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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 55 · 23 shlokas

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 1

वाननि यानि चत्वारि सरांसि च निबोध मे।।

vānani yāni catvāri sarāṃsi ca nibodha me||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 2

वैभ्राजं पश्चिमे शैले सावित्रं चोत्तराचले।।

vaibhrājaṃ paścime śaile sāvitraṃ cottarācale||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 3

शीतोदं पश्चिमे मेरोर्महाभद्रं तथोत्तरे।।

śītodaṃ paścime merormahābhadraṃ tathottare||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 4

मणिशैलो ऽथ वृषवान महानीलो भवाचलः।।

maṇiśailo 'tha vṛṣavān mahānīlo bhavācalaḥ||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 5

देवशैलश्च पूर्वेण मन्दरस्य महाचलः।।

devaśailaśca pūrveṇa mandarasya mahācalaḥ||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 6

रुचकः सानुमांश्चाद्रिस्ताम्रको ऽथ विशाखवान।।

rucakaḥ sānumāṃścādristāmrako 'tha viśākhavān||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 7

एकशृङ्गो महाशैलो राजशालः पिपाठकः।।

ekaśṛṅgo mahāśailo rājaśālaḥ pipāṭhakaḥ||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 8

इत्येते दक्षिणे पार्श्वे मेरोः प्रोक्ता महाचलाः।।

ityete dakṣiṇe pārśve meroḥ proktā mahācalāḥ||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 9

पिञ्जरो ऽथ महाभद्रः सुरसः पिङ्गलो मधुः।।

piñjaro 'tha mahābhadraḥ surasaḥ piṅgalo madhuḥ||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 10

सहस्रशिखरश्चाद्रिः पारियात्रः सशृङ्गवान।।

sahasraśikharaścādriḥ pāriyātraḥ saśṛṅgavān||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 11

एते ऽचलाः समाख्याताः शृणुष्वन्यांस्तथोत्तरान।।

ete 'calāḥ samākhyātāḥ śṛṇuṣvanyāṃstathottarān||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 12

कपिलेन्द्रस्तथा शैलः सानुमान नील एव च।।

kapilendrastathā śailaḥ sānumān nīla eva ca||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 13

विरजाक्षो वराहाद्रिर्मयूरो जारुधिस्तथा।।

virajākṣo varāhādrirmayūro jārudhistathā||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 14

एतेषां पर्वतानान्तु द्रौण्यो ऽतीव मनोहराः।।

eteṣāṃ parvatānāntu drauṇyo 'tīva manoharāḥ||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 15

तासु पुण्यकृतां जन्म मनुष्याणां द्विजोत्तम।।

tāsu puṇyakṛtāṃ janma manuṣyāṇāṃ dvijottama||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 16

न तासु पुण्यपापानामपूर्वाणामुपार्जनम।।

na tāsu puṇyapāpānāmapūrvāṇāmupārjanam||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 17

शीतान्ताद्येषु चैतषु शैलेषु द्विजसत्तम।।

śītāntādyeṣu caitaṣu śaileṣu dvijasattama||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 18

देवानाञ्च महावासा गन्धर्वाणां च शोभनाः।।

devānāñca mahāvāsā gandharvāṇāṃ ca śobhanāḥ||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 19

सरांसि च मनोज्ञानि सर्वर्तुसुखदो ऽनिलः।।

sarāṃsi ca manojñāni sarvartusukhado 'nilaḥ||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 20

तदेवं पार्थिवं पद्मं चतुष्पत्रं मयोदितम।।

tadevaṃ pārthivaṃ padmaṃ catuṣpatraṃ mayoditam||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 21

भारतं नाम यद्वर्षं दक्षिणेन मयोदितम।।

bhārataṃ nāma yadvarṣaṃ dakṣiṇena mayoditam||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 22

एतत प्रधानं विज्ञेयं यत्र सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम।।

etat pradhānaṃ vijñeyaṃ yatra sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam||

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The Geography of Jambudvīpa - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 55 · Verse 23

तिर्यक्त्वमथवाप्यन्यत नरः प्राप्नोति वै द्विज।।

tiryaktvamathavāpyanyat naraḥ prāpnoti vai dvija||

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