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 5 · Verse 1
ब्रह्महत्याभिभूतस्य परा हानिरजायत।।
brahmahatyābhibhūtasya parā hānirajāyata||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 2
निस्तेजाश्चाभवच्छक्रो धर्मे तेजसि निर्गते।।
nistejāścābhavacchakro dharme tejasi nirgate||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 3
अवलुञ्च्य जटामेकामिदं वचनमब्रवीत।।
avaluñcya jaṭāmekāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 4
स च पश्यतु दुर्बुद्धिर्ब्रह्महा पाकशासनः।।
sa ca paśyatu durbuddhirbrahmahā pākaśāsanaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 5
इत्युक्त्वा कोपरक्ताक्षो जटामग्नौ जुहाव ताम।।
ityuktvā koparaktākṣo jaṭāmagnau juhāva tām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 6
महाकायो महादंष्ट्रो भिन्नाञ्जनचयप्रभः।।
mahākāyo mahādaṃṣṭro bhinnāñjanacayaprabhaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 7
अहन्यहनि सो ऽवर्धदिषुपातं महाबलः।।
ahanyahani so 'vardhadiṣupātaṃ mahābalaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 8
प्रेषयामास सप्तर्षोन सन्धिमिच्छन भयातुरः।।
preṣayāmāsa saptarṣon sandhimicchan bhayāturaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 9
ऋषयः प्रीतमनसः सर्वभूतहिते रताः।।
ṛṣayaḥ prītamanasaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 10
वृत्रो हत्याभिभूतस्य तदा बलमशीर्यत।।
vṛtro hatyābhibhūtasya tadā balamaśīryata||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 11
सर्वव्यापिनमव्यक्तं बलस्यैवाधिदैवतम।।
sarvavyāpinamavyaktaṃ balasyaivādhidaivatam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 12
धर्षयामास देवेन्द्रस्तदा रूपमहीयत।।
dharṣayāmāsa devendrastadā rūpamahīyata||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 13
विहाय दुष्टं देवेन्द्रं नासत्यावगमत ततः।।
vihāya duṣṭaṃ devendraṃ nāsatyāvagamat tataḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 14
ज्ञात्वा सुरेशं दैतेयास्तज्जये चक्रुरुद्यमम।।
jñātvā sureśaṃ daiteyāstajjaye cakrurudyamam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 15
कुलेष्वतिबला दैत्या अजायन्त महामुने।।
kuleṣvatibalā daityā ajāyanta mahāmune||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 16
जगाम मेरुशिखरं सदो यत्र दिवौकसाम।।
jagāma meruśikharaṃ sado yatra divaukasām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 17
दनुजात्मजदैत्योत्थं खेदकारणमात्मनः।।
danujātmajadaityotthaṃ khedakāraṇamātmanaḥ||
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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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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 19
तथा कुरुध्वं त्रिदशा यथा शान्तिर्भवेन्मम।।
tathā kurudhvaṃ tridaśā yathā śāntirbhavenmama||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 20
प्रजानामुपकारार्थं भूभारहरणाय च।।
prajānāmupakārārthaṃ bhūbhāraharaṇāya ca||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 21
कुन्त्या जातो महातेजास्ततो राजा युधिष्ठिरः।।
kuntyā jāto mahātejāstato rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 22
शक्रवीर्यार्धतश्चैव जज्ञे पार्थो धनञ्जयः।।
śakravīryārdhataścaiva jajñe pārtho dhanañjayaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 23
पञ्चधा भगवानित्थमवतीर्णः शतक्रतुः।।
pañcadhā bhagavānitthamavatīrṇaḥ śatakratuḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 24
तस्योत्पन्ना महाभागा पत्नी कृष्णा हुताशनात।।
tasyotpannā mahābhāgā patnī kṛṣṇā hutāśanāt||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 25
योगीश्वराः शरीराणि कुर्वन्ति बहुलान्यपि।।
yogīśvarāḥ śarīrāṇi kurvanti bahulānyapi||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 5 · Verse 26
श्रूयतां बलदेवो ऽपि यथा यातः सरस्वतीम।।
śrūyatāṃ baladevo 'pi yathā yātaḥ sarasvatīm||
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