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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+ Add ShlokaThe Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 1
रुद्रसर्गं प्रवक्ष्यामि तन्मे निगदतः शृणु।।
rudrasargaṃ pravakṣyāmi tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 2
कल्पादावात्मनस्तुल्यं सुतं प्रध्यायतः प्रभोः।।
kalpādāvātmanastulyaṃ sutaṃ pradhyāyataḥ prabhoḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 3
रुरोद सुस्वरं सो ऽथ द्रवंश्च द्विजसत्तम।।
ruroda susvaraṃ so 'tha dravaṃśca dvijasattama||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 4
नाम देहीति तं सो ऽथ प्रत्युवाच जगत्पतिम।।
nāma dehīti taṃ so 'tha pratyuvāca jagatpatim||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 5
एवमुक्तस्ततः सो ऽथ सप्तकृत्वो रुरोद ह।।
evamuktastataḥ so 'tha saptakṛtvo ruroda ha||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 6
स्थानानि चैषामष्टानां पत्नीः पुत्रांश्च वै द्विज।।
sthānāni caiṣāmaṣṭānāṃ patnīḥ putrāṃśca vai dvija||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 7
भीममुग्रं महादेवमुवाच स पितामहः।।
bhīmamugraṃ mahādevamuvāca sa pitāmahaḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 8
सूर्यो जलं मही वह्निर्वायुराकाशमेव च।।
sūryo jalaṃ mahī vahnirvāyurākāśameva ca||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 9
सुवर्चला तथैवोमा विकेशी चापरा स्वधा।।
suvarcalā tathaivomā vikeśī cāparā svadhā||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 10
सूर्यादीनां द्विजश्रेष्ठ! रुद्राद्यैर्नामभिः सह।।
sūryādīnāṃ dvijaśreṣṭha! rudrādyairnāmabhiḥ saha||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 11
स्कन्दः सर्गो ऽथ सन्तानो बुधश्चानुक्रमात सुतः।।
skandaḥ sargo 'tha santāno budhaścānukramāt sutaḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 12
दक्षकोपाच्च तत्याज सा सती स्वं कलेवरम।।
dakṣakopācca tatyāja sā satī svaṃ kalevaram||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 13
तस्या भ्राता तु मैनाकः सखाम्भोधेरनुत्तमः।।
tasyā bhrātā tu mainākaḥ sakhāmbhodheranuttamaḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 14
देवौ धाताविधातारौ भृगोः ख्यातिरसूयत।।
devau dhātāvidhātārau bhṛgoḥ khyātirasūyata||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 15
आयातिर्नियतिश्चैव मेरोः कन्ये महात्मनः।।
āyātirniyatiścaiva meroḥ kanye mahātmanaḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 16
प्राणश्चैव मृकण्डुश्च पिता मम महायशाः।।
prāṇaścaiva mṛkaṇḍuśca pitā mama mahāyaśāḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 17
धूम्रवत्यां समभवत प्राणस्यापि निबोध मे।।
dhūmravatyāṃ samabhavat prāṇasyāpi nibodha me||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 18
अजराश्च तयोः पुत्राः पौत्राश्च बहवो ऽभवन।।
ajarāśca tayoḥ putrāḥ pautrāśca bahavo 'bhavan||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 19
विरजाः पर्वतश्चैव तस्य पुत्रौ महात्मनः।।
virajāḥ parvataścaiva tasya putrau mahātmanaḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 20
स्मृतिश्चाङ्गिरसः पत्नी प्रसूता कन्यकास्तथा।।
smṛtiścāṅgirasaḥ patnī prasūtā kanyakāstathā||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 21
अनसूया तथैवात्रेर्जज्ञे पुत्रानकल्पषान।।
anasūyā tathaivātrerjajñe putrānakalpaṣān||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 22
प्रीत्यां पुलस्त्यभार्यायां दत्तो ऽन्यस्तत्सुतो ऽभवत।।
prītyāṃ pulastyabhāryāyāṃ datto 'nyastatsuto 'bhavat||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 23
कर्दमश्चार्ववीरश्च सहिष्णुश्च सुतत्रयम।।
kardamaścārvavīraśca sahiṣṇuśca sutatrayam||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 24
क्रतोस्तु सन्नतिर्भार्या बालखिल्यानसूयत।।
kratostu sannatirbhāryā bālakhilyānasūyata||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 25
ऊर्जायान्तु वसिष्ठस्य सप्ताजायन्त वै सुताः।।
ūrjāyāntu vasiṣṭhasya saptājāyanta vai sutāḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 26
सुतपाः शुक्ल इत्येते सर्वे सप्तर्षयः स्मृताः।।
sutapāḥ śukla ityete sarve saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 27
तस्मात स्वाहा सुतान लेभे त्रीनुदारौजसो द्विज।।
tasmāt svāhā sutān lebhe trīnudāraujaso dvija||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 28
तेषान्तु सन्तातावन्ये चत्वारिंशच्च पञ्च च।।
teṣāntu santātāvanye catvāriṃśacca pañca ca||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 29
एवमेकोनपञ्चाशद दुर्जयाः परिकीर्तिताः।।
evamekonapañcāśad durjayāḥ parikīrtitāḥ||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 30
अग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदो ऽनग्नयः साग्नयश्च ये।।
agniṣvāttā barhiṣado 'nagnayaḥ sāgnayaśca ye||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 31
ते उभे ब्रह्मवादिन्यौ योगिन्यौ चाप्युभे द्विज।।
te ubhe brahmavādinyau yoginyau cāpyubhe dvija||
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The Creation and Appellations of the Rudras - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 52 · Verse 32
श्रद्धावान संस्मरन्नित्यं प्रजावानभिजायते।।
śraddhāvān saṃsmarannityaṃ prajāvānabhijāyate||
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