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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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Chapter 83 · 44 shlokas

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 1

सेनानीश्चिक्षुरः कोपाद्ययौ योद्धुमथाम्बिकाम।।

senānīścikṣuraḥ kopādyayau yoddhumathāmbikām||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 2

यथा मेरुगिरेः शृङ्गं तोयवर्षेण तोयदः।।

yathā merugireḥ śṛṅgaṃ toyavarṣeṇa toyadaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 3

जघान तुरगान बाणैर्यन्तारं चैव वाजिनाम।।

jaghāna turagān bāṇairyantāraṃ caiva vājinām||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 4

विव्याध चैव गात्रेषु च्छिन्नधन्वानमाशुगैः।।

vivyādha caiva gātreṣu cchinnadhanvānamāśugaiḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 5

अभ्यधावत तां देवीं खड्ग-चर्मधरो ऽसुरः।।

abhyadhāvata tāṃ devīṃ khaḍga-carmadharo 'suraḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 6

आजघान भुजे सव्ये देवीमप्यतिवेगवान।।

ājaghāna bhuje savye devīmapyativegavān||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 7

ततो जग्राह शूलं स कोपादरुणलोचनः।।

tato jagrāha śūlaṃ sa kopādaruṇalocanaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 8

जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभी रविबिम्बमिवाम्बरात।।

jājvalyamānaṃ tejobhī ravibimbamivāmbarāt||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 9

तच्छूलं शतधा तेन नीतं स च महासुरः।।

tacchūlaṃ śatadhā tena nītaṃ sa ca mahāsuraḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 10

आजगाम गजारूढश्चामरस्त्रिदशार्दनः।।

ājagāma gajārūḍhaścāmarastridaśārdanaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 11

हुङ्काराभिहतां भूमौ पातयामास निष्प्रभाम।।

huṅkārābhihatāṃ bhūmau pātayāmāsa niṣprabhām||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 12

चिक्षेप चामरः शूलं बाणैस्तदपि साच्छिनत।।

cikṣepa cāmaraḥ śūlaṃ bāṇaistadapi sācchinat||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 13

बाहुयुद्धेन युयुधे तेनोच्चैस्त्रिदशारिणा।।

bāhuyuddhena yuyudhe tenoccaistridaśāriṇā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 14

युयुधाते ऽतिसंरब्धौ प्रहारैरतिदारुणैः।।

yuyudhāte 'tisaṃrabdhau prahārairatidāruṇaiḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 15

करप्रहारेण शिरश्चामरस्य पृथक्कृतम।।

karaprahāreṇa śiraścāmarasya pṛthakkṛtam||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 16

दन्तमुष्टितलैश्चैव करालश्च निपातितः।।

dantamuṣṭitalaiścaiva karālaśca nipātitaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 17

वाष्कलं भिन्दिपालेन बाणैस्ताम्रं तथान्धकम।।

vāṣkalaṃ bhindipālena bāṇaistāmraṃ tathāndhakam||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 18

त्रिनेत्रा च त्रिशूलेन जघान परमेश्वरी।।

trinetrā ca triśūlena jaghāna parameśvarī||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 19

कालं च कालदण्डेन कालरात्रिरपातयत।।

kālaṃ ca kāladaṇḍena kālarātrirapātayat||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 20

गणैः सिंहेन देव्या च जयक्ष्वेडाकृतोत्सवैः।।

gaṇaiḥ siṃhena devyā ca jayakṣveḍākṛtotsavaiḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 21

माहिषेण स्वरूपेण त्रासयामास तान गणान।।

māhiṣeṇa svarūpeṇa trāsayāmāsa tān gaṇān||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 22

लाङ्गूलताडितांश्चान्यान शृङ्गाभ्याञ्च विदारितान।।

lāṅgūlatāḍitāṃścānyān śṛṅgābhyāñca vidāritān||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 23

निश्वासपवनेनान्यान पातयामास भूतले।।

niśvāsapavanenānyān pātayāmāsa bhūtale||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 24

सिंहं हन्तुं महादेव्याः कोपं चक्रे ततो ऽम्बिका।।

siṃhaṃ hantuṃ mahādevyāḥ kopaṃ cakre tato 'mbikā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 25

शृङ्गाभ्यां पर्वतानुच्चैश्चिक्षेप च ननाद च।।

śṛṅgābhyāṃ parvatānuccaiścikṣepa ca nanāda ca||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 26

लाङ्गूलेनाहतश्चाब्धिः प्लावयामास सर्वतः।।

lāṅgūlenāhataścābdhiḥ plāvayāmāsa sarvataḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 27

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 27

श्वासानिलास्ताः शतशो निपेतुर्नभसो ऽचलाः।।

śvāsānilāstāḥ śataśo nipeturnabhaso 'calāḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 28

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 28

दृष्ट्वा सा चण्डिका कोपं तद्वधाय तदाकरोत।।

dṛṣṭvā sā caṇḍikā kopaṃ tadvadhāya tadākarot||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 29

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 29

तत्याज माहिषं रूपं सो ऽपि बद्धो महामृधे।।

tatyāja māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ so 'pi baddho mahāmṛdhe||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 30

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 30

छिनत्ति तावत्पुरुषः खड्गपाणिरदृश्यत।।

chinatti tāvatpuruṣaḥ khaḍgapāṇiradṛśyata||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 31

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 31

तं खड्गचर्मणा सार्धं ततः सो ऽभून्महागजः।।

taṃ khaḍgacarmaṇā sārdhaṃ tataḥ so 'bhūnmahāgajaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 32

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 32

कर्षतस्तु करं देवी खड्गेन निरकृन्तत।।

karṣatastu karaṃ devī khaḍgena nirakṛntata||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 33

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 33

तथैव क्षोभयामास त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम।।

tathaiva kṣobhayāmāsa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 34

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 34

पपौ पुनः पुनश्चैव जहासारुणलोचना।।

papau punaḥ punaścaiva jahāsāruṇalocanā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 35

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 35

विषाणाब्याञ्च चिक्षेप चण्डिकां प्रति भूधरान।।

viṣāṇābyāñca cikṣepa caṇḍikāṃ prati bhūdharān||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 36

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 36

उवाच तं मदोद्धूतमुखरागाकुलाक्षरम।।

uvāca taṃ madoddhūtamukharāgākulākṣaram||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 37

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 37

मया त्वयि हते ऽत्रैव गर्जिष्यन्त्याशु देवताः।।

mayā tvayi hate 'traiva garjiṣyantyāśu devatāḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 38

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 38

पादेनाक्रम्य कण्ठे च शूलेनैनमताडयत।।

pādenākramya kaṇṭhe ca śūlenainamatāḍayat||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 39

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 39

अर्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासीद देव्या वीर्येण संवृतः।।

ardhaniṣkrānta evāsīd devyā vīryeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 40

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 40

तया महासिना देव्या शिरश्छित्त्वा निपातितः।।

tayā mahāsinā devyā śiraśchittvā nipātitaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 41

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 41

त्रैलोक्यं मोहयित्वा तु तया देव्या विनाशितः।।

trailokyaṃ mohayitvā tu tayā devyā vināśitaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 42

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 42

जयेत्युक्तं ततः सर्वैः सदेवासुरमानवैः।।

jayetyuktaṃ tataḥ sarvaiḥ sadevāsuramānavaiḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 43

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 43

प्रहर्षञ्च परं जग्मुः सकला देवतागणाः।।

praharṣañca paraṃ jagmuḥ sakalā devatāgaṇāḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa - Verse 44

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 44

जगुर्गन्धर्वपतयो ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः।।

jagurgandharvapatayo nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ||

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