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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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 1
तस्योत्पत्तिं विस्तरशः शृणुष्व कथयामि ते।।
tasyotpattiṃ vistaraśaḥ śṛṇuṣva kathayāmi te||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 2
तस्यापुत्रस्य पुत्रो ऽभूद्रेवत्यन्ते महात्मनः।।
tasyāputrasya putro 'bhūdrevatyante mahātmanaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 3
तथोपनयनादींश्च स चाशीलो ऽभवन्मुने।।
tathopanayanādīṃśca sa cāśīlo 'bhavanmune||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 4
दीर्घरोगपरामर्शमवाप मुनिपुङ्गवः।।
dīrgharogaparāmarśamavāpa munipuṅgavaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 5
जगाम स पिता चास्य चिन्तयामास दुः खितः।।
jagāma sa pitā cāsya cintayāmāsa duḥ khitaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 6
जग्राह भार्यामन्यस्य मुनिपुत्रस्य संमुखीम।।
jagrāha bhāryāmanyasya muniputrasya saṃmukhīm||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 7
अपुत्रता मनुष्याणां श्रेयसे न कुपुत्रता।।
aputratā manuṣyāṇāṃ śreyase na kuputratā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 8
मातुश्च स्वर्गसंस्थांश्च स्वपितॄन पातयत्यधः।।
mātuśca svargasaṃsthāṃśca svapitṝn pātayatyadhaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 9
पित्रोर्दुः खाय धिग जन्म तस्य दुष्कृतकर्मणः।।
pitrorduḥ khāya dhig janma tasya duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 10
परोपकारिणः शान्ताः साधुकर्मण्यनुव्रताः।।
paropakāriṇaḥ śāntāḥ sādhukarmaṇyanuvratāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 11
नरकाय न सद्गत्यै कुपुत्रालम्बि जन्मनः।।
narakāya na sadgatyai kuputrālambi janmanaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 12
अकाले च जरां पित्रोः कुपुत्रः कुरुते ध्रुवम।।
akāle ca jarāṃ pitroḥ kuputraḥ kurute dhruvam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 13
दह्यमानमनोवृत्तिर्वृत्तं गर्गमपृच्छत।।
dahyamānamanovṛttirvṛttaṃ gargamapṛcchata||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 14
समप्य वेदान विधिवत कृतो दारपरिग्रहः।।
samapya vedān vidhivat kṛto dāraparigrahaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 15
न मे न्यूनाः कृताः काश्चिद्यावदद्य महामुने।।
na me nyūnāḥ kṛtāḥ kāścidyāvadadya mahāmune||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 16
पुत्रार्थं जनितश्चायं पुन्नाम्नो बिभ्यता मुने।।
putrārthaṃ janitaścāyaṃ punnāmno bibhyatā mune||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 17
अस्मद्दुः खवहो जातो दौः शील्याद बन्धुशोकदः।।
asmadduḥ khavaho jāto dauḥ śīlyād bandhuśokadaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 18
तेन दुः खाय ते दुष्टे काले यस्मादजायत।।
tena duḥ khāya te duṣṭe kāle yasmādajāyata||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 19
तस्य दौः शील्यहेतुस्तु रेवत्यन्तमुपागतम।।
tasya dauḥ śīlyahetustu revatyantamupāgatam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 20
दौः शील्यमेतत सा तस्मात पततामाशु रेवती।।
dauḥ śīlyametat sā tasmāt patatāmāśu revatī||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 21
पश्यतः सर्वलोकस्य विस्मयाविष्टचेतसः।।
paśyataḥ sarvalokasya vismayāviṣṭacetasaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 22
भावयामास सहसा वनकन्दरनिर्झरम।।
bhāvayāmāsa sahasā vanakandaranirjharam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 23
अतीव रम्यः सर्वस्यां पृथिव्यां पृथिवीधरः।।
atīva ramyaḥ sarvasyāṃ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīdharaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 24
ततो जज्ञे तदा कन्या रूपेणातीव शोभना।।
tato jajñe tadā kanyā rūpeṇātīva śobhanā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 25
तस्या नाम चकारेत्थं रेवती नाम भागुरे।।
tasyā nāma cakāretthaṃ revatī nāma bhāgure||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 26
प्रमुचः स महाभागस्तस्मिन्नेव महाचले।।
pramucaḥ sa mahābhāgastasminneva mahācale||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 27
स मुनिश्चिन्तमामास को ऽस्या भर्ता भवेदिति।।
sa muniścintamāmāsa ko 'syā bhartā bhavediti||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 28
न चाससाद सदृशं वरं तस्या महामुनिः।।
