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 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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