Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 101
MkP 101.1
दिवाकरस्तुतिवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच सृष्ट्वा जगदिदं ब्रह्मा प्रविभागमथाकरोत् । वर्णाश्रमसमुद्राद्रिद्वीपानां पूर्ववद्यथा
divākarastutivarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca sṛṣṭvā jagadidaṃ brahmā pravibhāgamathākarot | varṇāśramasamudrādridvīpānāṃ pūrvavadyathā
The description of the praise of the Day-maker. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having created this world, Brahmā then made the division of the classes, the stages of life, the oceans, mountains and continents, as before.
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MkP 101.2
देवदैत्योरगादीनां रूपस्थानानि पूर्ववत् । वेदेभ्य एव भगवानकरोत्कमलोद्भवः
devadaityoragādīnāṃ rūpasthānāni pūrvavat | vedebhya eva bhagavānakarotkamalodbhavaḥ
The forms and stations of the gods, Daityas, serpents and the rest (he made) as before; the lord born from the lotus made them from the Vedas themselves.
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MkP 101.3
ब्रह्मणस्तनयो योऽभून्मरीचिरिति विश्रुतः । कश्यपस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभूत्काश्यपो नाम नामतः
brahmaṇastanayo yo'bhūnmarīciriti viśrutaḥ | kaśyapastasya putro'bhūtkāśyapo nāma nāmataḥ
He who was Brahmā's son was renowned as Marīci; his son was Kaśyapa, Kāśyapa by name.
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MkP 101.4
दक्षस्य तनया ब्रह्मंस्तस्य भार्यास्त्रयोदश । बहवस्तत्सुताश्चासन्देवदैत्योरगादयः
dakṣasya tanayā brahmaṃstasya bhāryāstrayodaśa | bahavastatsutāścāsandevadaityoragādayaḥ
O brahmin, thirteen daughters of Dakṣa were his wives; and many were his sons — gods, Daityas, serpents and the rest.
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MkP 101.5
अदितिर्जनयामास दैवांस्त्रिभुवनेश्वरान् । दैत्यान्दितिर्दनुश्चोग्रान्दानवानुरुविक्रमान्
aditirjanayāmāsa daivāṃstribhuvaneśvarān | daityānditirdanuścogrāndānavānuruvikramān
Aditi gave birth to the gods, the lords of the three worlds; Diti to the Daityas, and Danu to the fierce Dānavas of vast valour.
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MkP 101.6
गरुडारुणौ च विनता यक्षरक्षांसि वै खसा । कद्रूः सुषाव नागांश्च गन्धर्वान्सुषुवे मुनिः
garuḍāruṇau ca vinatā yakṣarakṣāṃsi vai khasā | kadrūḥ suṣāva nāgāṃśca gandharvānsuṣuve muniḥ
Vinatā (bore) Garuḍa and Aruṇa, Khasā the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas; Kadrū brought forth the Nāgas, and Muni brought forth the Gandharvas.
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MkP 101.7
क्रोधाया जज्ञिरे कुल्या रिष्टायाश्चाप्सरोगणाः । ऐरावतादीन्मातङ्गानिरा च सुषुवे द्विज
krodhāyā jajñire kulyā riṣṭāyāścāpsarogaṇāḥ | airāvatādīnmātaṅgānirā ca suṣuve dvija
From Krodhā were born the Kulyās, and from Riṣṭā the hosts of Apsarases; and Irā gave birth to the elephants, Airāvata and the rest, O twice-born one.
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MkP 101.8
ताम्रा च सुषुवे श्येनीप्रमुखाः कन्यका द्विज । यासां प्रसूताः खगमाः श्येनभासशुकादयः
tāmrā ca suṣuve śyenīpramukhāḥ kanyakā dvija | yāsāṃ prasūtāḥ khagamāḥ śyenabhāsaśukādayaḥ
And Tāmrā gave birth to daughters headed by Śyenī, O twice-born one, from whom were born the sky-goers — hawks, vultures, parrots and the rest.
