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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 87 · 26 shlokas

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 1

चतुरङ्गबलोपेता ययुरभ्युद्यतायुधाः।।

caturaṅgabalopetā yayurabhyudyatāyudhāḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 2

सिंहस्योपरि शैलेन्द्रशृङ्गे महति काञ्चने।।

siṃhasyopari śailendraśṛṅge mahati kāñcane||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 3

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 3

आकृष्टचापासिधरास्तथान्ये सत्समीपगाः।।

ākṛṣṭacāpāsidharāstathānye satsamīpagāḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 4

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 4

कोपेन चास्या वदनं मषीवर्णमभूत्तदा।।

kopena cāsyā vadanaṃ maṣīvarṇamabhūttadā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 5

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 5

काली करालवदना विनिष्क्रान्तासिपाशिनी।।

kālī karālavadanā viniṣkrāntāsipāśinī||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 6

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 6

द्वीपिचर्मपरीधाना शुष्कमांसातिभैरवा।।

dvīpicarmaparīdhānā śuṣkamāṃsātibhairavā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 7

निमग्नारक्तनयना नादापूरितदिङ्मुखा।।

nimagnāraktanayanā nādāpūritadiṅmukhā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 8

सैन्ये तत्र सुरारीणामभक्षयत तद्वलम।।

sainye tatra surārīṇāmabhakṣayata tadvalam||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 9

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 9

समादायैकहस्तेन मुखे चिक्षेप वारणान।।

samādāyaikahastena mukhe cikṣepa vāraṇān||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 10

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 10

निक्षिप्य वक्त्रे दशनैश्चर्वयन्त्यतिभैरवम।।

nikṣipya vaktre daśanaiścarvayantyatibhairavam||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 11

पादेनाक्रम्य चैवान्यमुरसान्यमपोथयत।।

pādenākramya caivānyamurasānyamapothayat||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 12

मुखेन जग्राह रुषा दशनैर्मथितान्यपि।।

mukhena jagrāha ruṣā daśanairmathitānyapi||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 13

ममर्दाभक्षयच्चान्यानन्यांश्चाताडयत्तथा।।

mamardābhakṣayaccānyānanyāṃścātāḍayattathā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 14

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 14

जग्मुर्विनाशमसुरा दन्ताग्राभिहता रणे।।

jagmurvināśamasurā dantāgrābhihatā raṇe||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 15

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 15

दृष्ट्वा चण्डो ऽभिमैर्भोमाक्षीं तां महासुरः।।

dṛṣṭvā caṇḍo 'bhimairbhomākṣīṃ tāṃ mahāsuraḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 16

छादयामास चक्रैश्च मुण्डः क्षिप्तैः सहस्रशः।।

chādayāmāsa cakraiśca muṇḍaḥ kṣiptaiḥ sahasraśaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 17

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 17

बभुर्यथार्कबिम्बानि सुबहूनि घनोदरम।।

babhuryathārkabimbāni subahūni ghanodaram||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 18

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 18

काली करालवक्त्रान्तर्दुर्दर्शदशनोज्ज्वला।।

kālī karālavaktrāntardurdarśadaśanojjvalā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 19

गृहीत्वा चास्य केशेषु शिरस्तेनासिनाच्छिनत।।

gṛhītvā cāsya keśeṣu śirastenāsinācchinat||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 20

तेन नादेन महता त्रासितं भुवनत्रयम।।

tena nādena mahatā trāsitaṃ bhuvanatrayam||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 21

तमप्यपातयद भूमौ सा खड्गाभिहतं रुषा।।

tamapyapātayad bhūmau sā khaḍgābhihataṃ ruṣā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 22

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 22

मुण्डं च सुमहावीर्यं दिशो भेजे भयातुरम।।

muṇḍaṃ ca sumahāvīryaṃ diśo bheje bhayāturam||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 23

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 23

प्राह प्रचण्डाट्टहासमिश्रमभ्येत्य चण्डिकाम।।

prāha pracaṇḍāṭṭahāsamiśramabhyetya caṇḍikām||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 24

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 24

युद्धयज्ञे स्वयं शुम्भं निशुम्भं च हनिष्यसि।।

yuddhayajñe svayaṃ śumbhaṃ niśumbhaṃ ca haniṣyasi||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 25

उवाच कालीं कल्याणी ललितं चण्डिका वचः।।

uvāca kālīṃ kalyāṇī lalitaṃ caṇḍikā vacaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa - Verse 26

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 87 · Verse 26

चामुण्डेति ततो लोके ख्याता देवि भविष्यसि।।

cāmuṇḍeti tato loke khyātā devi bhaviṣyasi||

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