Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 105
MkP 105.1
रवेर्माहात्म्यवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवं सूर्यस्तवं कुर्वन्विश्वकर्मा दिवस्पतेः । तेजसः षोडशं भागं मण्डलस्थमधारयत्
ravermāhātmyavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evaṃ sūryastavaṃ kurvanviśvakarmā divaspateḥ | tejasaḥ ṣoḍaśaṃ bhāgaṃ maṇḍalasthamadhārayat
Description of the greatness of the Sun. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Making the praise of the Sun in this way, Viśvakarman kept a sixteenth part of the radiance of the lord of heaven fixed within (his) orb.
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MkP 105.2
शातितैस्तेजसो भागैर्दर्शभिः पञ्चभिस्तथा । अतीवकान्तिमच्चारु भानोरासीत्तदा वपुः
śātitaistejaso bhāgairdarśabhiḥ pañcabhistathā | atīvakāntimaccāru bhānorāsīttadā vapuḥ
With ten and five parts of (its) fiery brilliance thus pared away, the sun's body then became exceedingly radiant and beautiful.
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MkP 105.3
शातितं चास्य यत्तेजस्तेन चक्रं विनिर्मितम् । विष्णोः शूलं च शर्वस्य शिबिका धनदस्य च
śātitaṃ cāsya yattejastena cakraṃ vinirmitam | viṣṇoḥ śūlaṃ ca śarvasya śibikā dhanadasya ca
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MkP 105.4
दण्डः प्रेतपतेः शक्तिर्देवसेनापतेस्तथा । अन्येषां चैव देवानामायुधानि स विश्वकृत्
daṇḍaḥ pretapateḥ śaktirdevasenāpatestathā | anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāmāyudhāni sa viśvakṛt
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MkP 105.5
चकार तेजसा भानोर्भासुराण्यरिशान्तये । इति शातिततेजाः स शुशुभे नातितेजसा
cakāra tejasā bhānorbhāsurāṇyariśāntaye | iti śātitatejāḥ sa śuśubhe nātitejasā
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MkP 105.6
वपुर्दधार मार्त्तण्डः सर्वावयवशोभनम् । स ददर्श समाधिस्थः स्वां भार्यां वडवाकृतिम्
vapurdadhāra mārttaṇḍaḥ sarvāvayavaśobhanam | sa dadarśa samādhisthaḥ svāṃ bhāryāṃ vaḍavākṛtim
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MkP 105.7
अधृष्यां सर्वभूतानां तपसा नियमेन च । उत्तरांश्च कुरून्गत्वा भूत्वाऽश्वो भानुरागमत्
adhṛṣyāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tapasā niyamena ca | uttarāṃśca kurūngatvā bhūtvā'śvo bhānurāgamat
(She was) unassailable by all beings by reason of her austerity and her observance of restraints; and the Sun, going to the Northern Kurus and becoming a horse, drew near.
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MkP 105.8
सा च दृष्ट्वा तमायान्तं परपुंसो विशङ्कया । जगाम सम्मुखे तस्य पृष्ठरक्षणतत्परा
sā ca dṛṣṭvā tamāyāntaṃ parapuṃso viśaṅkayā | jagāma sammukhe tasya pṛṣṭharakṣaṇatatparā
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MkP 105.9
ततश्च नासिकायोगं तयोस्तत्र समेतयोः । वडवायं च तत्तेजो नासिकाभ्यां विवस्वतः
tataśca nāsikāyogaṃ tayostatra sametayoḥ | vaḍavāyaṃ ca tattejo nāsikābhyāṃ vivasvataḥ
And then, as the two came together there, there was a joining of noses; and the mare (took in) that radiance of Vivasvat through the two nostrils.
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MkP 105.11
मार्त्तण्डस्य सुतावेतावश्वरूपधरस्य हि । रेतसोऽन्ते च रेवन्तः खड्गी धन्वी तनुत्रधृक्
mārttaṇḍasya sutāvetāvaśvarūpadharasya hi | retaso'nte ca revantaḥ khaḍgī dhanvī tanutradhṛk
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MkP 105.12
अश्वारूढः समुद्भूतो बाणतूणसमन्वितः । ततः स्वरूपममलं दर्शयामास भानुमान्
aśvārūḍhaḥ samudbhūto bāṇatūṇasamanvitaḥ | tataḥ svarūpamamalaṃ darśayāmāsa bhānumān
(Revanta) arose mounted on a horse, furnished with arrows and quiver. Then the Sun revealed his own stainless form.