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MkP 101.9
इलायाः पादपा जाताः प्रधाया यादसां गणाः । अदित्यां या समुत्पन्ना कश्यपस्येति सन्ततिः
ilāyāḥ pādapā jātāḥ pradhāyā yādasāṃ gaṇāḥ | adityāṃ yā samutpannā kaśyapasyeti santatiḥ
From Ilā were born the trees, from Pradhā the hosts of water-creatures; and she who was born of Aditi — such is the progeny of Kaśyapa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 101.11
तेषां कश्यपपुत्राणां प्रधाना देवतागणाः । सात्त्विका राजसास्त्वेते तामसाश्च मुने गणाः
teṣāṃ kaśyapaputrāṇāṃ pradhānā devatāgaṇāḥ | sāttvikā rājasāstvete tāmasāśca mune gaṇāḥ
Of those sons of Kaśyapa the chief are the hosts of gods; but these hosts (are of three kinds), sāttvika, rājasa and tāmasa, O sage.
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MkP 101.12
देवान्यज्ञभुजश्चक्रे तथा त्रिभुवनेश्वरान् । ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठः परमेष्ठी प्रजापतिः
devānyajñabhujaścakre tathā tribhuvaneśvarān | brahmā brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ
Brahmā, best of the knowers of Brahman, Parameṣṭhin, the lord of creatures, made the gods eaters of the sacrifice and lords of the three worlds.
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MkP 101.13
तानबाधन्त सहिताः सपत्ना दैत्यदानवाः । राक्षसाश्च तथा युद्धं तेषामासीत्सुदारुणम्
tānabādhanta sahitāḥ sapatnā daityadānavāḥ | rākṣasāśca tathā yuddhaṃ teṣāmāsītsudāruṇam
Their rivals, the Daityas and Dānavas together, and the Rākṣasas too, harassed them; and their battle was most terrible.
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MkP 101.14
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु पराजीयन्त देवताः । जयिनश्चाभवन्विप्र बलिनो दैत्यदानवाः
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu parājīyanta devatāḥ | jayinaścābhavanvipra balino daityadānavāḥ
For a thousand divine years the gods were defeated, and the mighty Daityas and Dānavas were victorious, O brahmin.
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MkP 101.15
ततो निराकृतान्पुत्रान्दैतेयैर्दानवैस्तथा । हृतत्रिभुवनान्दृष्ट्वा ह्यदितिर्मुनिसत्तम
tato nirākṛtānputrāndaiteyairdānavaistathā | hṛtatribhuvanāndṛṣṭvā hyaditirmunisattama
Then, O best of sages, when Aditi saw her sons rejected by the Daiteyas and the Dānavas and robbed of the three worlds,
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MkP 101.16
आच्छिन्नयज्ञभागांश्च शुचा संपीडिता भृशम् । आराधनाय सवितुः परं यत्नं प्रचक्रमे
ācchinnayajñabhāgāṃśca śucā saṃpīḍitā bhṛśam | ārādhanāya savituḥ paraṃ yatnaṃ pracakrame
And (seeing) their shares in the sacrifices cut off, greatly afflicted with grief, she set about a supreme effort to propitiate the Sun.
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MkP 101.17
एकाग्रा नियताहारा परं नियममास्थिता । तुष्टाव तेजसां राशिं गगनस्थं दिवाकरम्
ekāgrā niyatāhārā paraṃ niyamamāsthitā | tuṣṭāva tejasāṃ rāśiṃ gaganasthaṃ divākaram
One-pointed, with restricted food, established in the highest observance, she praised the mass of radiances, the day-maker standing in the sky.
