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 ShlokaAbout the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 1
अनेकयज्ञकृत प्राज्ञः संग्रामेष्वपराजितः।।
anekayajñakṛt prājñaḥ saṃgrāmeṣvaparājitaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 2
पत्नीनाञ्च शतन्तस्य धन्यानामभवद द्विज।।
patnīnāñca śatantasya dhanyānāmabhavad dvija||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 3
कालेन जग्मुर्निधनं भृत्यमन्त्रिजनास्तथा।।
kālena jagmurnidhanaṃ bhṛtyamantrijanāstathā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 4
उद्विग्नचेताः संप्राप वीर्यहानिमहर्निशम।।
udvignacetāḥ saṃprāpa vīryahānimaharniśam||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 5
अनन्तरो विमर्दाख्यो राज्याच्च्यावितवांस्तदा।।
anantaro vimardākhyo rājyāccyāvitavāṃstadā||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 6
तपस्तेपे महाभागे वितस्तापुलिने स्थितः।।
tapastepe mahābhāge vitastāpuline sthitaḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 7
जलशायी च शिशिरे निराहारो यतव्रतः।।
jalaśāyī ca śiśire nirāhāro yatavrataḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 8
बभूवानुदिनं मेघैर्वर्षद्भिरनुसन्ततम।।
babhūvānudinaṃ meghairvarṣadbhiranusantatam||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 9
नोत्तरा तमसा सर्वमनुलिप्तमिवाभवत।।
nottarā tamasā sarvamanuliptamivābhavat||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 10
प्रार्थयन्नापि नावाप ह्रियमाणो महीपतिः।।
prārthayannāpi nāvāpa hriyamāṇo mahīpatiḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 11
आससाद जले रौहीं स पुच्छे जगृहे च ताम।।
āsasāda jale rauhīṃ sa pucche jagṛhe ca tām||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 12
इतश्चेतश्चान्धकारे आससाद तटन्ततः।।
itaścetaścāndhakāre āsasāda taṭantataḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 13
तथैव कृष्यमाणो ऽन्यद्रम्यं वनमवाप सः।।
tathaiva kṛṣyamāṇo 'nyadramyaṃ vanamavāpa saḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 14
पुच्छे लग्नं महाभागं कृशं धमनिसन्ततौ।।
pucche lagnaṃ mahābhāgaṃ kṛśaṃ dhamanisantatau||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 15
सो ऽन्धकारे भ्रमन भूयो मदनाकृष्टमानसः।।
so 'ndhakāre bhraman bhūyo madanākṛṣṭamānasaḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 16
नरेन्द्रं तद्वनस्यान्तः सा मृगी तमुवाच ह।।
narendraṃ tadvanasyāntaḥ sā mṛgī tamuvāca ha||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 17
अन्यथैवास्य कार्यस्य सञ्जाता नृपते गतिः।।
anyathaivāsya kāryasya sañjātā nṛpate gatiḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 18
किन्तु त्वत्सङ्गमे विघ्नमेष लोलः करोति मे।।
kintu tvatsaṅgame vighnameṣa lolaḥ karoti me||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 19
जातकौतूहलो रौहीमिदं वचनमब्रवीत।।
jātakautūhalo rauhīmidaṃ vacanamabravīt||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 20
कश्चैव लोलो यो विघ्नं त्वत्सङ्गे कुरुते मम।।
kaścaiva lolo yo vighnaṃ tvatsaṅge kurute mama||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 21
भर्या शताग्रमहिषी दुहिता दृढधन्वनः।।
bharyā śatāgramahiṣī duhitā dṛḍhadhanvanaḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 22
पतिव्रता धर्मपरा सा चेत्थं सथमीदृशी।।
pativratā dharmaparā sā cetthaṃ sathamīdṛśī||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 23
रन्तुं गता ददर्शैकं मृगं मृग्या समागतम।।
rantuṃ gatā dadarśaikaṃ mṛgaṃ mṛgyā samāgatam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 24
मया त्रस्ता गतान्यत्र क्रुद्धः प्राह ततो मृगः।।
mayā trastā gatānyatra kruddhaḥ prāha tato mṛgaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 25
आधानकालो येनायं त्वया मे विफलीकृतः।।
ādhānakālo yenāyaṃ tvayā me viphalīkṛtaḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 26
भीता तमब्रुवं को ऽसीत्येतां योनिमुपागतः।।
bhītā tamabruvaṃ ko 'sītyetāṃ yonimupāgataḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 27
सुतपा नाम मृग्यान्तु साभिलाषो मृगो ऽभवम।।
sutapā nāma mṛgyāntu sābhilāṣo mṛgo 'bhavam||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 28
त्वया वियोजिता दुष्टे तस्माच्छापं ददामि ते।।
tvayā viyojitā duṣṭe tasmācchāpaṃ dadāmi te||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 29
प्रसादं कुरु शापं मे न भवान दातुमर्हति।।
prasādaṃ kuru śāpaṃ me na bhavān dātumarhati||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 30
न प्रयच्छामि शापं ते यद्यात्मानं ददासि मे।।
na prayacchāmi śāpaṃ te yadyātmānaṃ dadāsi me||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 31
लप्स्यसे ऽन्यां मृगीन्तावन्मयि भावो निवर्त्यताम।।
lapsyase 'nyāṃ mṛgīntāvanmayi bhāvo nivartyatām||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 32