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MkP 105.13
तस्य शान्तं समालोक्य सा रूपं मुदमाददे । स्वरूपधारिणीं चेमां स निनाय निजालयम्
tasya śāntaṃ samālokya sā rūpaṃ mudamādade | svarūpadhāriṇīṃ cemāṃ sa nināya nijālayam
Beholding that calm form of his, she took delight; and he led her, now bearing her own true form, to his own abode.
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MkP 105.14
संज्ञां भार्यां प्रीतिमतीं भास्करो वारितस्करः । ततः पूर्वसुतो योऽस्याः सोऽभूद्वैवस्वतो मनुः
saṃjñāṃ bhāryāṃ prītimatīṃ bhāskaro vāritaskaraḥ | tataḥ pūrvasuto yo'syāḥ so'bhūdvaivasvato manuḥ
(So) Bhāskara, the warder-off of thieves, (brought home) Saṃjñā, his loving wife; and then that first son of hers became Manu Vaivasvata.
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MkP 105.15
द्वितीयश्च यमः शापाद्धर्मदृष्टिरनुग्रहात् । यमस्तु तेन शापेन भृशं पीडितमानसः
dvitīyaśca yamaḥ śāpāddharmadṛṣṭiranugrahāt | yamastu tena śāpena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasaḥ
And the second (son) was Yama, by (her) curse; by (her) grace (he became) one whose vision is on dharma. But Yama, his mind severely tormented by that curse,
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MkP 105.16
धर्मोऽभिरोचते यस्माद्धर्मराजस्ततः स्मृतः । कृमयो मांसमादाय पादतस्ते महीतलम्
dharmo'bhirocate yasmāddharmarājastataḥ smṛtaḥ | kṛmayo māṃsamādāya pādataste mahītalam
Since dharma is pleasing to him, he is therefore called Dharmarāja. "Worms, taking the flesh from your foot, (will fall) to the surface of the earth" —
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MkP 105.17
पतिष्यन्तीति शापान्तं तस्य चक्रे पिता स्वयम् । धर्मदृष्टिर्यतश्चासौ समो मित्रे तथाऽहिते
patiṣyantīti śāpāntaṃ tasya cakre pitā svayam | dharmadṛṣṭiryataścāsau samo mitre tathā'hite
"(The worms) will fall (to the ground)" — thus his father himself set a limit to his curse; and since he has the vision of dharma, he is the same toward a friend as toward one ill-disposed.
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MkP 105.18
ततो नियोगे तं याम्ये चकार तिमिरापहः । तस्मै ददौ पिता विप्र भगवांल्लोकपालताम्
tato niyoge taṃ yāmye cakāra timirāpahaḥ | tasmai dadau pitā vipra bhagavāṃllokapālatām
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MkP 105.19
पितॄणामाधिपत्यं च परितुष्टो दिवाकरः । यमुनां च नदीं चक्रे कलिंदान्तरवाहिनीम्
pitṝṇāmādhipatyaṃ ca parituṣṭo divākaraḥ | yamunāṃ ca nadīṃ cakre kaliṃdāntaravāhinīm
And the Sun, well pleased, (gave) him the overlordship of the ancestors; and he made the river Yamunā to flow within (Mount) Kalinda.
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MkP 105.21
एवमप्याह च ततो भगवांल्लोकभावितः । त्वमप्यशेषलोकस्य पूज्यो वत्स भविष्यसि
evamapyāha ca tato bhagavāṃllokabhāvitaḥ | tvamapyaśeṣalokasya pūjyo vatsa bhaviṣyasi
And so then the Lord, honoured by (all) the world, said further: "You too, my child, shall become worthy of worship for the whole world."
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MkP 105.22
अरण्यादिमहादाववैरिदस्युभयेषु च । त्वां स्मरिष्यन्ति ये मर्त्या मोक्ष्यन्ते ते महापदः
araṇyādimahādāvavairidasyubhayeṣu ca | tvāṃ smariṣyanti ye martyā mokṣyante te mahāpadaḥ
And those mortals who remember you amid perils—great forest conflagrations in the wilderness and the like, enemies and bandits—shall be freed from great calamity.