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MkP 101.18
अदितिरुवाच नमस्तुभ्यं परां सूक्ष्मां सौवर्णीं बिभ्रते तनुम् । धाम धामवतामीश धाम्नामाधार शाश्वत
aditiruvāca namastubhyaṃ parāṃ sūkṣmāṃ sauvarṇīṃ bibhrate tanum | dhāma dhāmavatāmīśa dhāmnāmādhāra śāśvata
Aditi said: Homage to you, who bear a supreme, subtle, golden body; O lord of the radiant ones, O radiance, eternal support of all radiances.
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MkP 101.19
जगतामुपकाराय तथापस्तव गोपते । आददानस्य यद्रूपं तीव्रं तस्मै नमाम्यहम्
jagatāmupakārāya tathāpastava gopate | ādadānasya yadrūpaṃ tīvraṃ tasmai namāmyaham
And that fierce form of yours, O lord of rays, which you assume when taking up the waters for the benefit of the worlds — to that (form) I make obeisance.
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MkP 101.21
तमेव मुञ्चतः सर्वं रसं वै वर्षणाय यत् । रूपमाप्यायकं भास्वंस्तस्मै मेधाय ते नमः
tameva muñcataḥ sarvaṃ rasaṃ vai varṣaṇāya yat | rūpamāpyāyakaṃ bhāsvaṃstasmai medhāya te namaḥ
And that nourishing form of yours, O shining one, when you release all that same sap for the sake of raining — homage to you, to that (form), the (rain-)cloud.
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MkP 101.22
वार्युत्सर्गविनिष्पन्नमशेषं चौषधीगणम् । पाकाय तव यद्रूपं भास्करं तं नमाम्यहम्
vāryutsargaviniṣpannamaśeṣaṃ cauṣadhīgaṇam | pākāya tava yadrūpaṃ bhāskaraṃ taṃ namāmyaham
And that form of yours, the maker of light, which serves to ripen the whole host of plants produced by the discharge of water — to that I make obeisance.
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MkP 101.23
यच्च रूपं तवातीतं हिमोत्सर्गादिशीतलम् । तत्कालसस्यपोषाय तरणे तस्य ते नमः
yacca rūpaṃ tavātītaṃ himotsargādiśītalam | tatkālasasyapoṣāya taraṇe tasya te namaḥ
And that form of yours which is gone beyond (heat), cool through the release of frost and so forth, for the nourishing of the crops of that season — homage to that (form) of yours, O ferrying one.
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MkP 101.24
नातितीव्रं च यद्रूपं नातिशीतं च यत्तव । वसन्तर्त्तौ रवे सौम्यं तस्मै देव नमो नमः
nātitīvraṃ ca yadrūpaṃ nātiśītaṃ ca yattava | vasantarttau rave saumyaṃ tasmai deva namo namaḥ
And that form of yours which is neither too fierce nor too cold, gentle in the spring season, O Sun — to that, O god, homage, homage.
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MkP 101.25
आप्यायनमशेषाणां देवानां च तथापरम् । पितॄणां च नमस्तस्मै सस्यानां पाकहेतवे
āpyāyanamaśeṣāṇāṃ devānāṃ ca tathāparam | pitṝṇāṃ ca namastasmai sasyānāṃ pākahetave
And homage to that other (form) which is the nourishing of all the gods and of the fathers, and the cause of the ripening of the crops.
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MkP 101.26
यद्रूपं जीवनायैकं वीरुधाममृतात्मकम् । पीयते देवपितृभिस्तस्मै सोमात्मने नमः
yadrūpaṃ jīvanāyaikaṃ vīrudhāmamṛtātmakam | pīyate devapitṛbhistasmai somātmane namaḥ
That one form which, having the nature of nectar, is drunk by the gods and the fathers for the life of the plants — homage to that, whose self is Soma.
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MkP 101.27
आप्यायदाहरूपाभ्यां रूपं विश्वमयं तव । समेतमग्नीषोमाभ्यां नमस्तस्मै गुणात्मने
āpyāyadāharūpābhyāṃ rūpaṃ viśvamayaṃ tava | sametamagnīṣomābhyāṃ namastasmai guṇātmane
Your form, made of all, joined with Agni and Soma by the two forms of nourishing and burning — homage to that, whose self is the qualities.