नाहं मृगी त्वयेत्युक्तं मृगी मूढे भविष्यसि।।
nāhaṃ mṛgī tvayetyuktaṃ mṛgī mūḍhe bhaviṣyasi||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 33
स्वरूपस्थमतिक्रुद्धं प्रसीदेति पुनः पुनः।।
svarūpasthamatikruddhaṃ prasīdeti punaḥ punaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 34
पितर्यसति नारीभिर्व्रियते हि पतिः स्वयम।।
pitaryasati nārībhirvriyate hi patiḥ svayam||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 35
सापराधाथवा पादौ प्रसीदेश नमाम्यहम।।
sāparādhāthavā pādau prasīdeśa namāmyaham||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 36
इत्थं लालप्यमानायाः स प्राह मुनिपुङ्गवः।।
itthaṃ lālapyamānāyāḥ sa prāha munipuṅgavaḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 37
मृगी भविष्यसि मृता वने ऽस्मिन्नेव जन्मनि।।
mṛgī bhaviṣyasi mṛtā vane 'sminneva janmani||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 38
लोलो नाम मुनेः पुत्रः सिद्धवीर्यस्य भामिनि।।
lolo nāma muneḥ putraḥ siddhavīryasya bhāmini||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 39
स्मृतिं प्राप्य तथा वाचं मानुषीमीरयिष्यसि।।
smṛtiṃ prāpya tathā vācaṃ mānuṣīmīrayiṣyasi||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 40
लोकानवाप्स्यसि प्राप्या ये न दुष्कृतकर्मभिः।।
lokānavāpsyasi prāpyā ye na duṣkṛtakarmabhiḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 41
जित्वा वसुन्दरां कृत्स्त्रां भविष्यति ततो मनुः।।
jitvā vasundarāṃ kṛtstrāṃ bhaviṣyati tato manuḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 42
त्वत्संस्पर्शाच्च गर्भो ऽसौ संभूतो जठरे मम।।
tvatsaṃsparśācca garbho 'sau saṃbhūto jaṭhare mama||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 43
न चाप्यगम्या गर्भस्थो लोलो विघ्नं करोत्यसौ।।
na cāpyagamyā garbhastho lolo vighnaṃ karotyasau||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 44
पुत्रो ममारीञ्जित्वेति पृथिव्यां भविता मनुः।।
putro mamārīñjitveti pṛthivyāṃ bhavitā manuḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 45
तस्मिन जाते च भूतानि सर्वाणि प्रययुर्मुदम।।
tasmin jāte ca bhūtāni sarvāṇi prayayurmudam||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 46
सा विमुक्ता मृगी शापात प्राप लोकाननुत्तमान।।
sā vimuktā mṛgī śāpāt prāpa lokānanuttamān||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 47
अवेक्ष्य भाविनीमृद्धिं नाम चक्रुर्महात्मनः।।
avekṣya bhāvinīmṛddhiṃ nāma cakrurmahātmanaḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 48
तमसा चावृते लोके तामसो ऽयं भविष्यति।।
tamasā cāvṛte loke tāmaso 'yaṃ bhaviṣyati||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 49
जातबुद्धिरुवाचेदं पितरं मुनिसत्तम।।
jātabuddhiruvācedaṃ pitaraṃ munisattama||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 50
किमर्थमागतश्च त्वमेतत सत्यं ब्रवीहि मे।।
kimarthamāgataśca tvametat satyaṃ bravīhi me||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 51
तस्याचष्टे महाबहुः पुत्रस्य जगतीपतिः।।
tasyācaṣṭe mahābahuḥ putrasya jagatīpatiḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 52
अवाच दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि ससंहाराण्यशेषतः।।
avāca divyānyastrāṇi sasaṃhārāṇyaśeṣataḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 53
अनुज्ञातान मुनोचाथ तेन स्वं धर्ममास्थितः।।
anujñātān munocātha tena svaṃ dharmamāsthitaḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 54
विसृष्टदेहः संप्राप्तो दृष्ट्वा पुत्रमुखं सुखम।।
visṛṣṭadehaḥ saṃprāpto dṛṣṭvā putramukhaṃ sukham||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 55
तामसाख्यो मनुरभुत्तस्य मन्वन्तरं शृणु।।
tāmasākhyo manurabhuttasya manvantaraṃ śṛṇu||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 56
ये पुत्राश्च मनोस्तस्य पृथिवीपरिपालकाः।।
ye putrāśca manostasya pṛthivīparipālakāḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 57
एते देवगणास्तत्र सप्तविंशतिका मुने।।
ete devagaṇāstatra saptaviṃśatikā mune||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 58
शिखिरिन्द्रस्तथा तेषां देवानामभवद्विभुः।।
śikhirindrastathā teṣāṃ devānāmabhavadvibhuḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 59
पीवरश्च तथा ब्रह्मन! सप्त गप्तर्षयो ऽभवन।।
pīvaraśca tathā brahman! sapta gaptarṣayo 'bhavan||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 60
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 60
पुत्रास्तु तामसस्यासन राजानः सुमहाबलाः।।
putrāstu tāmasasyāsan rājānaḥ sumahābalāḥ||
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About the Tāmasa Manvantara - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 74 · Verse 61
यः पठेत शृणुयाद्वापि तमसा सन बाध्यते।।
yaḥ paṭhet śṛṇuyādvāpi tamasā sana bādhyate||
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