na cāsasāda sadṛśaṃ varaṃ tasyā mahāmuniḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 29
विवेश वह्निशालां वै प्रष्टारं प्राह हव्यभुक।।
viveśa vahniśālāṃ vai praṣṭāraṃ prāha havyabhuk||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 30
दुर्गमो नाम भविता भर्ता ह्यस्य महीपतिः।।
durgamo nāma bhavitā bhartā hyasya mahīpatiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 31
तस्याश्रमपदं धीमान दुर्गमः स नराधिपः।।
tasyāśramapadaṃ dhīmān durgamaḥ sa narādhipaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 32
पुत्रो विक्रमशीलस्य कालिन्दीजठरोद्भवः।।
putro vikramaśīlasya kālindījaṭharodbhavaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 33
अपश्यमानस्तमृषिं प्रियेत्यामन्त्र्य पृष्टवान।।
apaśyamānastamṛṣiṃ priyetyāmantrya pṛṣṭavān||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 34
तं प्रणेतुमिहेच्छामि तत त्वं प्रब्रूहि शोभने।।
taṃ praṇetumihecchāmi tat tvaṃ prabrūhi śobhane||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 35
प्रियेत्यामन्त्रणञ्चैव निश्चक्राम त्वरान्वितः।।
priyetyāmantraṇañcaiva niścakrāma tvarānvitaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 36
नरेन्द्रचिह्नसहितं प्रश्रयावनतं पुरः।।
narendracihnasahitaṃ praśrayāvanataṃ puraḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 37
गौतमानीयतां शीघ्रमर्घो ऽस्य जगतीपतेः।।
gautamānīyatāṃ śīghramargho 'sya jagatīpateḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 38
जामाता च विशेषेण योग्योरऽघस्य मतो मम।।
jāmātā ca viśeṣeṇa yogyor'ghasya mato mama||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 39
विवेद च न तन्मौनी जगृहेरऽघञ्च तं नृपः।।
viveda ca na tanmaunī jagṛher'ghañca taṃ nṛpaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 40
स्वागतं प्राह राजेन्द्रमपि ते कुशलं गृहे।।
svāgataṃ prāha rājendramapi te kuśalaṃ gṛhe||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 41
तथात्मनि महाबाहो यत्र सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम।।
tathātmani mahābāho yatra sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 42
पृच्छाम्यस्यास्ततो नाहं कुशलिन्यो ऽपरास्तव।।
pṛcchāmyasyāstato nāhaṃ kuśalinyo 'parāstava||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 43
जातकौतूहलश्चास्मि मम भार्यात्र का मुने।।
jātakautūhalaścāsmi mama bhāryātra kā mune||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 44
तव भर्या वरारोहा तां त्वं राजन्न वेत्सि किम।।
tava bharyā varārohā tāṃ tvaṃ rājanna vetsi kim||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 45
सुराष्ट्रजां सुजाताञ्च कदम्बाञ्च वरूथजाम।।
surāṣṭrajāṃ sujātāñca kadambāñca varūthajām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 46
तिष्ठन्ति मे न भगवन रेवतीं वेद्मि कान्वियम।।
tiṣṭhanti me na bhagavan revatīṃ vedmi kānviyam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 47
किं विस्मृतन्ते भूपाल! श्लाघ्येयं गृहिणी तव।।
kiṃ vismṛtante bhūpāla! ślāghyeyaṃ gṛhiṇī tava||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 48
नात्र कोपं भवान कर्तुमर्हत्यस्मासु याचितः।।
nātra kopaṃ bhavān kartumarhatyasmāsu yācitaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 49
व्याजहार भवानेतद्वह्निना नृप चोदितः।।
vyājahāra bhavānetadvahninā nṛpa coditaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 50
भविता तेन चाप्युक्तो भवानेवाद्य वै वरः।।
bhavitā tena cāpyukto bhavānevādya vai varaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 51
प्रियेत्यामन्त्रिता चेयं विचारं कुरुषे कथम।।
priyetyāmantritā ceyaṃ vicāraṃ kuruṣe katham||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 52
ऋषिस्तथोद्यतः कर्तुं तस्या वैवाहिकं विधिम।।
ṛṣistathodyataḥ kartuṃ tasyā vaivāhikaṃ vidhim||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 53
उवाच कन्या यत्किञ्चित प्रश्रयावनतानना।।
uvāca kanyā yatkiñcit praśrayāvanatānanā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 54
रेवत्यृक्षे विवाहं मे तत्करोतु प्रसादितः।।
revatyṛkṣe vivāhaṃ me tatkarotu prasāditaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 55
अन्यानि सन्ति ऋक्षाणि सुभ्रु वैवाहिकानि ते।।
anyāni santi ṛkṣāṇi subhru vaivāhikāni te||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 56