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MkP 101.28
यद्रूपमृग्यजुःसाम्नामैक्येन तपते तव । विश्वमेतत्त्रयीसंज्ञं नमस्तस्मै विभावसो
yadrūpamṛgyajuḥsāmnāmaikyena tapate tava | viśvametattrayīsaṃjñaṃ namastasmai vibhāvaso
That form of yours which burns as the unity of the Rig, Yajus and Saman — this universe called the Triple (Veda) — homage to that, O Vibhāvasu.
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MkP 101.29
मार्कण्डेय उवाच यत्तु तस्मात्परं रूपमोमित्युक्त्वाभिशब्दितम् । अस्थूलानन्तममलं नमस्तस्मै सदात्मने
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca yattu tasmātparaṃ rūpamomityuktvābhiśabditam | asthūlānantamamalaṃ namastasmai sadātmane
Mārkaṇḍeya said: But that form higher than that, named by uttering "Om," not gross, endless, spotless — homage to that, whose self is Being.
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MkP 101.31
ततः कालेन महता भगवांस्तपनोऽम्बरे । प्रत्यक्षतामगादस्या दाक्षायण्या द्विजोत्तम
tataḥ kālena mahatā bhagavāṃstapano'mbare | pratyakṣatāmagādasyā dākṣāyaṇyā dvijottama
Then after a long time the lord Sun in the sky became visible to her, the daughter of Dakṣa, O best of the twice-born.
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MkP 101.32
सा ददर्श महाकूटं तेजसोऽम्बरसंश्रितम् । जगाद मे प्रसीदेति न त्वां पश्यामि गोपते
sā dadarśa mahākūṭaṃ tejaso'mbarasaṃśritam | jagāda me prasīdeti na tvāṃ paśyāmi gopate
She saw a great mass of radiance resting in the sky; she said, "Be gracious to me — I do not see you, O lord of rays.
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MkP 101.33
यथा दृष्टवती पूर्वमम्बरस्थं सुदुर्दृशम् । निराहारा विवस्वन्तं तपन्तं तदनन्तरम्
yathā dṛṣṭavatī pūrvamambarasthaṃ sudurdṛśam | nirāhārā vivasvantaṃ tapantaṃ tadanantaram
As formerly, foodless, I saw the sky-abiding Vivasvat, very hard to look upon, burning — thereafter,
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MkP 101.34
संघातं तेजसां तद्वदिह पश्यामि भूतले । प्रसादं कुरु पश्येयं यद्रूपं ते दिवाकर ।। भक्तानुकम्पक विभो भक्ताहं पाहि मे सुतान्
saṃghātaṃ tejasāṃ tadvadiha paśyāmi bhūtale | prasādaṃ kuru paśyeyaṃ yadrūpaṃ te divākara || bhaktānukampaka vibho bhaktāhaṃ pāhi me sutān
so too here on the surface of the earth I see (only) an aggregate of radiances. Be gracious, that I may see what your form is, O day-maker! O compassionate to the devoted, O mighty one, I am your devotee: protect my sons.
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MkP 101.35
त्वं धाता विसृजसि विश्वमेतत्त्वं पासि स्थितिकरणाय सप्रवृत्तः । त्वय्यन्ते लयमखिलं प्रयाति तत्त्वं त्वत्तोऽन्या न हि गतिरस्ति सर्वलोके
tvaṃ dhātā visṛjasi viśvametattvaṃ pāsi sthitikaraṇāya sapravṛttaḥ | tvayyante layamakhilaṃ prayāti tattvaṃ tvatto'nyā na hi gatirasti sarvaloke
You, as the Ordainer, emit this universe; you protect it, engaged in bringing about its continuance; at the end the whole of reality goes to dissolution in you; there is indeed no other resort than you in the whole world.
