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 Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 1
महिषे ऽसुराणामधिपे देवानां च पुरन्दरे।।
mahiṣe 'surāṇāmadhipe devānāṃ ca purandare||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 2
जित्वा च सकलान देवानिन्द्रो ऽबून्महिषासुरः।।
jitvā ca sakalān devānindro 'būnmahiṣāsuraḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 3
पुरस्कृत्य गतास्तत्र यत्रेश-गरुडध्वजौ।।
puraskṛtya gatāstatra yatreśa-garuḍadhvajau||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 4
त्रिदशाः कथयामासुर्देवाभिभवविस्तरम।।
tridaśāḥ kathayāmāsurdevābhibhavavistaram||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 5
अन्येषां चाधिकारान स स्वयमेवाधितिष्ठिति।।
anyeṣāṃ cādhikārān sa svayamevādhitiṣṭhiti||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 6
विचरन्ति यथा मर्त्या महिषेण दुरात्मना।।
vicaranti yathā martyā mahiṣeṇa durātmanā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 7
शरणं वः प्रपन्नाः स्मो वधस्तस्य विचिन्त्यताम।।
śaraṇaṃ vaḥ prapannāḥ smo vadhastasya vicintyatām||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 8
चकार कोपं शम्भुश्च भ्रुकुटीकुटिलाननौ।।
cakāra kopaṃ śambhuśca bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanau||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 9
निश्चक्राम महत्तेजो ब्रह्मणः शङ्करस्य च।।
niścakrāma mahattejo brahmaṇaḥ śaṅkarasya ca||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 10
निर्गतं सुमहत्तेजस्तच्चैक्यं समगच्छत।।
nirgataṃ sumahattejastaccaikyaṃ samagacchata||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 11
ददृशुस्ते सुरास्तत्र ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगन्तरम।।
dadṛśuste surāstatra jvālāvyāptadigantaram||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 12
एकस्थं तदभून्नारी व्याप्तलोकत्रयं त्विषा।।
ekasthaṃ tadabhūnnārī vyāptalokatrayaṃ tviṣā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 13
याम्येन चाभवन केशा बहवो विष्णुतेजसा।।
yāmyena cābhavan keśā bahavo viṣṇutejasā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 14
वारुणेन च जङ्घोरू नितम्बस्तेजसा भुवः।।
vāruṇena ca jaṅghorū nitambastejasā bhuvaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 15
वसूनाञ्च कराङ्गुल्यः कौबेरेण च नासिका।।
vasūnāñca karāṅgulyaḥ kaubereṇa ca nāsikā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 16
नयनत्रितयं जज्ञे तथा पावकतेजसा।।
nayanatritayaṃ jajñe tathā pāvakatejasā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 17
अन्येषां चैव देवानां सम्भवस्तेजसां शिवा।।
anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ sambhavastejasāṃ śivā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 18
तां विलोक्य मुदं प्रापुरमरा महिषार्दिताः।।
tāṃ vilokya mudaṃ prāpuramarā mahiṣārditāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 19
ऊचुर्जयजयेत्युच्चैर्जयन्तीं ते जयैषिणः।।
ūcurjayajayetyuccairjayantīṃ te jayaiṣiṇaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 20
चक्रं च दत्तवान कृष्णः समुत्पाद्य स्वचक्रतः।।
cakraṃ ca dattavān kṛṣṇaḥ samutpādya svacakrataḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 21
मारुतो दत्तवांश्चापं बाणपूर्णे तथेषुधी।।
māruto dattavāṃścāpaṃ bāṇapūrṇe tatheṣudhī||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 22
ददौ तस्यै सहस्राक्षो घण्टामैरावताद गजात।।
dadau tasyai sahasrākṣo ghaṇṭāmairāvatād gajāt||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 23
प्रजापतिश्चाक्षमालां ददौ ब्रह्मा कमण्डलुम।।
prajāpatiścākṣamālāṃ dadau brahmā kamaṇḍalum||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 24
कालख्च दत्तवान खड्गं तस्याश्चर्म च निर्मलम।।
kālakhca dattavān khaḍgaṃ tasyāścarma ca nirmalam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 25
