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 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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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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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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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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