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MkP 101.36
त्वं ब्रह्मा हरिरजसंज्ञितस्त्वमिन्द्रो वित्तेशः पितृपतिरप्पतिः समीरः । सोमोऽग्निर्गगनपतिर्महीधरोऽब्धिः किं स्तव्यं तव सकलात्मरूपधाम्नः
tvaṃ brahmā harirajasaṃjñitastvamindro vitteśaḥ pitṛpatirappatiḥ samīraḥ | somo'gnirgaganapatirmahīdharo'bdhiḥ kiṃ stavyaṃ tava sakalātmarūpadhāmnaḥ
You are Brahmā, Hari, the one named Aja; you are Indra, the lord of wealth, the lord of the fathers, the lord of waters, the wind, Soma, fire, the lord of the sky, the upholder of the earth, the ocean — what is there to praise of you, whose radiance is the form of all selves?
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MkP 101.37
यज्ञेश त्वामनुदिनमात्मकर्मसक्ताः स्तुन्वन्तो विविधपदैर्द्विजा यजन्ति । ध्यायन्तो विनियतचेतसो भवन्तं योगस्थाः परमपदं प्रयान्ति मर्त्याः
yajñeśa tvāmanudinamātmakarmasaktāḥ stunvanto vividhapadairdvijā yajanti | dhyāyanto viniyatacetaso bhavantaṃ yogasthāḥ paramapadaṃ prayānti martyāḥ
O lord of sacrifice, the twice-born, intent on their own rites, praise you day after day with various words and worship you; and mortals who meditate on you with restrained minds, established in yoga, go to the supreme state.
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MkP 101.38
तपसि पचसि विश्वं पासि भस्मीकरोषि प्रकटयसि मयूखैर्ह्रादयस्यम्बुगर्भैः । सृजसि कमलजन्मा पालयस्यच्युताख्यः क्षपयसि च युगान्ते रुद्ररूपस्त्वमेकः
tapasi pacasi viśvaṃ pāsi bhasmīkaroṣi prakaṭayasi mayūkhairhrādayasyambugarbhaiḥ | sṛjasi kamalajanmā pālayasyacyutākhyaḥ kṣapayasi ca yugānte rudrarūpastvamekaḥ
You blaze with heat, you cook the world, you protect it, you reduce it to ashes, you make (all things) manifest with your beams, you make (the clouds) roar with their wombs of water; you create as the lotus-born, you preserve under the name Acyuta, and at the end of the age you destroy in the form of Rudra — you, the one.
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MkP 101.101
तस्याश्च पुत्रदौहित्रैः पौत्रदौहित्रिकादिभिः । व्याप्तमेतज्जगत्सूत्या तेषां तासां च वै मुने ग्रहीतुमष्टमासेन कालेनेन्दुमयं रसम् । बिभ्रतस्तव यद्रूपमतितीव्रं नतास्मि तत् एवं स नियता देवी चक्रे स्तोत्रमहर्निशम् । निराहारा विवस्वन्तमारिराधयिषुर्मुने इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे दिवाकरस्तुतिर्नामैकाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
tasyāśca putradauhitraiḥ pautradauhitrikādibhiḥ | vyāptametajjagatsūtyā teṣāṃ tāsāṃ ca vai mune grahītumaṣṭamāsena kālenendumayaṃ rasam | bibhratastava yadrūpamatitīvraṃ natāsmi tat evaṃ sa niyatā devī cakre stotramaharniśam | nirāhārā vivasvantamārirādhayiṣurmune iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe divākarastutirnāmaikādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
And by her sons and daughters' sons, by grandsons and daughters' grandsons and the rest, this world is filled, for she is the bearer of those men and those women, O sage. — I bow to that exceedingly fierce form of yours which you bear in order to draw up, in the space of eight months, the sap that is made of moon. — Thus she, under strict observance, that goddess made this hymn day and night, taking no food, wishing to propitiate Vivasvat, O sage. Thus (ends) in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa the hundred-and-first chapter, called the Praise of the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain