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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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 1
बहुलेषु च सैन्येषु क्षयितेष्वसुरेश्वरः।।
bahuleṣu ca sainyeṣu kṣayiteṣvasureśvaraḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 2
उद्योगं सर्वसैन्यानां दैत्यानामादिदेश ह।।
udyogaṃ sarvasainyānāṃ daityānāmādideśa ha||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 3
कम्बूनां चतुरशीतिर्निर्यान्तु स्वबलैर्वृताः।।
kambūnāṃ caturaśītirniryāntu svabalairvṛtāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 4
शतं कुलानि धौम्राणां निर्गच्छन्तु ममाज्ञया।।
śataṃ kulāni dhaumrāṇāṃ nirgacchantu mamājñayā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 5
युद्धाय सज्जा निर्यान्तु आज्ञया त्वरिता मम।।
yuddhāya sajjā niryāntu ājñayā tvaritā mama||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 6
निर्जगाम महासैन्यसहस्रैर्बहुभिर्वृतः।।
nirjagāma mahāsainyasahasrairbahubhirvṛtaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 7
ज्यास्वनैः पूरयामास धरणीगगनान्तरम।।
jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayāmāsa dharaṇīgaganāntaram||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 8
घण्टास्वनेन तन्नादमम्बिका चाप्यबृंहयत।।
ghaṇṭāsvanena tannādamambikā cāpyabṛṃhayat||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 9
निनादैर्भोषणैः काली जिग्ये विस्तारितानना।।
ninādairbhoṣaṇaiḥ kālī jigye vistāritānanā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 10
देवी सिंहस्तथा काली सरोषैः परिवारिताः।।
devī siṃhastathā kālī saroṣaiḥ parivāritāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 11
भवायामरसिंहानामतिवीर्यबलान्विताः।।
bhavāyāmarasiṃhānāmativīryabalānvitāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 12
शरीरेभ्यो विनिष्क्रम्य तद्रूपैश्चण्डिकां ययुः।।
śarīrebhyo viniṣkramya tadrūpaiścaṇḍikāṃ yayuḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 13
तद्वदेव हि तच्छक्तिरसुरान योद्धुमाययौ।।
tadvadeva hi tacchaktirasurān yoddhumāyayau||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 14
आयाता ब्रह्मणः शक्तिर्ब्रह्माणी साभिधीयते।।
āyātā brahmaṇaḥ śaktirbrahmāṇī sābhidhīyate||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 15
महाहिवलया प्राप्ता चन्द्रलेखाविभूषणा।।
mahāhivalayā prāptā candralekhāvibhūṣaṇā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 16
योद्धुमभ्याययौ दैत्यानम्बिका गुहरूपिणी।।
yoddhumabhyāyayau daityānambikā guharūpiṇī||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 17
शङ्खचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गखड्गहस्ताभ्युपाययौ।।
śaṅkhacakragadāśārṅgakhaḍgahastābhyupāyayau||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 18
शक्तिः साप्यायौ तत्र वाराहीं बिभ्रती तनुम।।
śaktiḥ sāpyāyau tatra vārāhīṃ bibhratī tanum||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 19
प्राप्ता तत्र सटाक्षेपक्षिप्तनक्षत्रसंहतिः।।
prāptā tatra saṭākṣepakṣiptanakṣatrasaṃhatiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 20
प्राप्ता सहस्रनयना यथा शक्रस्तथैव सा।।
prāptā sahasranayanā yathā śakrastathaiva sā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 21
हन्यन्तामसुराः शीघ्रं मम प्रीत्याऽह चण्डिकाम।।
hanyantāmasurāḥ śīghraṃ mama prītyā'ha caṇḍikām||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 22
चण्डिकाशक्तिरत्युग्रा शिवाशतनिनादिनी।।
caṇḍikāśaktiratyugrā śivāśataninādinī||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 23
दूत त्वं गच्छ भगवन पार्श्वं शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः।।
dūta tvaṃ gaccha bhagavan pārśvaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 24
ये चान्ये दानवास्तत्र युद्धाय समुपस्थिताः।।
ye cānye dānavāstatra yuddhāya samupasthitāḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 25
यूयं प्रयात पातालं यदि जीवितुमिच्छथ।।
yūyaṃ prayāta pātālaṃ yadi jīvitumicchatha||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 26
तदागच्छत तृप्यन्तु मच्छिवाः पिशितेन वः।।
tadāgacchata tṛpyantu macchivāḥ piśitena vaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 27
शिवदूतीति लोके ऽस्मिंमस्ततः सा ख्यातिमागता।।
śivadūtīti loke 'smiṃmastataḥ sā khyātimāgatā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 28
अमर्षापूरिता जग्मुर्यत्र कात्यायनी स्थिता।।
amarṣāpūritā jagmuryatra kātyāyanī sthitā||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 29
ववर्षुरुद्धतामर्षास्तां देवीममरारयः।।
vavarṣuruddhatāmarṣāstāṃ devīmamarārayaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 30
चिच्छेद लीलयाऽध्मातधनुर्मुक्तैर्महेषुभिः।।
ciccheda līlayā'dhmātadhanurmuktairmaheṣubhiḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 31
खट्वाङ्गपोथितांश्चारीन कुर्वती व्यचरत्तदा।।
khaṭvāṅgapothitāṃścārīn kurvatī vyacarattadā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 32
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 32
ब्रह्माणी चाकरोच्छत्रून येन येन स्म धावति।।
brahmāṇī cākarocchatrūn yena yena sma dhāvati||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 33
दैत्याञ्जघान कौमारी तथा शक्त्यातिकोपना।।
daityāñjaghāna kaumārī tathā śaktyātikopanā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 34
पेतुर्विदारिताः पृथ्व्यां रुधिरौघप्रवर्षिणः।।
