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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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 1

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 1

बहुलेषु च सैन्येषु क्षयितेष्वसुरेश्वरः।।

bahuleṣu ca sainyeṣu kṣayiteṣvasureśvaraḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 2

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 2

उद्योगं सर्वसैन्यानां दैत्यानामादिदेश ह।।

udyogaṃ sarvasainyānāṃ daityānāmādideśa ha||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 3

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 5

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 7

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 7

ज्यास्वनैः पूरयामास धरणीगगनान्तरम।।

jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayāmāsa dharaṇīgaganāntaram||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 8

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 8

घण्टास्वनेन तन्नादमम्बिका चाप्यबृंहयत।।

ghaṇṭāsvanena tannādamambikā cāpyabṛṃhayat||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 9

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 11

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 11

भवायामरसिंहानामतिवीर्यबलान्विताः।।

bhavāyāmarasiṃhānāmativīryabalānvitāḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 12

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 12

शरीरेभ्यो विनिष्क्रम्य तद्रूपैश्चण्डिकां ययुः।।

śarīrebhyo viniṣkramya tadrūpaiścaṇḍikāṃ yayuḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 13

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 13

तद्वदेव हि तच्छक्तिरसुरान योद्धुमाययौ।।

tadvadeva hi tacchaktirasurān yoddhumāyayau||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 14

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 16

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 16

योद्धुमभ्याययौ दैत्यानम्बिका गुहरूपिणी।।

yoddhumabhyāyayau daityānambikā guharūpiṇī||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 17

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 19

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 19

प्राप्ता तत्र सटाक्षेपक्षिप्तनक्षत्रसंहतिः।।

prāptā tatra saṭākṣepakṣiptanakṣatrasaṃhatiḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 20

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 20

प्राप्ता सहस्रनयना यथा शक्रस्तथैव सा।।

prāptā sahasranayanā yathā śakrastathaiva sā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 21

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 21

हन्यन्तामसुराः शीघ्रं मम प्रीत्याऽह चण्डिकाम।।

hanyantāmasurāḥ śīghraṃ mama prītyā'ha caṇḍikām||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 22

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 25

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 25

यूयं प्रयात पातालं यदि जीवितुमिच्छथ।।

yūyaṃ prayāta pātālaṃ yadi jīvitumicchatha||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 26

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 28

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 28

अमर्षापूरिता जग्मुर्यत्र कात्यायनी स्थिता।।

amarṣāpūritā jagmuryatra kātyāyanī sthitā||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 29

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 29

ववर्षुरुद्धतामर्षास्तां देवीममरारयः।।

vavarṣuruddhatāmarṣāstāṃ devīmamarārayaḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 30

Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 88 · Verse 30

चिच्छेद लीलयाऽध्मातधनुर्मुक्तैर्महेषुभिः।।

ciccheda līlayā'dhmātadhanurmuktairmaheṣubhiḥ||

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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 31

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Raktavīja - Verse 41

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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