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 ShlokaCommencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 1
निशामय तदुत्पत्तिं विस्तराद गदतो मम।।
niśāmaya tadutpattiṃ vistarād gadato mama||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 2
स बभूव महाभागः सावर्णिस्तनयो रवेः।।
sa babhūva mahābhāgaḥ sāvarṇistanayo raveḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 3
सुरथो नाम राजाभूत समस्ते क्षितिमण्डले।।
suratho nāma rājābhūt samaste kṣitimaṇḍale||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 4
बभूवुः शत्रवो भूपाः कोलाविध्वंसिनस्तथा।।
babhūvuḥ śatravo bhūpāḥ kolāvidhvaṃsinastathā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 5
न्यूनैरपि स तैर्युद्धे कोलाविध्वंसिभिर्जितः।।
nyūnairapi sa tairyuddhe kolāvidhvaṃsibhirjitaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 6
आक्रान्तः स महाभागस्तैस्तदा प्रबलारिभिः।।
ākrāntaḥ sa mahābhāgastaistadā prabalāribhiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 7
कोषो बलञ्चापहृतं तत्रापि स्वपुरे ततः।।
koṣo balañcāpahṛtaṃ tatrāpi svapure tataḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 8
एकाकी हयमारुह्य जगाम गहनं वनम।।
ekākī hayamāruhya jagāma gahanaṃ vanam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 9
प्रशान्तश्वापदाकीर्णं मुनिश्ष्योपशोभितम।।
praśāntaśvāpadākīrṇaṃ muniśṣyopaśobhitam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 10
इतश्चैतश्च विचरंस्तस्मिन मुनिवराश्रमे।।
itaścaitaśca vicaraṃstasmin munivarāśrame||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 11
मद्भृत्यैस्तैरसद्वृत्तैर्धर्मतः पाल्यते न वा।।
madbhṛtyaistairasadvṛttairdharmataḥ pālyate na vā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 12
मम वैरिवशं यातः कान भोगानुपलप्स्यते।।
mama vairivaśaṃ yātaḥ kān bhogānupalapsyate||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 13
अनुवृत्तिं ध्रुवं ते ऽद्य कुर्वन्त्यन्यमहीभृताम।।
anuvṛttiṃ dhruvaṃ te 'dya kurvantyanyamahībhṛtām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 14
संचितः सो ऽतिदुः खेन क्षयं कोशो गमिष्यति।।
saṃcitaḥ so 'tiduḥ khena kṣayaṃ kośo gamiṣyati||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 15
तत्र विप्राश्रमाभ्यासे वैश्यमेकं ददर्श सः।।
tatra viprāśramābhyāse vaiśyamekaṃ dadarśa saḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 16
सशोक इव कस्मात्त्वं दुर्मना इव लक्ष्यसे।।
saśoka iva kasmāttvaṃ durmanā iva lakṣyase||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 17
प्रत्युवाच स तं वैश्यः प्रश्रयावनतो नृपम।।
pratyuvāca sa taṃ vaiśyaḥ praśrayāvanato nṛpam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 18
पुत्रदारैर्निरस्तश्च धनलोभादसाधुभिः।।
putradārairnirastaśca dhanalobhādasādhubhiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 19
वनमभ्यागतो दुः खी निरस्तश्चाप्तबन्धुभैः।।
vanamabhyāgato duḥ khī nirastaścāptabandhubhaiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 20
प्रवृत्तिं स्वजनानाञ्च दाराणाञ्चात्र संस्थितः।।
pravṛttiṃ svajanānāñca dārāṇāñcātra saṃsthitaḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 21
कथं ते किं नु सद्वृत्ताः दुर्वृत्ताः किं नु मे सुताः।।
kathaṃ te kiṃ nu sadvṛttāḥ durvṛttāḥ kiṃ nu me sutāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 22
तेषु किं भवतः स्नेहमनुबध्नाति मानसम।।
teṣu kiṃ bhavataḥ snehamanubadhnāti mānasam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 23
किं करोमि न बध्नाति मम निष्ठुरतां मनः।।
kiṃ karomi na badhnāti mama niṣṭhuratāṃ manaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 24
पतिस्वजनहार्दं च हार्दि तेष्वेव मे मनः।।
patisvajanahārdaṃ ca hārdi teṣveva me manaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 25
यत्प्रेमप्रवणं चित्तं विगुणेष्वपि बन्धुषु।।
yatpremapravaṇaṃ cittaṃ viguṇeṣvapi bandhuṣu||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 26
करोमि किं यन्न मनस्तेष्वप्रीतिषु निष्ठुरम।।
karomi kiṃ yanna manasteṣvaprītiṣu niṣṭhuram||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 27
समाधिर्नाम वैश्यो ऽसौ स च पार्थिवसत्तमः।।
samādhirnāma vaiśyo 'sau sa ca pārthivasattamaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 28
उपविष्टौ कथाः काश्चिच्चक्रतुर्वैश्य-पार्थिवौ।।
upaviṣṭau kathāḥ kāściccakraturvaiśya-pārthivau||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 29
दुः खाय यन्मे मनसः स्वचित्तायत्ततां विना।।
