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 (concluded) - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 1
यत्रायुर्दशसाहस्त्रं पुरुषाणां वपुष्मताम।।
yatrāyurdaśasāhastraṃ puruṣāṇāṃ vapuṣmatām||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 2
प्लक्षः षण्डश्च तत्रोक्तः सुमहान्नन्दनोपमः।।
plakṣaḥ ṣaṇḍaśca tatroktaḥ sumahānnandanopamaḥ||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 3
स्थिरयौवननिष्पन्नाः स्त्रियश्चोत्पलगन्धिकाः।।
sthirayauvananiṣpannāḥ striyaścotpalagandhikāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 4
महारजतसङ्काशा जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः।।
mahārajatasaṅkāśā jāyante tatra mānavāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 5
हरिवर्षे नराः सर्वे पिबन्तीक्षुरसं शुभम।।
harivarṣe narāḥ sarve pibantīkṣurasaṃ śubham||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 6
तावन्तमेव ते कालं जीवन्त्यथ निरामयाः।।
tāvantameva te kālaṃ jīvantyatha nirāmayāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 7
न तत्र सूर्यस्तपति न ते जीर्यन्ति मानवाः।।
na tatra sūryastapati na te jīryanti mānavāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 8
नक्षत्राणां ग्रहाणाञ्च मेरोस्तत्र परा द्युतिः।।
nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahāṇāñca merostatra parā dyutiḥ||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 9
पद्मपत्रायताक्षास्तु जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः।।
padmapatrāyatākṣāstu jāyante tatra mānavāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 10
सरावाकारसंस्तारो मेरुमध्ये इलावृते।।
sarāvākārasaṃstāro merumadhye ilāvṛte||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 11
रम्यकं वर्षमस्माच्च कथयिष्ये निबोध तत।।
ramyakaṃ varṣamasmācca kathayiṣye nibodha tat||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 12
तस्यापि ते फलरसं पिबन्तो वर्तयन्ति वै।।
tasyāpi te phalarasaṃ pibanto vartayanti vai||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 13
रतिप्रधानविमला जरादौर्गन्ध्यवर्जिताः।।
ratipradhānavimalā jarādaurgandhyavarjitāḥ||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 14
हिरण्वती नदी यत्र प्रभूतकमलोज्ज्वला।।
hiraṇvatī nadī yatra prabhūtakamalojjvalā||
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The description of the Earth (concluded) - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 60 · Verse 15
महाकाया महासत्त्वा धनिनः प्रियदर्शनाः।।
mahākāyā mahāsattvā dhaninaḥ priyadarśanāḥ||
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