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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 56 · 25 shlokas

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The 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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