peturvidāritāḥ pṛthvyāṃ rudhiraughapravarṣiṇaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 35
वाराहमूर्त्या न्यपतंश्चक्रेण च विदारिताः।।
vārāhamūrtyā nyapataṃścakreṇa ca vidāritāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 36
नारसिंही चचाराजौ नादापूर्णदिगन्तरा।।
nārasiṃhī cacārājau nādāpūrṇadigantarā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 37
पेतुः पृथिव्यां पतितांस्तांश्चखादाथ सा तदा।।
petuḥ pṛthivyāṃ patitāṃstāṃścakhādātha sā tadā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 38
दृष्ट्वाभ्युपायैर्विविधैर्नेशुर्देवारिसैनिकाः।।
dṛṣṭvābhyupāyairvividhairneśurdevārisainikāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 39
योद्धुमभ्याययौ क्रुद्धो रक्तबीजो महासुरः।।
yoddhumabhyāyayau kruddho raktabījo mahāsuraḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 40
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 40
समुत्पतति मेदिन्यां तत्प्रमाणो महासुरः।।
samutpatati medinyāṃ tatpramāṇo mahāsuraḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 41
ततश्चैन्द्री स्ववज्रेण रक्तबीजमताडयत।।
tataścaindrī svavajreṇa raktabījamatāḍayat||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 42
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 42
समुत्तस्थुस्ततो योधास्तद्रूपास्तत्पराक्रमाः।।
samuttasthustato yodhāstadrūpāstatparākramāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 43
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 43
तावन्तः पुरुषा जातास्तद्वीर्यबलविक्रमाः।।
tāvantaḥ puruṣā jātāstadvīryabalavikramāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 44
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 44
समं मातृबिरत्युग्रशस्त्रपातातिभीषणम।।
samaṃ mātṛbiratyugraśastrapātātibhīṣaṇam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 45
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 45
ववाह रक्तं पुरुषास्ततो जाताः सहस्रशः।।
vavāha raktaṃ puruṣāstato jātāḥ sahasraśaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 46
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 46
गदया दाडयामास ऐन्द्री तमसुरेश्वरम।।
gadayā dāḍayāmāsa aindrī tamasureśvaram||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 47
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 47
सहस्रशौ जगद्व्याप्तं तत्प्रमाणैर्महासुरैः।।
sahasraśau jagadvyāptaṃ tatpramāṇairmahāsuraiḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 48
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 48
माहेश्वरी त्रिशूलेन रक्तबीजं महासुरम।।
māheśvarī triśūlena raktabījaṃ mahāsuram||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 49
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 49
मातः कोपसमाविष्टो रक्तबीजो महासुरः।।
mātaḥ kopasamāviṣṭo raktabījo mahāsuraḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 50
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 50
पपात यो वै रक्तौघस्तेनासञ्छतशो ऽसुराः।।
papāta yo vai raktaughastenāsañchataśo 'surāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 51
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 51
व्याप्तमासीत्ततो देवा भयमाजग्मुरुत्तमम।।
vyāptamāsīttato devā bhayamājagmuruttamam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 52
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 52
उवाच कालीं चामुण्डे विस्तीर्णं वदनं कुरु।।
uvāca kālīṃ cāmuṇḍe vistīrṇaṃ vadanaṃ kuru||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 53
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 53
रक्तबिन्दोः प्रतीच्छ त्वं वक्त्रेणानेन वेगिना।।
raktabindoḥ pratīccha tvaṃ vaktreṇānena veginā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 54
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 54
भक्ष्यमाणास्त्वया चोग्रा न चोत्पत्स्यन्ति चापरे।।
bhakṣyamāṇāstvayā cogrā na cotpatsyanti cāpare||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 55
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 55
मुखेन काली जगृहे रक्तबीजस्य सोणितम।।
mukhena kālī jagṛhe raktabījasya soṇitam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 56
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 56
न चास्या वेदनां चक्रे गदापातो ऽल्पिकामपि।।
na cāsyā vedanāṃ cakre gadāpāto 'lpikāmapi||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 57
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 57
यतस्ततः स्ववक्त्रेण वामुण्डा सम्प्रतीच्छति।।
yatastataḥ svavaktreṇa vāmuṇḍā sampratīcchati||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 58
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 58
तांश्चखादाथ चामुण्डा पपौ तस्य च शोणितम।।
tāṃścakhādātha cāmuṇḍā papau tasya ca śoṇitam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 59
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 59
जघान रक्तबीजं तं चामुण्डापीतशोणितम।।
jaghāna raktabījaṃ taṃ cāmuṇḍāpītaśoṇitam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 60
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 60
नीरक्तश्च महीपाल रक्तबीजो महासुरः।।
nīraktaśca mahīpāla raktabījo mahāsuraḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 61
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 61
तेषां मातृगणो जातो ननर्तासृङ्मदोद्धतः।।
teṣāṃ mātṛgaṇo jāto nanartāsṛṅmadoddhataḥ||
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