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 89 · Verse 1
देव्याश्चरितमाहात्म्यं रक्तबीजवधाश्रितम।।
devyāścaritamāhātmyaṃ raktabījavadhāśritam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 2
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 2
चका शुम्भो यत्कर्म निशुम्भश्चातिकोपनः।।
cakā śumbho yatkarma niśumbhaścātikopanaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 3
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 3
शुम्भासुरो निशुम्भश्च हतेष्वन्येषु चाहवे।।
śumbhāsuro niśumbhaśca hateṣvanyeṣu cāhave||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 4
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 4
अभ्यधावन्निशुम्भो ऽथ मुख्ययासुरसेनया।।
abhyadhāvanniśumbho 'tha mukhyayāsurasenayā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 5
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 5
संदष्टौष्ठपुटाः क्रुद्धा हन्तुं देवीमुपाययुः।।
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāḥ kruddhā hantuṃ devīmupāyayuḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 6
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 6
निहन्तुं चण्डिकां कोपात्कृताव युद्धं तु मातृभिः।।
nihantuṃ caṇḍikāṃ kopātkṛtāva yuddhaṃ tu mātṛbhiḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 7
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 7
शरवर्षमतीवोग्रं मेघयोरिव वर्षतोः।।
śaravarṣamatīvograṃ meghayoriva varṣatoḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 8
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 8
ताडयामास चाङ्गेषु शस्त्रौघैरसुरेश्वरौ।।
tāḍayāmāsa cāṅgeṣu śastraughairasureśvarau||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 9
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 9
अताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहं देव्या वाहनमुत्तमम।।
atāḍayanmūrdhni siṃhaṃ devyā vāhanamuttamam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 10
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 10
अताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहं देव्या वाहनमुत्तमम।।
atāḍayanmūrdhni siṃhaṃ devyā vāhanamuttamam||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 11
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 11
तामप्यस्य द्विधा चक्रे चक्रेणाभिमुखागताम।।
tāmapyasya dvidhā cakre cakreṇābhimukhāgatām||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 12
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 12
आयातं मुष्टिपातेन देवी तच्चाप्यचूर्णयत।।
āyātaṃ muṣṭipātena devī taccāpyacūrṇayat||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 13
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 13
सापि देव्या त्रिशूलेन भिन्ना भस्मत्वमागता।।
sāpi devyā triśūlena bhinnā bhasmatvamāgatā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 14
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 14
आहत्य देवी बाणौघैरपातयत भूतले।।
āhatya devī bāṇaughairapātayata bhūtale||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 15
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 15
भ्रातर्यतीव संक्रुद्धः प्रययौ हन्तुमम्बिकाम।।
bhrātaryatīva saṃkruddhaḥ prayayau hantumambikām||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 16
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 16
भुजैरष्टाभिरतुलैर्व्याप्याशेषं बभौ नभः।।
bhujairaṣṭābhiratulairvyāpyāśeṣaṃ babhau nabhaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 17
ज्याशब्दं चापि धनुषश्चकारातीव दुः सहम।।
jyāśabdaṃ cāpi dhanuṣaścakārātīva duḥ saham||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 18
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 18
समस्तदैत्यसैन्यानां तेजोवधविधायिना।।
samastadaityasainyānāṃ tejovadhavidhāyinā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 19
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 19
पूरयामास गगनं गां तथैव दिशो दश।।
pūrayāmāsa gaganaṃ gāṃ tathaiva diśo daśa||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 20
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 20
कराभ्यां तन्निनादेन प्राक्स्वनास्ते तिरोहिताः।।
karābhyāṃ tanninādena prāksvanāste tirohitāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 21
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 21
तैः शब्दैरसुरास्त्रेसुः शुम्भः कोपं परं ययौ।।
taiḥ śabdairasurāstresuḥ śumbhaḥ kopaṃ paraṃ yayau||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 22
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 22
तदा जयेत्यभिहितं देवैराकाशसंस्थितैः।।
tadā jayetyabhihitaṃ devairākāśasaṃsthitaiḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 23
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 23
आयान्ती वह्निकूटाभा सा निरस्ता महोल्कया।।
āyāntī vahnikūṭābhā sā nirastā maholkayā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 24
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 24
निर्घातनिः स्वनो घोरो जितवानवनीपते।।
nirghātaniḥ svano ghoro jitavānavanīpate||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 25
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 25
चिच्छेद स्वशरैरुग्रैः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः।।
ciccheda svaśarairugraiḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 26
स तदाभिहतो भूमौ मूर्च्छितो निपपात ह।।
sa tadābhihato bhūmau mūrcchito nipapāta ha||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 27
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 27
आजघान शरैर्देवीं कालीं केसरिणं तथा।।
ājaghāna śarairdevīṃ kālīṃ kesariṇaṃ tathā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 28
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 28
चक्रायुधेन दितिजश्छादयामास चण्डिकाम।।
cakrāyudhena ditijaśchādayāmāsa caṇḍikām||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 29
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 29
चिच्छेद तानि चक्राणि स्वशरैः सायकांश्च तान।।
ciccheda tāni cakrāṇi svaśaraiḥ sāyakāṃśca tān||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 30
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 30
अभ्यधावत वै हन्तुं दैत्यसेनासमावृतः।।
abhyadhāvata vai hantuṃ daityasenāsamāvṛtaḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 31
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 31
खड्गेन शितधारेण स च शूलं समाददे।।
khaḍgena śitadhāreṇa sa ca śūlaṃ samādade||
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Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 32
हृदि विव्याध शूलेन वेगाविद्धेन चण्डिका।।
hṛdi vivyādha śūlena vegāviddhena caṇḍikā||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 33
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 33
महाबलो महावीर्यस्तिष्ठेति पुरुषो वदन।।
mahābalo mahāvīryastiṣṭheti puruṣo vadan||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 34
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 34
शिरश्चिच्छेद खड्गेन ततो ऽसावपतद भुवि।।
śiraściccheda khaḍgena tato 'sāvapatad bhuvi||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 35
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 35
असुरांस्तांस्तथा काली शिवदूती तथापरान।।
asurāṃstāṃstathā kālī śivadūtī tathāparān||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 36
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 36
ब्रह्माणीमन्त्रपूतेन तोयेनान्ये निराकृताः।।
brahmāṇīmantrapūtena toyenānye nirākṛtāḥ||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 37
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 37
वाराहीतुण्डघातेन केचिच्चूर्णोकृता भुवि।।
vārāhītuṇḍaghātena keciccūrṇokṛtā bhuvi||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 38
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 38
वज्रेण चैन्द्रीहस्ताग्रविमुक्तेन तथापरे।।
vajreṇa caindrīhastāgravimuktena tathāpare||
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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 39
Markandeya Purana (GRETIL) · Chapter 89 · Verse 39
भक्षिताश्चापरे कालीशिवदूतीमृगाधिपैः।।
bhakṣitāścāpare kālīśivadūtīmṛgādhipaiḥ||
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