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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 52 · 32 shlokas

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The 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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