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MkP 105.23
क्षेमं बुद्धिं सुखं राज्यमारोग्यं कीर्तिमुन्नतिम् । नराणां परितुष्टस्त्वं पूजितः सम्प्रदास्यसि
kṣemaṃ buddhiṃ sukhaṃ rājyamārogyaṃ kīrtimunnatim | narāṇāṃ parituṣṭastvaṃ pūjitaḥ sampradāsyasi
Being well pleased and worshipped, you will bestow on men security, understanding, happiness, kingship, health, fame, and advancement.
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MkP 105.24
छायासंज्ञासुतश्चापि सावर्णिः सुमहायशाः । भाव्यः सोऽनागते काले मनुः सावर्णिकोऽष्टमः
chāyāsaṃjñāsutaścāpi sāvarṇiḥ sumahāyaśāḥ | bhāvyaḥ so'nāgate kāle manuḥ sāvarṇiko'ṣṭamaḥ
And the son of Chāyā-Saṃjñā too, Sāvarṇi of very great fame — he is to be, in time to come, the eighth Manu, the Sāvarṇika.
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MkP 105.25
मेरुपृष्ठे तपो घोरमद्यापि चरति प्रभुः । भ्राता शनैश्चरस्तस्य ग्रहोऽभूच्छासनाद्रवेः
merupṛṣṭhe tapo ghoramadyāpi carati prabhuḥ | bhrātā śanaiścarastasya graho'bhūcchāsanādraveḥ
Even today the lord practises fierce austerity on the back of Meru; his brother Śanaiścara (Saturn) became a planet by the Sun's ordinance.
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MkP 105.26
यवीयसी तु या कन्याऽऽदित्यस्याभूद्द्विजोत्तम । अभवत्सा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा तपती लोकपावनी
yavīyasī tu yā kanyā''dityasyābhūddvijottama | abhavatsā saricchreṣṭhā tapatī lokapāvanī
But the younger daughter, O best of the twice-born, who was born to Āditya (the Sun) — she became the best of rivers, Tapatī, the purifier of the worlds.
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MkP 105.27
यस्तु ज्येष्ठो महाभागः सर्गो यस्येह साम्प्रतम् । विस्तरं तस्य वक्ष्यामि मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह
yastu jyeṣṭho mahābhāgaḥ sargo yasyeha sāmpratam | vistaraṃ tasya vakṣyāmi manorvaivasvatasya ha
But of the eldest, the greatly fortunate one, whose creation (of beings) is here at present — of him, Manu the son of Vivasvat, I shall tell at length.
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MkP 105.28
इदं यो जन्म देवानां शृणुयाद्धा पठेत वा । विवस्वतस्तनूजानां रवेर्माहात्म्यमेव च
idaṃ yo janma devānāṃ śṛṇuyāddhā paṭheta vā | vivasvatastanūjānāṃ ravermāhātmyameva ca
Whoever should hear or should recite this birth of the gods, of the sons born of Vivasvat's body, and the greatness of the Sun —
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MkP 105.29
आपदं प्राप्य मुच्येत प्राप्नुयाच्च महायशः । अहोरात्रकृतं पापमेतच्छमयते श्रुतम् ।। माहात्म्यमादिदेवस्य मार्तण्डस्य महात्मनः
āpadaṃ prāpya mucyeta prāpnuyācca mahāyaśaḥ | ahorātrakṛtaṃ pāpametacchamayate śrutam || māhātmyamādidevasya mārtaṇḍasya mahātmanaḥ
having met with misfortune he would be freed from it, and he would attain great fame; heard, this quells the sin committed by day and by night — the greatness of the primal god, the great-souled Mārtaṇḍa.
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MkP 105.105
देवौ तत्र समुत्पन्नावश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ । नासत्यदस्रौ तनयावश्विवक्त्राद्विनिर्गतौ अश्विनौ देवभिषजौ कृतौ पित्रा महात्मना । गुह्यकाधिपतित्वे च रेवन्तो विनियोजितः इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे रवेर्माहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम पञ्चाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
devau tatra samutpannāvaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau | nāsatyadasrau tanayāvaśvivaktrādvinirgatau aśvinau devabhiṣajau kṛtau pitrā mahātmanā | guhyakādhipatitve ca revanto viniyojitaḥ iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe ravermāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
There were born the two gods, the Aśvins, the best of physicians, Nāsatya and Dasra, the two sons who came forth from the mare's mouth. The two Aśvins were made physicians of the gods by their great-souled father, and Revanta was appointed to the overlordship of the Guhyakas. Thus, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, the one hundred and fifth chapter, called the Description of the Greatness of the Sun.
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