चूडामणिं तथा दिव्यं कुण्डले कटकानि च।।
cūḍāmaṇiṃ tathā divyaṃ kuṇḍale kaṭakāni ca||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 26
अङ्गुलीयकरत्नानि समस्तास्वङ्गुलीषु च।।
aṅgulīyakaratnāni samastāsvaṅgulīṣu ca||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 27
अस्त्राण्यनेकरूपाणि तथाभेद्यं च दंशनम।।
astrāṇyanekarūpāṇi tathābhedyaṃ ca daṃśanam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 28
अददज्जलधिस्तस्यै पङ्कजं चातिशोभनम।।
adadajjaladhistasyai paṅkajaṃ cātiśobhanam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 29
ददावशून्यं सुरया पानपात्रं धनाधिपः।।
dadāvaśūnyaṃ surayā pānapātraṃ dhanādhipaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 30
नागहारं ददौ तस्यै धत्ते यः पृथिवीमिमाम।।
nāgahāraṃ dadau tasyai dhatte yaḥ pṛthivīmimām||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 31
संमानिता ननादोच्चैः साट्टहासं मुहुर्मुहुः।।
saṃmānitā nanādoccaiḥ sāṭṭahāsaṃ muhurmuhuḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 32
अमायतातिमहता प्रतिशब्दो महानभूत।।
amāyatātimahatā pratiśabdo mahānabhūt||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 33
चचाल वसुधा चेलुः सकलाश्च महीधराः।।
cacāla vasudhā celuḥ sakalāśca mahīdharāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 34
तुष्टुवुर्मुनयश्चैनां भक्तिनम्रात्ममूर्तयः।।
tuṣṭuvurmunayaścaināṃ bhaktinamrātmamūrtayaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 35
सन्नद्धाखिलसैन्यास्ते समुत्तस्थुरुदायुधाः।।
sannaddhākhilasainyāste samuttasthurudāyudhāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 36
अभ्यधावत तं शब्दमशेषैरसुरैर्वृतः।।
abhyadhāvata taṃ śabdamaśeṣairasurairvṛtaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 37
पादाक्रान्त्या नतभुवं किरीटोल्लिखिताम्बराम।।
pādākrāntyā natabhuvaṃ kirīṭollikhitāmbarām||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 38
दिशो भुजसहस्रेण समन्ताद व्याप्य संस्थिताम।।
diśo bhujasahasreṇa samantād vyāpya saṃsthitām||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 39
शस्त्रास्त्रैर्बहुधा मुक्तैरादीपितदिगन्तरम।।
śastrāstrairbahudhā muktairādīpitadigantaram||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 40
युयुधे चामरश्चान्यैश्चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः।।
yuyudhe cāmaraścānyaiścaturaṅgabalānvitaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 41
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 41
अयुध्यतायुतानाञ्च सहस्रेण महाहनुः।।
ayudhyatāyutānāñca sahasreṇa mahāhanuḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 42
अयुतानां शतैः षड्भिर्वाष्कलो युयुधे रणे।।
ayutānāṃ śataiḥ ṣaḍbhirvāṣkalo yuyudhe raṇe||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 43
वृतो रथानां कोट्या च युद्धे तस्मिन्नयुध्यत।।
vṛto rathānāṃ koṭyā ca yuddhe tasminnayudhyata||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 44
युयुधे संयुगे तत्र रथानां परिवारितः।।
yuyudhe saṃyuge tatra rathānāṃ parivāritaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 45
युयुधे संयुगे तत्र तावद्भिः परिवारितः।।
yuyudhe saṃyuge tatra tāvadbhiḥ parivāritaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 46
युयुधुः संयुगे देव्या सह तत्र महासुराः।।
yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā saha tatra mahāsurāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 47
हयानाञ्च वृतो युद्धे तत्राभून्महिषासुरः।।
hayānāñca vṛto yuddhe tatrābhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 48
युयुधुः संयुगे देव्या खड्गैः परशुपट्टिशैः।।
yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā khaḍgaiḥ paraśupaṭṭiśaiḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 49
देवीं खड्गप्रहारैस्तु ते तां हन्तुं प्रचक्रमुः।।
devīṃ khaḍgaprahāraistu te tāṃ hantuṃ pracakramuḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 50
