Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 104

MkP 104.1

सूर्यस्तवनवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच लिख्यमाने ततो भानौ विश्वकर्मा प्रजापतिः । उद्भूतपुलकः स्तोत्रमिदं चक्रे विवस्वतः

sūryastavanavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca likhyamāne tato bhānau viśvakarmā prajāpatiḥ | udbhūtapulakaḥ stotramidaṃ cakre vivasvataḥ

Description of the praise of the Sun. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, while the Sun was being pared, Viśvakarman the lord of creatures, his hair bristling (with emotion), made this hymn to Vivasvat.

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MkP 104.2

विवस्वते प्रणतहितानुकम्पिने महात्मने समजवसप्तसप्तये । सुतेजसे कमलकुलावबोधिने नमस्तमः पटलपटावपाटिने

vivasvate praṇatahitānukampine mahātmane samajavasaptasaptaye | sutejase kamalakulāvabodhine namastamaḥ paṭalapaṭāvapāṭine

To Vivasvat, who has compassion for the welfare of those who bow to him, the great-souled one, whose seven horses run with equal speed, of fair radiance, who awakens the throngs of lotuses, who rends apart the curtain-cloth of darkness — homage.

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MkP 104.3

पावनातिशयपुण्यकर्मणे नैककामविषयप्रदायिने । भास्वरानलमयूखशायिने सर्वलोकहितकारिणे नमः

pāvanātiśayapuṇyakarmaṇe naikakāmaviṣayapradāyine | bhāsvarānalamayūkhaśāyine sarvalokahitakāriṇe namaḥ

To him whose meritorious action is supremely purifying, who bestows the objects of many desires, who rests upon the rays of shining fire, who does good to all the worlds — homage.

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MkP 104.4

अजाय लोकत्रयकारणाय भूतात्मने गोपतये वृषाय । नमो महाकारुणिकोत्तमाय सूर्याय चक्षुःप्रभवालयाय

ajāya lokatrayakāraṇāya bhūtātmane gopataye vṛṣāya | namo mahākāruṇikottamāya sūryāya cakṣuḥprabhavālayāya

To the unborn, the cause of the three worlds, the self of beings, the lord of rays (or: of cattle), the bull; homage to the greatest of the greatly compassionate, to Sūrya, the abode from which sight arises.

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MkP 104.5

विवस्वते ज्ञानमृतेंऽतरात्मने जगत्प्रतिष्ठाय जगद्धितैषिणे । स्वयम्भुवे लोकसमस्तचक्षुषे सुरोत्तमायामिततेजसे नमः

vivasvate jñānamṛteṃ'tarātmane jagatpratiṣṭhāya jagaddhitaiṣiṇe | svayambhuve lokasamastacakṣuṣe surottamāyāmitatejase namaḥ

To Vivasvat, the inner self of the nectar of knowledge, the foundation of the world, the seeker of the world's good, the self-existent, the eye of all the worlds, the best of the gods, of measureless radiance — homage.

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MkP 104.6

क्षणमुदयाचलमौलिमणिः सुरगणमहित हितो जगतः । त्वमु मयूखसहस्रवपुर्जगति विभासि तमांसि नुदन्

kṣaṇamudayācalamaulimaṇiḥ suragaṇamahita hito jagataḥ | tvamu mayūkhasahasravapurjagati vibhāsi tamāṃsi nudan

For a moment (you are) the crest-jewel of the mountain of sunrise, O you honoured by the host of gods, benefactor of the world; then, with a body of a thousand rays, you shine forth in the world, driving away the darkness.

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MkP 104.7

भवतिमिरासवपानमदाद्भवति विलोहितविग्रहता । मिहिर विभासि यतः सुतरां त्रिभुवनभावनभानिकरैः

bhavatimirāsavapānamadādbhavati vilohitavigrahatā | mihira vibhāsi yataḥ sutarāṃ tribhuvanabhāvanabhānikaraiḥ

From the intoxication of drinking the liquor that is the darkness, your form becomes deep red; and thereafter, O Mihira, you shine all the more with rays that bring the three worlds into being.

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MkP 104.8

रथमधिरुह्य समावयवं चारुविकम्पितमुरुरुचिरम् । सततमखिन्नहयैर्भगवंश्चरसि जगद्धिताय विततम्

rathamadhiruhya samāvayavaṃ cāruvikampitamururuciram | satatamakhinnahayairbhagavaṃścarasi jagaddhitāya vitatam

Mounting your chariot with its well-proportioned parts, beautifully swaying, vast and lovely, you travel unceasingly, O Lord, with untiring horses, over the wide expanse, for the good of the world.

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MkP 104.9

अमृतमयेन रसेन समं विबुधपितॄनपि तर्पयसे । अरिगणसूदन तेन तव प्रणतिमुपेत्य लिखामि वपुः

amṛtamayena rasena samaṃ vibudhapitṝnapi tarpayase | arigaṇasūdana tena tava praṇatimupetya likhāmi vapuḥ

With the fluid made of nectar you likewise satisfy the gods and the ancestors; therefore, O destroyer of the host of enemies, having made obeisance to you, I pare your body.

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MkP 104.11

इति सकलजगप्रसूतिभूतं त्रिभुवनभावनधामहेतुमेकम् । रविमखिलजगत्प्रदीपभूतं त्रिदशवर प्रणतोऽस्मि सर्वदा त्वाम्

iti sakalajagaprasūtibhūtaṃ tribhuvanabhāvanadhāmahetumekam | ravimakhilajagatpradīpabhūtaṃ tridaśavara praṇato'smi sarvadā tvām

Thus to the Sun, who is the source of the whole world, the one cause of the light that brings the three worlds into being, who is the lamp of the entire world — O best of the thirty (gods), I bow to you always.

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MkP 104.104

शुकसमवर्णह्यप्रथितं तव पदपांसुपवित्रतमम् । नतजनवत्सल मां प्रणतं त्रिभुवनपावन पाहि रवे इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सूर्यस्तवनं नाम चतुरधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

śukasamavarṇahyaprathitaṃ tava padapāṃsupavitratamam | natajanavatsala māṃ praṇataṃ tribhuvanapāvana pāhi rave iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sūryastavanaṃ nāma caturadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

... renowned, most purified by the dust of your feet. O you fond of those who bow, protect me who bow before you, O purifier of the three worlds, O Sun. Thus (ends) the one hundred and fourth chapter, called the Praise of the Sun, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.

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