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 48 · Verse 1
देवादीनां भवं ब्रह्मन विस्तरात्तु ब्रवीहि मे।।
devādīnāṃ bhavaṃ brahman vistarāttu bravīhi me||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 2
ख्याता तथा ह्यनिर्मुक्ताः प्रलये ह्यु पसंहृताः।।
khyātā tathā hyanirmuktāḥ pralaye hyu pasaṃhṛtāḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 3
ब्रह्मणः कुर्वतः सृष्टिं जज्ञिरे मानसास्तदा।।
brahmaṇaḥ kurvataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ jajñire mānasāstadā||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 4
सिसृक्षुरम्भांस्येतानि स्वमात्मानमयूयुजत।।
sisṛkṣurambhāṃsyetāni svamātmānamayūyujat||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 5
सिसृक्षोर्जघनात पूर्वमसुरा जज्ञिरे ततः।।
sisṛkṣorjaghanāt pūrvamasurā jajñire tataḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 6
सापविद्धा तनुस्तेन सद्यो रात्रिरजायत।।
sāpaviddhā tanustena sadyo rātrirajāyata||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 7
सत्त्वोद्रेकास्ततो देवा मुखतस्तस्य जज्ञिरे।।
sattvodrekāstato devā mukhatastasya jajñire||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 8
सा चापविद्धा दिवसं सत्त्वप्रायमजायत।।
sā cāpaviddhā divasaṃ sattvaprāyamajāyat||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 9
पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य पितरस्तस्य जज्ञिरे।।
pitṛvanmanyamānasya pitarastasya jajñire||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 10
सा चोत्सृष्टाभवत सन्ध्या दिवननक्तान्तरस्थिता।।
sā cotsṛṣṭābhavat sandhyā divananaktāntarasthitā||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 11
ततो मनुष्याः सम्भूता रजोमात्रासमुद्भवाः।।
tato manuṣyāḥ sambhūtā rajomātrāsamudbhavāḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 12
ज्योत्स्ना समभवत सा च नक्तान्ते ऽहर्मुखे च या।।
jyotsnā samabhavat sā ca naktānte 'harmukhe ca yā||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 13
ख्याता रात्र्यहनी चैव सन्ध्या ज्योत्स्ना च वै द्विज।।
khyātā rātryahanī caiva sandhyā jyotsnā ca vai dvija||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 14
तमोमात्रात्मिका रात्रिः सा वै तस्मात त्रियामिका।।
tamomātrātmikā rātriḥ sā vai tasmāt triyāmikā||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 15
ज्योत्स्नागमे च मनुजाः सन्ध्यायां पितरस्तथा।।
jyotsnāgame ca manujāḥ sandhyāyāṃ pitarastathā||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 16
तद्विपर्ययमासाद्य प्रयान्ति च विपर्ययम।।
tadviparyayamāsādya prayānti ca viparyayam||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 17
ब्रह्मणस्तु शरीराणि त्रिगुणोपश्रितानि तु।।
brahmaṇastu śarīrāṇi triguṇopaśritāni tu||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 18
रजस्तमोमयीं रात्रौ जगृहे क्षुत्तृडन्वितः।।
rajastamomayīṃ rātrau jagṛhe kṣuttṛḍanvitaḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 19
विरूपान श्मश्रुलानत्तुमारब्धास्ते च तां तनुम।।
virūpān śmaśrulānattumārabdhāste ca tāṃ tanum||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 20
खादाम इति ये चोचुस्ते यक्षा यक्षणात द्विज।।
khādāma iti ye cocuste yakṣā yakṣaṇāt dvija||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 21
समारोहणहीनाश्च शिरसो ब्रह्मणस्तु ते।।
samārohaṇahīnāśca śiraso brahmaṇastu te||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 22
सर्पान दृष्ट्वा ततः क्रोधात क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्ममे।।
sarpān dṛṣṭvā tataḥ krodhāt krodhātmāno vinirmame||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 23
ध्यायतो गां ततस्तस्य गन्धर्वा जज्ञिरे सुताः।।
dhyāyato gāṃ tatastasya gandharvā jajñire sutāḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 24
अष्टास्वेतासु सृष्टासु देवयोनिषु स प्रभुः।।
aṣṭāsvetāsu sṛṣṭāsu devayoniṣu sa prabhuḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 25
मुखतो ऽजाः ससर्जाथ वक्षसश्चावयो ऽसृजत।।
mukhato 'jāḥ sasarjātha vakṣasaścāvayo 'sṛjat||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 26
पद्भ्याञ्चाश्वान स मातङ्गान रासबान शशकान मृगान।।
padbhyāñcāśvān sa mātaṅgān rāsabān śaśakān mṛgān||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 27
ओषध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे।।
oṣadhyaḥ phalamūlinyo romabhyastasya jajñire||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 28
तस्मादादौ तु कल्पस्य त्रेतायुगमुखे तदा।।
tasmādādau tu kalpasya tretāyugamukhe tadā||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 29
एतान ग्राम्यान पशूनाहुरारण्यांश्च निबोध मे।।
etān grāmyān paśūnāhurāraṇyāṃśca nibodha me||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 30
औदकाः पशवः षष्ठाः सप्तमास्तु सरीसृपाः।।
audakāḥ paśavaḥ ṣaṣṭhāḥ saptamāstu sarīsṛpāḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 31
अग्निष्टोमञ्च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात।।
agniṣṭomañca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 32
बृहत साम तथोकथञ्च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात।।
bṛhat sāma tathokathañca dakṣiṇādasṛjanmukhāt||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 33
वैरूपमतिरात्रञ्च निर्ममे पश्चिमान्मुखात।।
vairūpamatirātrañca nirmame paścimānmukhāt||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 34
अनुष्टुभं सवैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात।।
anuṣṭubhaṃ savairājamuttarādasṛjanmukhāt||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 35
वयांसि च ससर्जादौ कल्पस्य भगवान विभुः।।
vayāṃsi ca sasarjādau kalpasya bhagavān vibhuḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 36
सृष्ट्वा चतुष्टयं पूर्वं देवासुरपितॄन प्रजाः।।
sṛṣṭvā catuṣṭayaṃ pūrvaṃ devāsurapitṝn prajāḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 37
यक्षान पिशाचान गन्धर्वांस्तथैवाप्सरसाङ्गणान।।
yakṣān piśācān gandharvāṃstathaivāpsarasāṅgaṇān||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 38
अव्ययञ्च व्ययञ्चैव यदिदं स्थाणुजङ्गमम।।
avyayañca vyayañcaiva yadidaṃ sthāṇujaṅgamam||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 39
तान्येव प्रतिपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः।।
tānyeva pratipadyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 40
तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते।।
tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyante tasmāttattasya rocate||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 41
नानात्वं विनियोगञ्च धातैव व्यदधात स्वयम।।
nānātvaṃ viniyogañca dhātaiva vyadadhāt svayam||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 42
वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ देवादीनाञ्चकार सः।।
vedaśabdebhya evādau devādīnāñcakāra saḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 43
शर्वर्यन्ते प्रसूतानामन्येषाञ्च ददाति सः।।
śarvaryante prasūtānāmanyeṣāñca dadāti saḥ||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 44
दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु।।
dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā bhāvā yugādiṣu||
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The Course of Creation - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 48 · Verse 45
शर्वर्यन्ते प्रबुद्धस्य कल्पे कल्पे भवन्ति वै।।
śarvaryante prabuddhasya kalpe kalpe bhavanti vai||
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