लीलयैव प्रचिच्छेद निजशस्त्रास्त्रवर्षिणी।।
līlayaiva praciccheda nijaśastrāstravarṣiṇī||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 51
मुमोचासुरदेहेषु शस्त्राण्यस्त्राणि चेश्वरी।।
mumocāsuradeheṣu śastrāṇyastrāṇi ceśvarī||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 52
चचारासुरसैन्येषु वनेष्विव हुताशनः।।
cacārāsurasainyeṣu vaneṣviva hutāśanaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 53
त एव सद्यः सम्भूता गणाः शतसहस्रशः।।
ta eva sadyaḥ sambhūtā gaṇāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 54
नाशयन्तो ऽसुरगणान देवीशक्त्युपबृंहिताः।।
nāśayanto 'suragaṇān devīśaktyupabṛṃhitāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 55
मृदङ्गांश्च तथैवान्ये तस्मिन युद्धमहोत्सवे।।
mṛdaṅgāṃśca tathaivānye tasmin yuddhamahotsave||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 56
शड्गादिभिश्च शतशो निजघान महासुरान।।
śaḍgādibhiśca śataśo nijaghāna mahāsurān||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 57
असुरान भुवि पाशेन बद्ध्वा चान्यानकर्षयत।।
asurān bhuvi pāśena baddhvā cānyānakarṣayat||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 58
विपोथिता निपातेन गदया भुवि शेरते।।
vipothitā nipātena gadayā bhuvi śerate||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 59
केचिन्नपातिता भूमौ भिन्नाः शूलेन वक्षसि।।
kecinnapātitā bhūmau bhinnāḥ śūlena vakṣasi||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 60
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 60
शैलानुकारिणः प्राणान मुमुचुस्त्रिदशार्दनाः।।
śailānukāriṇaḥ prāṇān mumucustridaśārdanāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 61
शिरांसि पेतुरन्येषामन्ये मध्ये विदारिताः।।
śirāṃsi peturanyeṣāmanye madhye vidāritāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 62
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 62
एकबाह्वक्षिचरणाः केचिद्देव्या द्विधा कृताः।।
ekabāhvakṣicaraṇāḥ keciddevyā dvidhā kṛtāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 63
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 63
कबन्धा युयुधुर्देव्या गृहीतपरमायुधाः।।
kabandhā yuyudhurdevyā gṛhītaparamāyudhāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 64
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 64
कबन्धाश्छिन्नखिरसः खड्ग-शक्त्यृष्टिपाणयः।।
kabandhāśchinnakhirasaḥ khaḍga-śaktyṛṣṭipāṇayaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 65
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 65
रुधिरौघविलुप्ताङ्गाः संग्रामे लोमहर्षणे।।
rudhiraughaviluptāṅgāḥ saṃgrāme lomaharṣaṇe||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 66
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 66
अगम्या साभवत तत्र यत्राभूत स महारणः।।
agamyā sābhavat tatra yatrābhūt sa mahāraṇaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 67
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 67
मध्ये चासुरसैन्यस्य वारणासुरवाजिनाम।।
madhye cāsurasainyasya vāraṇāsuravājinām||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 68
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 68
निन्ये क्षयं यथा वह्निस्तृणदारुमहाचयम।।
ninye kṣayaṃ yathā vahnistṛṇadārumahācayam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 69
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 69
शरीरेभ्यो ऽमरारीणामसूनिव विचिन्वति।।
śarīrebhyo 'marārīṇāmasūniva vicinvati||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: Slaughter of the army of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 70
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 82 · Verse 70
यथैषां तुतुषुर्देवाः पुष्पवृष्टिमुचो दिवि।।
yathaiṣāṃ tutuṣurdevāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭimuco divi||
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