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 54 · Verse 1
कियन्ति चैव वर्षाणि तेषां नद्यश्च का मुने।।
kiyanti caiva varṣāṇi teṣāṃ nadyaśca kā mune||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 2
पर्यासं परिमाणञ्च गतिञ्चन्द्रार्कयोरपि।।
paryāsaṃ parimāṇañca gatiñcandrārkayorapi||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 3
एतत प्रब्रूहि मे सर्वं विस्तरेण महामुने।।
etat prabrūhi me sarvaṃ vistareṇa mahāmune||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 4
तस्या हि स्थानमखिलं कथयामि शृणुष्व तत।।
tasyā hi sthānamakhilaṃ kathayāmi śṛṇuṣva tat||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 5
पुष्करान्ता महाभाग! शृण्वेषां विस्तरं पुनः।।
puṣkarāntā mahābhāga! śṛṇveṣāṃ vistaraṃ punaḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 6
कुशः क्रौञ्चस्तथा शाकः पुष्करद्वीप एव च।।
kuśaḥ krauñcastathā śākaḥ puṣkaradvīpa eva ca||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 7
द्विगुणैर्द्विगुणैर्वृद्ध्या सर्वतः परिवेष्टिताः।।
dviguṇairdviguṇairvṛddhyā sarvataḥ pariveṣṭitāḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 8
लक्षमेकं योजनानां वृत्तौ विस्तारदैर्घ्यतः।।
lakṣamekaṃ yojanānāṃ vṛttau vistāradairghyataḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 9
नीलः श्वेतस्तथा शृङ्गी सप्तास्मिन वर्षपर्वताः।।
nīlaḥ śvetastathā śṛṅgī saptāsmin varṣaparvatāḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 10
तयोर्दक्षिणतो यौ तु यौ तथोत्तरतो गिरी।।
tayordakṣiṇato yau tu yau tathottarato girī||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 11
द्विसाहस्त्रोच्छ्रयाः सर्वे तावद्विस्तारिणश्च ते।।
dvisāhastrocchrayāḥ sarve tāvadvistāriṇaśca te||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 12
दक्षिणोत्तरतो निम्ना मध्ये तुङ्गायता क्षितिः।।
dakṣiṇottarato nimnā madhye tuṅgāyatā kṣitiḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 13
इलावृतं तयोर्मध्ये चन्द्रार्धाकारवत स्थितम।।
ilāvṛtaṃ tayormadhye candrārdhākāravat sthitam||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 14
इलावृतस्य मध्ये तु मेरुः कनकपर्वतः।।
ilāvṛtasya madhye tu meruḥ kanakaparvataḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 15
प्रविष्टः षोडशाधस्ताद्विस्तीर्णः षोडशैव तु।।
praviṣṭaḥ ṣoḍaśādhastādvistīrṇaḥ ṣoḍaśaiva tu||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 16
शुक्लः पीतो ऽसितो रक्तः प्राच्यादिषु यथाक्रमम।।
śuklaḥ pīto 'sito raktaḥ prācyādiṣu yathākramam||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 17
तस्योपरि तथैवाष्टौ पुर्यो दिक्षु यथाक्रमम।।
tasyopari tathaivāṣṭau puryo dikṣu yathākramam||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 18
योजनानां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश समुच्छ्रिता।।
yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa samucchritā||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 19
प्राच्यादिषु क्रमेणैव मन्दरो गन्धमादनः।।
prācyādiṣu krameṇaiva mandaro gandhamādanaḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 20
कदम्बो मन्दरे केतुर्जम्बुव गन्धमादने।।
kadambo mandare keturjambuva gandhamādane||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 21
एकादशशतायामा योजनानामिमे नगाः।।
ekādaśaśatāyāmā yojanānāmime nagāḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 22
आनीलनिषधौ प्राप्तौ परस्परनिरन्तरौ।।
ānīlaniṣadhau prāptau parasparanirantarau||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 23
यथा पूर्वौ तथा चैतावानीलनिषधायतौ।।
yathā pūrvau tathā caitāvānīlaniṣadhāyatau||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 24
पूर्वपश्चायतावेतावर्णवान्तर्व्यवस्थितौ।।
pūrvapaścāyatāvetāvarṇavāntarvyavasthitau||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 25
यतैव दक्षिणे तद्वदर्णप्वान्तर्व्यवस्थितौ।।
yataiva dakṣiṇe tadvadarṇapvāntarvyavasthitau||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 26
हिमवद्धेमकूटादिपर्वतानां परस्परम।।
himavaddhemakūṭādiparvatānāṃ parasparam||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 27
मेरोरिलावृते तद्वदन्तरे वै चतुर्दिशम।।
merorilāvṛte tadvadantare vai caturdiśam||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 28
गजदेहप्रमाणानि पतन्ति गिरिमूर्धनि।।
gajadehapramāṇāni patanti girimūrdhani||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 29
यत्र जाम्बूनदं नाम कनकं सम्प्रजायते।।
yatra jāmbūnadaṃ nāma kanakaṃ samprajāyate||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 30
विशति द्विजशार्दूल! पीयमाना जनैश्च तैः।।
viśati dvijaśārdūla! pīyamānā janaiśca taiḥ||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 31
वराहः केतुमाले च मत्स्यरूपस्तथोत्तरे।।
varāhaḥ ketumāle ca matsyarūpastathottare||
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The description of Jambudvīpa - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 54 · Verse 32
चतुर्ष्वपि द्विजश्रेष्ठ! ग्रहाभिभवपाठकाः।।
caturṣvapi dvijaśreṣṭha! grahābhibhavapāṭhakāḥ||
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