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 description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 1
कृतं त्रेता द्वापरञ्च तथाथिष्यं चतुष्टयम।।
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparañca tathāthiṣyaṃ catuṣṭayam||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 2
चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैव तथैकञ्च शरच्छतम।।
catvāri trīṇi dve caiva tathaikañca śaracchatam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 3
देवकूटस्य पूर्वस्य शैलेन्द्रस्य महात्मनः।।
devakūṭasya pūrvasya śailendrasya mahātmanaḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 4
श्वेतपर्णश्च नीलश्च शैवालश्चाचलोत्तमः।।
śvetaparṇaśca nīlaśca śaivālaścācalottamaḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 5
तेषां प्रसूतिरन्ये ये बहवः क्षुद्रपर्वताः।।
teṣāṃ prasūtiranye ye bahavaḥ kṣudraparvatāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 6
ततः कुमुदसंकाशाः शुद्धसानुसुमङ्गलाः।।
tataḥ kumudasaṃkāśāḥ śuddhasānusumaṅgalāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 7
सीता शङ्खावती भद्रा चक्रावर्तादिकास्तथा।।
sītā śaṅkhāvatī bhadrā cakrāvartādikāstathā||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 8
अत्र वर्षे नराः शङ्खशुद्धहेमसमप्रभाः।।
atra varṣe narāḥ śaṅkhaśuddhahemasamaprabhāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 9
मन्दोत्तमौ न तेषु स्तः सर्वे ते समदर्शनाः।।
mandottamau na teṣu staḥ sarve te samadarśanāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 10
तत्राप्यश्वशिरा देवश्चतुर्बाहुर्जनार्दनः।।
tatrāpyaśvaśirā devaścaturbāhurjanārdanaḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 11
तस्याप्यथैवं विषया विज्ञेया जगतः प्रभोः।।
tasyāpyathaivaṃ viṣayā vijñeyā jagataḥ prabhoḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 12
विशालः कम्बलः कृष्णो जयन्तो हरिपर्वतः।।
viśālaḥ kambalaḥ kṛṣṇo jayanto hariparvataḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 13
अन्ये सहस्रशः शैला येषु लोकगणः स्थितः।।
anye sahasraśaḥ śailā yeṣu lokagaṇaḥ sthitaḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 14
अङ्गुलप्रमुखाश्चापि वसन्ति शतशो जनाः।।
aṅgulapramukhāścāpi vasanti śataśo janāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 15
अमोघां कामिनीं श्यामां तथैवान्याः सहस्रशः।।
amoghāṃ kāminīṃ śyāmāṃ tathaivānyāḥ sahasraśaḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 16
वराहरूपी पादास्यहृत्पृष्ठपार्श्वतस्तथा।।
varāharūpī pādāsyahṛtpṛṣṭhapārśvatastathā||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 17
इत्येतत केतुमालन्ते कथितं मुनिसत्तम।।
ityetat ketumālante kathitaṃ munisattama||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 18
तत्र वृक्षा मधुफला नित्यपुष्पफलोपगाः।।
tatra vṛkṣā madhuphalā nityapuṣpaphalopagāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 19
सर्वकामप्रदास्ते हि सर्वकामफलप्रदाः।।
sarvakāmapradāste hi sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 20
जायन्ते मानवास्तत्र देवलोकपरिच्युताः।।
jāyante mānavāstatra devalokaparicyutāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 21
अन्योन्यमनुरक्तानि चक्रवाकोपमानि च।।
anyonyamanuraktāni cakravākopamāni ca||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 22
चन्द्रकान्तश्च शैलेन्द्रः सूर्यकान्तस्तथापरः।।
candrakāntaśca śailendraḥ sūryakāntastathāparaḥ||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 23
भद्रसोमा प्रयात्युर्व्यां पुण्यामलजलौघिनी।।
bhadrasomā prayātyurvyāṃ puṇyāmalajalaughinī||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 24
तथान्याः क्षीरवाहिन्यो घृतवाहिन्य एव च।।
tathānyāḥ kṣīravāhinyo ghṛtavāhinya eva ca||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 25
अमृतास्वादकल्पानि फलानि विविधानि च।।
amṛtāsvādakalpāni phalāni vividhāni ca||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 26
तत्रापि भगवान विष्णुः प्राक्शिरा मत्स्यरूपवान।।
tatrāpi bhagavān viṣṇuḥ prākśirā matsyarūpavān||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 27
दिशस्तथापि नवधा विभक्ता मुनिसत्तम।।
diśastathāpi navadhā vibhaktā munisattama||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 28
तत्रापि पुण्यो विख्यातः समुद्रान्तर्महामुने।।
tatrāpi puṇyo vikhyātaḥ samudrāntarmahāmune||
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The description of the Earth (continued) - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 59 · Verse 29
शृणु किंपुरुषादीनि वर्षाणि गदतो मम।।
śṛṇu kiṃpuruṣādīni varṣāṇi gadato mama||
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