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 concluded - Verse 1
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 1
स्तुतिमारेभिरे कर्तुं निहते महिषासुरे।।
stutimārebhire kartuṃ nihate mahiṣāsure||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 2
वाग्भिः प्रहर्षपुलकोद्गमचारुदेहाः।।
vāgbhiḥ praharṣapulakodgamacārudehāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 3
भक्त्या नताः स्म विदधातु शुभानि सा नः।।
bhaktyā natāḥ sma vidadhātu śubhāni sā naḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 4
नाशाय चाशुभयस्य मतिं करोतु।।
nāśāya cāśubhayasya matiṃ karotu||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 5
तां त्वां नताः स्म परिपालय देवि विश्वम।।
tāṃ tvāṃ natāḥ sma paripālaya devi viśvam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 6
सर्वेषु देव्यसुरदेवगणादिकेषु।।
sarveṣu devyasuradevagaṇādikeṣu||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 7
अव्याकृता हि परमा प्रकृतिस्त्वमाद्या।।
avyākṛtā hi paramā prakṛtistvamādyā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 8
उच्चार्यसे त्वमत एव जनैः स्वधा च।।
uccāryase tvamata eva janaiḥ svadhā ca||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 9
विद्यासि सा भगवती परमा हि देवि।।
vidyāsi sā bhagavatī paramā hi devi||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 10
वार्ता च सर्वजगतां परमार्तिहन्त्री।।
vārtā ca sarvajagatāṃ paramārtihantrī||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 11
गौरी त्वमेव शशिमौलिकृतप्रतिष्ठा।।
gaurī tvameva śaśimaulikṛtapratiṣṭhā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 12
वक्त्रं विलोक्य सहसा महिषासुरेण।।
vaktraṃ vilokya sahasā mahiṣāsureṇa||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 13
कैर्जोव्यते हि कुपितान्तकदर्शनेन।।
kairjovyate hi kupitāntakadarśanena||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 14
नीतं बलं सुविपुलं महिषासुरस्य।।
nītaṃ balaṃ suvipulaṃ mahiṣāsurasya||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 15
येषां सदाभ्युदयदा भवती प्रसन्ना।।
yeṣāṃ sadābhyudayadā bhavatī prasannā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 16
लोकत्रये ऽपि फलदा ननु देवि तेन।।
lokatraye 'pi phaladā nanu devi tena||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 17
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 17
सर्वोपकारकरणाय सदारऽऽद्रचित्ता।।
sarvopakārakaraṇāya sadār''dracittā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 18
मत्वेति नूनमहितान विनिहंसि देवि।।
matveti nūnamahitān vinihaṃsi devi||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 19
इत्थं मतिर्भवति तेष्वपि ते ऽतिसाध्वी।।
itthaṃ matirbhavati teṣvapi te 'tisādhvī||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 20
योग्याननं तव विलोकयतां तदेतत।।
yogyānanaṃ tava vilokayatāṃ tadetat||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 21
वैरिष्वपि प्रकटितैव दया त्वयेत्थम।।
vairiṣvapi prakaṭitaiva dayā tvayettham||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 22
त्वय्येव देवि वरदे भुवनत्रये ऽपि।।
tvayyeva devi varade bhuvanatraye 'pi||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 23
अस्माकमुन्मदसुरारिभवं नमस्ते।।
asmākamunmadasurāribhavaṃ namaste||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 24
घण्टास्वनेन नः पाहि चापज्यानिः स्वनेन च।।
ghaṇṭāsvanena naḥ pāhi cāpajyāniḥ svanena ca||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 25
भ्रामणेनात्मशूलस्य उत्तरस्यां तथेश्वरि।।
bhrāmaṇenātmaśūlasya uttarasyāṃ tatheśvari||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 26
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 26
यानि चात्यर्थघोराणि तै रक्षास्मांस्तथा भुवम।।
yāni cātyarthaghorāṇi tai rakṣāsmāṃstathā bhuvam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 27
करपल्लवसङ्गीनि तैरस्मान रक्ष सर्वतः।।
karapallavasaṅgīni tairasmān rakṣa sarvataḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 28
अर्चिता जगतां धात्री तथा गन्धानुलेपनैः।।
arcitā jagatāṃ dhātrī tathā gandhānulepanaiḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 29
प्राह प्रसादसुमुखी समस्तान प्रणतान सुरान।।
prāha prasādasumukhī samastān praṇatān surān||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 30
ददाम्यहमतिप्रीत्या स्तवैरेभिः सुपूजिता।।
dadāmyahamatiprītyā stavairebhiḥ supūjitā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 31
इत्याकर्ण्ये वचो देव्याः प्रत्यूचुस्ते दिवौकसः।।
ityākarṇye vaco devyāḥ pratyūcuste divaukasaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 32
यदयं निहतः शत्रुरस्माकं महिषासुरः।।
yadayaṃ nihataḥ śatrurasmākaṃ mahiṣāsuraḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 33
संस्मृता संस्मृता त्वं नो हिंसेथाः परमापदः।।
saṃsmṛtā saṃsmṛtā tvaṃ no hiṃsethāḥ paramāpadaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 34
वृद्धये ऽस्मात्प्रसन्ना त्वं भवेथाः सर्वदाम्बिके।।
vṛddhaye 'smātprasannā tvaṃ bhavethāḥ sarvadāmbike||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 35
तथेत्युक्त्वा भद्रकाली बभूवान्तर्हिता नृप।।
tathetyuktvā bhadrakālī babhūvāntarhitā nṛpa||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 36
देवी देवशरीरेभ्यो जगत्त्रयहितैषिणी।।
devī devaśarīrebhyo jagattrayahitaiṣiṇī||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 37
वधाय दुष्टदैत्यानां तथा शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः।।
vadhāya duṣṭadaityānāṃ tathā śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 38
तच्छृणुष्व मयाऽख्यातं यथावत्कथयामि ते।।
tacchṛṇuṣva mayā'khyātaṃ yathāvatkathayāmi te||
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