātraiśca triṃśadbhiḥ pakṣau dvau māsa ucyate||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 25
तद्देवानामहोरात्रं दिनं तत्रोत्तरायणम।।
taddevānāmahorātraṃ dinaṃ tatrottarāyaṇam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 26
चतुर्युगं द्वादशभिस्तद्विभागं शृणुष्व मे।।
caturyugaṃ dvādaśabhistadvibhāgaṃ śṛṇuṣva me||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 27
शतानि सन्ध्या चत्वारि सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः।।
śatāni sandhyā catvāri sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 28
तत्सन्ध्या तत्समा चैव सन्ध्यांशश्च तथाविधः।।
tatsandhyā tatsamā caiva sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 29
तस्य सन्ध्या समाख्याता द्वे शताब्दे तदंशकः।।
tasya sandhyā samākhyātā dve śatābde tadaṃśakaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 30
सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशकश्चैव शतकौ समुदाहृतौ।।
sandhyā sandhyāṃśakaścaiva śatakau samudāhṛtau||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 31
एतत सहस्रगुणितमो ब्राह्म्यमुदाहृतम।।
etat sahasraguṇitamo brāhmyamudāhṛtam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 32
भवन्ति भागशस्तेषां सहस्रं तद्विभज्यते।।
bhavanti bhāgaśasteṣāṃ sahasraṃ tadvibhajyate||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 33
मनुना सह सृज्यन्ते संह्रियन्ते च पूर्ववत।।
manunā saha sṛjyante saṃhriyante ca pūrvavat||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 34
मन्वन्तरं तस्य संख्यां मानुषाब्दैर्निबोध मे।।
manvantaraṃ tasya saṃkhyāṃ mānuṣābdairnibodha me||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 35
सत्पषष्टिस्तथान्यानि नियुतानि च संख्यया।।
satpaṣaṣṭistathānyāni niyutāni ca saṃkhyayā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 36
एतन्मन्वन्तरं प्रोक्तं दिव्यैर्वर्षैर्निबोध मे।।
etanmanvantaraṃ proktaṃ divyairvarṣairnibodha me||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 37
द्विपञ्चाशत्तथान्यानि सहस्राण्यधिकानि तु।।
dvipañcāśattathānyāni sahasrāṇyadhikāni tu||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 38
तस्यान्ते प्रलयः प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मन नैमित्तिको बुधैः।।
tasyānte pralayaḥ prokto brahman naimittiko budhaiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 39
तथा विनाशमायान्ति महर्लोकश्च तिष्ठति।।
tathā vināśamāyānti maharlokaśca tiṣṭhati||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 40
एकार्णवे च त्रैलोक्ये ब्रह्मा स्वपिति वै निशि।।
ekārṇave ca trailokye brahmā svapiti vai niśi||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 41
एवन्तु ब्रह्मणो वर्षमेकं वर्षशतन्तु तत।।
evantu brahmaṇo varṣamekaṃ varṣaśatantu tat||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 42
पञ्चाशद्भिस्तथा वर्षैः परार्धमिति कीर्त्यते।।
pañcāśadbhistathā varṣaiḥ parārdhamiti kīrtyate||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 43
यस्यान्ते ऽभून्महाकल्पः पाद्म इत्यभिविश्रुतः।।
yasyānte 'bhūnmahākalpaḥ pādma ityabhiviśrutaḥ||
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The computation of Brahmā’s life - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 46 · Verse 44
वाराह इति कल्पो ऽयं प्रथमः परिकल्पितः।।
vārāha iti kalpo 'yaṃ prathamaḥ parikalpitaḥ||
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