duḥ khāya yanme manasaḥ svacittāyattatāṃ vinā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 30
जानतो ऽपि यथाज्ञस्य किमेतन्मुनिसत्तम।।
jānato 'pi yathājñasya kimetanmunisattama||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 31
स्वजनेन च सन्त्यक्तस्तेषु हार्दे तथाप्यति।।
svajanena ca santyaktasteṣu hārde tathāpyati||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 32
दृष्टदोषे ऽपि विषये ममत्वाकृष्टमानसौ।।
dṛṣṭadoṣe 'pi viṣaye mamatvākṛṣṭamānasau||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 33
ममास्य च भवत्येषा विवेकान्धस्य मूढता।।
mamāsya ca bhavatyeṣā vivekāndhasya mūḍhatā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 34
विषयश्च महाभाग याति चैवं पृथक पृथक।।
viṣayaśca mahābhāga yāti caivaṃ pṛthak pṛthak||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 35
केचिद दिवा तथा रात्रौ प्राणिनस्तुल्यदृष्टयः।।
kecid divā tathā rātrau prāṇinastulyadṛṣṭayaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 36
यतो हि ज्ञानिनः सर्वे पशु-पक्षि-मृगादयः।।
yato hi jñāninaḥ sarve paśu-pakṣi-mṛgādayaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 37
मनुष्याणां च यत्तेषां तुल्यमन्यत्तथोभयोः।।
manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yatteṣāṃ tulyamanyattathobhayoḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 38
कणमोक्षादृतान मोहात्पीड्यमानानपि क्षुधा।।
kaṇamokṣādṛtān mohātpīḍyamānānapi kṣudhā||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 39
लोभात्प्रत्युपकाराय नन्वेतान किं न पश्यसि।।
lobhātpratyupakārāya nanvetān kiṃ na paśyasi||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 40
महामायाप्रभावेण संसारस्थितिकारिणा।।
mahāmāyāprabhāveṇa saṃsārasthitikāriṇā||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 41
महामाया हरेश्चैतत्तथा संमोह्यते जगत।।
mahāmāyā hareścaitattathā saṃmohyate jagat||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 42
बलादाकृष्य मोहाय महामाया प्रयच्छति।।
balādākṛṣya mohāya mahāmāyā prayacchati||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 43
सैषा प्रसन्ना वरदा नृणां भवति मुक्तये।।
saiṣā prasannā varadā nṛṇāṃ bhavati muktaye||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 44
संसारबन्धहेतुश्च सैव सर्वेश्वरेश्वरी।।
saṃsārabandhahetuśca saiva sarveśvareśvarī||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 45
ब्रवीति कथमुत्पन्ना सा कर्मास्याश्च किं द्विज।।
bravīti kathamutpannā sā karmāsyāśca kiṃ dvija||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 46
तत सर्वं श्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वत्तो ब्रह्मविदां वर।।
tat sarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvatto brahmavidāṃ vara||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 47
तथापि तत्समुत्पत्तिर्बहुधा श्रुयतां मम।।
tathāpi tatsamutpattirbahudhā śruyatāṃ mama||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 48
उत्पन्नेति तदा लोके सा नित्याप्यभिधीयते।।
utpanneti tadā loke sā nityāpyabhidhīyate||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 49
आस्तीर्य शेषमभजत कल्पान्ते भगवान प्रभुः।।
āstīrya śeṣamabhajat kalpānte bhagavān prabhuḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 50
विष्णुकर्णमलोद्भूतौ हन्तुं ब्रह्माणमुद्यतौ।।
viṣṇukarṇamalodbhūtau hantuṃ brahmāṇamudyatau||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 51
दृष्ट्वा तावसुरौ चोग्रौ प्रसुप्तं च जनार्दनम।।
dṛṣṭvā tāvasurau cograu prasuptaṃ ca janārdanam||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 52
विबोधनार्थाय हरेर्हरिनेत्रकृतालयाम।।
vibodhanārthāya harerharinetrakṛtālayām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 53
निद्रां भगवतीं विष्णोरतुलां तेजसः प्रभुः।।
nidrāṃ bhagavatīṃ viṣṇoratulāṃ tejasaḥ prabhuḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 54
सुधा त्वमक्षरे नित्ये त्रिधा मात्रात्मिका स्थिता।।
sudhā tvamakṣare nitye tridhā mātrātmikā sthitā||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 55
त्वमेव सन्ध्या सावित्री त्वं देवि जननी परा।।
tvameva sandhyā sāvitrī tvaṃ devi jananī parā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 56
त्वयैतत्पाल्यते देवि त्वमत्स्यन्ते च सर्वदा।।
tvayaitatpālyate devi tvamatsyante ca sarvadā||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 57
तथा संहृतिरूपान्ते जगतो ऽस्य जगन्मये।।
tathā saṃhṛtirūpānte jagato 'sya jaganmaye||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 58
