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 Descent of the Ganges - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 1
ततः प्रवृत्ता या देवी गङ्गा त्रिपथगामिनी।।
tataḥ pravṛttā yā devī gaṅgā tripathagāminī||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 2
ततः सम्बध्यमानार्करश्मिसङ्गतिपावनी।।
tataḥ sambadhyamānārkaraśmisaṅgatipāvanī||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 3
मेरुकूटतटान्तेभ्यो निपतन्ती ववर्तिता।।
merukūṭataṭāntebhyo nipatantī vavartitā||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 4
मन्दराद्येषु पादेषु प्रविभक्तोदका समम।।
mandarādyeṣu pādeṣu pravibhaktodakā samam||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 5
पूर्वा सीते ऽति विख्याता ययौ चैत्ररथं वनम।।
pūrvā sīte 'ti vikhyātā yayau caitrarathaṃ vanam||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 6
शीतान्तञ्च गिरिं तस्मात्ततश्चान्यान गिरीन क्रमात।।
śītāntañca giriṃ tasmāttataścānyān girīn kramāt||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 7
तथैवालकनन्दाख्या दक्षिणे गन्धमादने।।
tathaivālakanandākhyā dakṣiṇe gandhamādane||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 8
मानसञ्च महावेगात प्लापयित्वा सरोवरम।।
mānasañca mahāvegāt plāpayitvā sarovaram||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 9
तस्माच्च पर्वतान सर्वान दक्षिणोपक्रमोदितान।।
tasmācca parvatān sarvān dakṣiṇopakramoditān||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 10
दधार तत्र तां शम्भुर्न मुमोच वृषध्वजः।।
dadhāra tatra tāṃ śambhurna mumoca vṛṣadhvajaḥ||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 11
तत्र मुक्ता च शर्वेण सप्तधा दक्षिणोदधिम।।
tatra muktā ca śarveṇa saptadhā dakṣiṇodadhim||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 12
भगीरथरथस्यानु स्त्रोतसैकेन दक्षिणाम।।
bhagīratharathasyānu strotasaikena dakṣiṇām||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 14
सुचक्षुः पर्वतं प्राप्ता ततश्च त्रिशिखं गता।।
sucakṣuḥ parvataṃ prāptā tataśca triśikhaṃ gatā||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 15
केतुमालं समासाद्य प्रविष्टा लवणोदधिम।।
ketumālaṃ samāsādya praviṣṭā lavaṇodadhim||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 16
(भद्रसोमेति) तत्र सोमेति विख्याता सा ययौ सवितुर्वनम।।
(bhadrasometi) tatra someti vikhyātā sā yayau saviturvanam||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 17
ततश्च शङ्खकूटं सा प्रयाता वै महानदी।।
tataśca śaṅkhakūṭaṃ sā prayātā vai mahānadī||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 18
महार्णवमनुप्राप्ता प्लावयित्वोत्तरान कुरून।।
mahārṇavamanuprāptā plāvayitvottarān kurūn||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 19
जम्बुद्वीपनिवेशश्च वर्षाणि च यथातथम।।
jambudvīpaniveśaśca varṣāṇi ca yathātatham||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 20
सुखप्राया निरातङ्का न्यूनतोत्कर्षवर्जिताः।।
sukhaprāyā nirātaṅkā nyūnatotkarṣavarjitāḥ||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 21
एकैकस्मिंस्तथा देशे नद्यश्चाद्रिविनिः सृताः।।
ekaikasmiṃstathā deśe nadyaścādriviniḥ sṛtāḥ||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 22
तेषूद्भिज्जानि तोयानि मेघवार्यत्र भारते।।
teṣūdbhijjāni toyāni meghavāryatra bhārate||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 23
कर्मजा च नृणां सिद्धर्वर्षेष्वेतेषु चाष्टसु।।
karmajā ca nṛṇāṃ siddharvarṣeṣveteṣu cāṣṭasu||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 24
स्वाभाविकी समाख्याता तृप्तिर्देश्या च दैशिकी।।
svābhāvikī samākhyātā tṛptirdeśyā ca daiśikī||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 25
उपासनादिकार्यात्तु धर्मजा साप्युदाहृता।।
upāsanādikāryāttu dharmajā sāpyudāhṛtā||
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The Descent of the Ganges - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 56 · Verse 26
पुण्यापुण्यसमारम्भो नैव तेषु द्विजोत्तम।।
puṇyāpuṇyasamārambho naiva teṣu dvijottama||
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