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 47 · Verse 1
प्रजापतिः पतिर्देवस्तन्मे विस्तरतो वद।।
prajāpatiḥ patirdevastanme vistarato vada||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 2
लोककृच्छाश्वतः कृत्स्नं जगत स्थावरजङ्गमम।।
lokakṛcchāśvataḥ kṛtsnaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 3
सत्त्वोद्रिक्तस्तदा ब्रह्मा शून्यं लोकमवैक्षत।।
sattvodriktastadā brahmā śūnyaṃ lokamavaikṣata||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 4
ब्रह्मस्वरूपिणं देवं जगतः प्रभवाप्ययम।।
brahmasvarūpiṇaṃ devaṃ jagataḥ prabhavāpyayam||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 5
तासु शेते स यस्माच्च तेन नारायणः स्मृतः।।
tāsu śete sa yasmācca tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 6
अनुमानात समुद्धारं कर्तुकामस्तदा क्षिते।।
anumānāt samuddhāraṃ kartukāmastadā kṣite||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 7
मत्स्यकूर्मादिकास्तद्वद्वाराहं वपुरास्थितः।।
matsyakūrmādikāstadvadvārāhaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 8
रूपं कृत्वा विवेशाप्सु सर्वगः सर्वसम्भवः।।
rūpaṃ kṛtvā viveśāpsu sarvagaḥ sarvasambhavaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 9
जनलोकस्थितैः सिद्धैश्चिन्त्यमानो जगत्पतिः।।
janalokasthitaiḥ siddhaiścintyamāno jagatpatiḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 10
विततत्वात्तु देहस्य न मही याति संप्लवम।।
vitatatvāttu dehasya na mahī yāti saṃplavam||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 11
प्राक सर्गे दह्यमाने तु तदा संवर्तकाग्निना।।
prāk sarge dahyamāne tu tadā saṃvartakāgninā||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 12
शैला एकार्णवे मग्ना वायुनापस्तु संहताः।।
śailā ekārṇave magnā vāyunāpastu saṃhatāḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 13
भूविभागन्ततः कृत्वा सप्तद्वीपोपशोभितम।।
bhūvibhāgantataḥ kṛtvā saptadvīpopaśobhitam||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 14
सृष्टिञ्चिन्तयतस्तस्य कल्पादिषु यथा पुरा।।
sṛṣṭiñcintayatastasya kalpādiṣu yathā purā||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 15
तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्त्रो ह्यन्धसंज्ञितः।।
tamo moho mahāmohastāmistro hyandhasaṃjñitaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 16
पञ्चधावस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायतो ऽप्रतिबोधवान।।
pañcadhāvasthitaḥ sargo dhyāyato 'pratibodhavān||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 17
मुख्या नगा यतश्चोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस्ततस्त्वयम।।
mukhyā nagā yataścoktā mukhyasargastatastvayam||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 18
तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गं तिर्यक्स्त्रोतो ह्यवर्तत।।
tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ tiryakstroto hyavartata||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 19
पश्वादयस्ते विख्यातास्तमः प्रायो ह्यवेदिनः।।
paśvādayaste vikhyātāstamaḥ prāyo hyavedinaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 20
अहङ्कृता अहंमाना अष्टाविशशद्विधात्मकाः।।
ahaṅkṛtā ahaṃmānā aṣṭāviśaśadvidhātmakāḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 21
तमप्यसाधकं मत्वा ध्यायतो ऽन्यस्ततो ऽभवत।।
tamapyasādhakaṃ matvā dhyāyato 'nyastato 'bhavat||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 22
ते सुखप्रीतिबहुला बहिरन्तस्त्वनावृताः।।
te sukhaprītibahulā bahirantastvanāvṛtāḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 23
तुष्टात्मकस्तृतीयस्तु देवसर्गो हि स स्मृतः।।
tuṣṭātmakastṛtīyastu devasargo hi sa smṛtaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 24
ततो ऽन्यं स तदा दध्यौ साधकं सर्गमुत्तमम।।
tato 'nyaṃ sa tadā dadhyau sādhakaṃ sargamuttamam||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 25
प्रादुर्बभौ तदाव्यक्तादर्वाक्स्त्रोतस्तु साधकः।।
prādurbabhau tadāvyaktādarvākstrotastu sādhakaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 26
ते च प्रकाशबहुलास्तमोद्रिक्ता रजो ऽधिकाः।।
te ca prakāśabahulāstamodriktā rajo 'dhikāḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 27
प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च मनुष्याः साधकाश्च ते।।
prakāśā bahirantaśca manuṣyāḥ sādhakāśca te||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 28
विपर्ययेण सिद्ध्या च शान्त्या तुष्ट्या तथैव च।।
viparyayeṇa siddhyā ca śāntyā tuṣṭyā tathaiva ca||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 29
भूतादिकानां भूतानां षष्ठः सर्ग स उच्यते।।
bhūtādikānāṃ bhūtānāṃ ṣaṣṭhaḥ sarga sa ucyate||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 30
चोदनाश्चाप्यशीलाश्च ज्ञेया भूतादिकाश्च ते।।
codanāścāpyaśīlāśca jñeyā bhūtādikāśca te||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 31
तन्मात्राणां द्वितीयस्तु भूतसर्गः स उच्यते।।
tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūtasargaḥ sa ucyate||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 32
इत्येष प्राकृतः सर्गः संभूतो बुद्धैपूर्वकः।।
ityeṣa prākṛtaḥ sargaḥ saṃbhūto buddhaipūrvakaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 33
तिर्यक्स्त्रोतस्तु यः प्रोक्तस्तिर्यग्योन्यः स पञ्चमः।।
tiryakstrotastu yaḥ proktastiryagyonyaḥ sa pañcamaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 34
ततोरऽवाक्स्त्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः।।
tator'vākstrotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mānuṣaḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 35
पञ्चैते वैकृताः सर्गाः प्राकृतास्तु त्रयः स्मृताः।।
pañcaite vaikṛtāḥ sargāḥ prākṛtāstu trayaḥ smṛtāḥ||
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The Creation from Prakṛti and the Vikāras - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 47 · Verse 36
इत्येते वै समाख्याता नव सर्गाः प्रजापतेः।।
ityete vai samākhyātā nava sargāḥ prajāpateḥ||
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