महामोहा च भवती महादेवी महेश्वरी।।
mahāmohā ca bhavatī mahādevī maheśvarī||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 59
कालरात्रिर्महारात्रिर्मोहरात्रिश्च दारुणा।।
kālarātrirmahārātrirmoharātriśca dāruṇā||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 60
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 60
लज्जा पुष्टिस्तथा तुष्टिस्त्वं शान्तिः क्षान्तिरेव च।।
lajjā puṣṭistathā tuṣṭistvaṃ śāntiḥ kṣāntireva ca||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 61
शङ्खिनी चापिनी बाण-भुशुण्डी परिघायुधा।।
śaṅkhinī cāpinī bāṇa-bhuśuṇḍī parighāyudhā||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 62
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 62
परापराणां परमा त्वमेव परमेश्वरी।।
parāparāṇāṃ paramā tvameva parameśvarī||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 63
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 63
तस्य सर्वस्य या शिक्तिः सा त्वं किं स्तूयते तदा।।
tasya sarvasya yā śiktiḥ sā tvaṃ kiṃ stūyate tadā||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 64
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 64
सो ऽपि निद्रावशं नीतः कस्त्वां स्तोतुमिहेश्वरः।।
so 'pi nidrāvaśaṃ nītaḥ kastvāṃ stotumiheśvaraḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 65
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 65
कारितास्ते यतो ऽतस्त्वां कः स्तोतुं शक्तिमान भवेत।।
kāritāste yato 'tastvāṃ kaḥ stotuṃ śaktimān bhavet||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 66
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 66
मोहयैतौ दुराधर्षावसुरो मधुकैटभौ।।
mohayaitau durādharṣāvasuro madhukaiṭabhau||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 67
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 67
बोधश्च क्रियतामस्य हन्तुमेतौ महासुरौ।।
bodhaśca kriyatāmasya hantumetau mahāsurau||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 68
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 68
विष्णोः प्रबोधनार्थाय निहन्तुं मधुकैटभौ।।
viṣṇoḥ prabodhanārthāya nihantuṃ madhukaiṭabhau||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 69
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 69
निर्गम्य दर्शने तस्थौ ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः।।
nirgamya darśane tasthau brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 70
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 70
एकार्णवे ऽहिशयनात्ततः स ददृशे च तौ।।
ekārṇave 'hiśayanāttataḥ sa dadṛśe ca tau||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 71
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 71
क्रोधरक्तेक्षणावत्तुं ब्रह्माणं जनितोद्यमौ।।
krodharaktekṣaṇāvattuṃ brahmāṇaṃ janitodyamau||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 72
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 72
पञ्चवर्षसहस्राणि बाहुप्रहरणो विभुः।।
pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi bāhupraharaṇo vibhuḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 73
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 73
उक्तवन्तौ वरो ऽस्मत्तो व्रियतामिति केशवम।।
uktavantau varo 'smatto vriyatāmiti keśavam||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 74
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 74
किमन्येन वरेणात्र एतावद्धि वृतं मम।।
kimanyena vareṇātra etāvaddhi vṛtaṃ mama||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 75
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 75
विलोक्य ताभ्यां गदितो भगवान कमलेक्षणः।।
vilokya tābhyāṃ gadito bhagavān kamalekṣaṇaḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 76
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 76
प्रीतौ स्वस्तव युद्धेन श्लाघ्यस्त्वं मृत्युरावयोः।।
prītau svastava yuddhena ślāghyastvaṃ mṛtyurāvayoḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 77
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 77
कृत्वा चक्रेण वै च्छिन्ने जघने शिरसी तयोः।।
kṛtvā cakreṇa vai cchinne jaghane śirasī tayoḥ||
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Commencement of the Devī-Māhātmya - Verse 78
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 81 · Verse 78
प्रभावमस्या देव्यास्तु भूयः शृणु वदामि ते।।
prabhāvamasyā devyāstu bhūyaḥ śṛṇu vadāmi te||
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