विवाहो विफले काले मद्विधायाः कथं भवेत।।
vivāho viphale kāle madvidhāyāḥ kathaṃ bhavet||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 57
चकार कोपं क्रुद्धेन तेनर्क्षं विनिपातितम।।
cakāra kopaṃ kruddhena tenarkṣaṃ vinipātitam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 58
न चेच्छसि विवाहं त्वं सङ्कटं नः समागतम।।
na cecchasi vivāhaṃ tvaṃ saṅkaṭaṃ naḥ samāgatam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 59
न त्वया मम तातेन ब्रह्मबन्धोः सुतास्मि किम।।
na tvayā mama tātena brahmabandhoḥ sutāsmi kim||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 60
सुता त्वं मम यो देवान कर्तुमन्यान समुत्सहे।।
sutā tvaṃ mama yo devān kartumanyān samutsahe||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 61
समारोप्य विवाहो मे तदृक्षे क्रियते न तु।।
samāropya vivāho me tadṛkṣe kriyate na tu||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 62
आरोपयामीन्दुमार्गे रेवत्यृक्षं कृते तव।।
āropayāmīndumārge revatyṛkṣaṃ kṛte tava||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 63
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 63
यथापूर्वन्तथा चक्रे सोमयोगि द्विजोत्तम।।
yathāpūrvantathā cakre somayogi dvijottama||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 64
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 64
निष्पाद्य प्रीतिमान भूयो जामातारमथाब्रवीत।।
niṣpādya prītimān bhūyo jāmātāramathābravīt||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 65
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 65
दुर्लभ्यमपि दास्यामि ममाप्रतिहतन्तपः।।
durlabhyamapi dāsyāmi mamāpratihatantapaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 66
मन्वन्तराधिपं पुत्रं त्वत्प्रसादाद वृणोम्यहम।।
manvantarādhipaṃ putraṃ tvatprasādād vṛṇomyaham||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 67
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 67
सकलां भोक्ष्यते भूप धर्मविच्च भविष्यति।।
sakalāṃ bhokṣyate bhūpa dharmavicca bhaviṣyati||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 68
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 68
तस्मादजायत सुतो रेवत्या रैवतो मनुः।।
tasmādajāyata suto revatyā raivato manuḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 69
विज्ञाताखिलशास्त्रार्थो वेदविद्यार्थशास्त्रवित।।
vijñātākhilaśāstrārtho vedavidyārthaśāstravit||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 70
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 70
कथ्यमानान मया ब्रह्मन निबोध सुसमाहितः।।
kathyamānān mayā brahman nibodha susamāhitaḥ||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 71
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 71
वैकुण्ठश्चामिताभश्च चतुर्दश चतुर्दश।।
vaikuṇṭhaścāmitābhaśca caturdaśa caturdaśa||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 72
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 72
नाम्ना विभुरभूदिन्द्रः शतयज्ञोपलक्षकः।।
nāmnā vibhurabhūdindraḥ śatayajñopalakṣakaḥ||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 73
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 73
वेदबाहुः सुधामा च पर्जन्यश्च महामुनिः।।
vedabāhuḥ sudhāmā ca parjanyaśca mahāmuniḥ||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 74
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 74
एते सप्तर्षयश्चासन रैवतस्यान्तरे मनोः।।
ete saptarṣayaścāsan raivatasyāntare manoḥ||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 75
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 75
सत्यकाद्यास्तथैवासन रैवतस्य मनोः सुताः।।
satyakādyāstathaivāsan raivatasya manoḥ sutāḥ||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 76
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 76
स्वायम्भुवाश्रया ह्येते स्वारोचिषमृते मनुम।।
svāyambhuvāśrayā hyete svārociṣamṛte manum||
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Raivata’s Manvantara - Verse 77
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 75 · Verse 77
विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो लोकं प्राप्नोत्यभीप्सितम।।
vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo lokaṃ prāpnotyabhīpsitam||
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