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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 84 · 38 shlokas

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The 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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 5

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 18

मत्वेति नूनमहितान विनिहंसि देवि।।

matveti nūnamahitān vinihaṃsi devi||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 19

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 22

त्वय्येव देवि वरदे भुवनत्रये ऽपि।।

tvayyeva devi varade bhuvanatraye 'pi||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 84 · Verse 23

अस्माकमुन्मदसुरारिभवं नमस्ते।।

asmākamunmadasurāribhavaṃ namaste||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 24

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The Slaying of the Asura Mahiṣa concluded - Verse 28

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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