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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 89 · 39 shlokas

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

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

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

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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The Devī-Māhātmya: The slaying of Niśumbha - Verse 32

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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