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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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Chapter 5 · 26 shlokas

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 1

ब्रह्महत्याभिभूतस्य परा हानिरजायत।।

brahmahatyābhibhūtasya parā hānirajāyata||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 2

निस्तेजाश्चाभवच्छक्रो धर्मे तेजसि निर्गते।।

nistejāścābhavacchakro dharme tejasi nirgate||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 3

अवलुञ्च्य जटामेकामिदं वचनमब्रवीत।।

avaluñcya jaṭāmekāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 4

स च पश्यतु दुर्बुद्धिर्ब्रह्महा पाकशासनः।।

sa ca paśyatu durbuddhirbrahmahā pākaśāsanaḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 5

इत्युक्त्वा कोपरक्ताक्षो जटामग्नौ जुहाव ताम।।

ityuktvā koparaktākṣo jaṭāmagnau juhāva tām||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 6

महाकायो महादंष्ट्रो भिन्नाञ्जनचयप्रभः।।

mahākāyo mahādaṃṣṭro bhinnāñjanacayaprabhaḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 7

अहन्यहनि सो ऽवर्धदिषुपातं महाबलः।।

ahanyahani so 'vardhadiṣupātaṃ mahābalaḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 8

प्रेषयामास सप्तर्षोन सन्धिमिच्छन भयातुरः।।

preṣayāmāsa saptarṣon sandhimicchan bhayāturaḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 9

ऋषयः प्रीतमनसः सर्वभूतहिते रताः।।

ṛṣayaḥ prītamanasaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 10

वृत्रो हत्याभिभूतस्य तदा बलमशीर्यत।।

vṛtro hatyābhibhūtasya tadā balamaśīryata||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 11

सर्वव्यापिनमव्यक्तं बलस्यैवाधिदैवतम।।

sarvavyāpinamavyaktaṃ balasyaivādhidaivatam||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 12

धर्षयामास देवेन्द्रस्तदा रूपमहीयत।।

dharṣayāmāsa devendrastadā rūpamahīyata||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 13

विहाय दुष्टं देवेन्द्रं नासत्यावगमत ततः।।

vihāya duṣṭaṃ devendraṃ nāsatyāvagamat tataḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 14

ज्ञात्वा सुरेशं दैतेयास्तज्जये चक्रुरुद्यमम।।

jñātvā sureśaṃ daiteyāstajjaye cakrurudyamam||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 15

कुलेष्वतिबला दैत्या अजायन्त महामुने।।

kuleṣvatibalā daityā ajāyanta mahāmune||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 16

जगाम मेरुशिखरं सदो यत्र दिवौकसाम।।

jagāma meruśikharaṃ sado yatra divaukasām||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 17

दनुजात्मजदैत्योत्थं खेदकारणमात्मनः।।

danujātmajadaityotthaṃ khedakāraṇamātmanaḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 18

ते सर्वे मानुषे लोके जाता गेहेषु भूभृताम।।

te sarve mānuṣe loke jātā geheṣu bhūbhṛtām||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 19

तथा कुरुध्वं त्रिदशा यथा शान्तिर्भवेन्मम।।

tathā kurudhvaṃ tridaśā yathā śāntirbhavenmama||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 20

प्रजानामुपकारार्थं भूभारहरणाय च।।

prajānāmupakārārthaṃ bhūbhāraharaṇāya ca||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 21

कुन्त्या जातो महातेजास्ततो राजा युधिष्ठिरः।।

kuntyā jāto mahātejāstato rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 22

शक्रवीर्यार्धतश्चैव जज्ञे पार्थो धनञ्जयः।।

śakravīryārdhataścaiva jajñe pārtho dhanañjayaḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 23

पञ्चधा भगवानित्थमवतीर्णः शतक्रतुः।।

pañcadhā bhagavānitthamavatīrṇaḥ śatakratuḥ||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 24

तस्योत्पन्ना महाभागा पत्नी कृष्णा हुताशनात।।

tasyotpannā mahābhāgā patnī kṛṣṇā hutāśanāt||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 25

योगीश्वराः शरीराणि कुर्वन्ति बहुलान्यपि।।

yogīśvarāḥ śarīrāṇi kurvanti bahulānyapi||

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Indra’s Transformations - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 26

श्रूयतां बलदेवो ऽपि यथा यातः सरस्वतीम।।

śrūyatāṃ baladevo 'pi yathā yātaḥ sarasvatīm||

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