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: 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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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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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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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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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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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 83 · Verse 35
विषाणाब्याञ्च चिक्षेप चण्डिकां प्रति भूधरान।।
viṣāṇābyāñca cikṣepa caṇḍikāṃ prati bhūdharān||
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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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