Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 107
MkP 107.1
भानोर्माहात्म्यवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः प्रसन्नो भगवान्भानुराहाखिलाञ्जनान् । व्रियतां यदभिप्रेतं मत्तः प्राप्तुं द्विजादयः
bhānormāhātmyavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ prasanno bhagavānbhānurāhākhilāñjanān | vriyatāṃ yadabhipretaṃ mattaḥ prāptuṃ dvijādayaḥ
Description of the greatness of the Sun. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then the pleased lord Sun said to all the people: "Let whatever you desire to obtain from me be chosen, O twice-born and the rest."
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MkP 107.2
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततस्ते प्रणिपत्योचुर्विप्रक्षत्रादयो जनाः । ससाध्वसमशीतांशुमवलोक्य पुरः स्थितम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataste praṇipatyocurviprakṣatrādayo janāḥ | sasādhvasamaśītāṃśumavalokya puraḥ sthitam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then those people, brahmins, kṣatriyas and the rest, having bowed down, said, beholding with awe the hot-rayed one standing before them:
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MkP 107.3
प्रजा ऊचुः भगवन्यदि नो भक्त्या प्रसन्नस्तिमिरापह
prajā ūcuḥ bhagavanyadi no bhaktyā prasannastimirāpaha
The people said: Lord, if you are pleased with us because of our devotion, O dispeller of darkness —
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MkP 107.4
दश वर्षसहस्राणि ततो नो जीवतां नृपः । निरामयो जितारातिः सुकोशः स्थिरयौवनः
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tato no jīvatāṃ nṛpaḥ | nirāmayo jitārātiḥ sukośaḥ sthirayauvanaḥ
"Then may our king live for ten thousand years, free from disease, his enemies conquered, with a full treasury, his youth unfading."
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MkP 107.5
मार्कण्डेय उवाच तथेत्युक्त्वा जनान्भास्वानदृश्योऽभून्महामुने । तेऽपि लब्धवरा हृष्टाः समाजग्मुर्जनेश्वरम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tathetyuktvā janānbhāsvānadṛśyo'bhūnmahāmune | te'pi labdhavarā hṛṣṭāḥ samājagmurjaneśvaram
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Saying "So be it" to the people, the Shining One became invisible, O great sage. And they, having obtained the boon, went joyfully together to the lord of men.
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MkP 107.6
यथा वृत्तं च ते तस्मै नरेन्द्राय न्यवेदयन् । वरं लब्ध्वा सहस्रांशो सकाशादखिलं द्विज
yathā vṛttaṃ ca te tasmai narendrāya nyavedayan | varaṃ labdhvā sahasrāṃśo sakāśādakhilaṃ dvija
And they reported to that king all that had happened, O twice-born, and how the boon had been obtained from the presence of the Thousand-rayed One.
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MkP 107.7
तच्छ्रुत्वा जहृषे तस्य सा पत्नी मानिनी द्विज । (प्रहर्षं परमं याता हर्षोद्गततनूरुहा) ।। स च राजा चिरं दध्यौ नाह किञ्चिच्च तं जनम्
tacchrutvā jahṛṣe tasya sā patnī māninī dvija | (praharṣaṃ paramaṃ yātā harṣodgatatanūruhā) || sa ca rājā ciraṃ dadhyau nāha kiñcicca taṃ janam
Hearing that, his wife Māninī rejoiced, O twice-born; (she reached the highest delight, the hairs of her body standing up with joy.) But that king brooded for a long while and said nothing at all to those people.
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MkP 107.8
ततः सा मानिनी भूपं हर्षापूरितमानसा । दिष्ट्याऽऽयुषा महीपाल वर्द्धस्वेत्याह तं पतिम्
tataḥ sā māninī bhūpaṃ harṣāpūritamānasā | diṣṭyā''yuṣā mahīpāla varddhasvetyāha taṃ patim
Then that Māninī, her mind filled with joy, said to the king, her husband: "By good fortune, O protector of the earth, may you flourish with long life!"
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MkP 107.9
तथा तया मुदा भर्ता मानिन्याथ सभाजितः । नाहं किञ्चिन्महीपालश्चिन्ताजडमनाद्विज
tathā tayā mudā bhartā māninyātha sabhājitaḥ | nāhaṃ kiñcinmahīpālaścintājaḍamanādvija
Thus honoured with joy by her, by Māninī, the husband — the king, his mind numbed with worry — said nothing at all, O twice-born.
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MkP 107.11
दशवर्षसहस्राणि नीरुजः स्थिरयौवनः । भावी त्वमद्यप्रभृति किं तथापि न हृष्यसे
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi nīrujaḥ sthirayauvanaḥ | bhāvī tvamadyaprabhṛti kiṃ tathāpi na hṛṣyase
"From this day on you will be free of illness for ten thousand years, your youth unchanging; why then do you not rejoice?
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MkP 107.12
किन्तु तत्कारणं ब्रूहि यच्चिन्ताकृष्टमानसः । परमाभ्युदयेऽपि त्वं सम्प्राप्ते पृथिवीपते
kintu tatkāraṇaṃ brūhi yaccintākṛṣṭamānasaḥ | paramābhyudaye'pi tvaṃ samprāpte pṛthivīpate
But tell (me) the reason why your mind is dragged off by worry, O lord of the earth, even though the highest prosperity has come (to you)."
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MkP 107.13
राजोवाच कथमभ्युदयो भद्रे किं सभाजयसे च माम् । प्राप्तो दुःखसहस्राणां किं सभाजनमिष्यते
rājovāca kathamabhyudayo bhadre kiṃ sabhājayase ca mām | prāpto duḥkhasahasrāṇāṃ kiṃ sabhājanamiṣyate
The king said: How is this prosperity, good lady, and why do you congratulate me? For one who has obtained thousands of sorrows, why should congratulation be wished for?
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MkP 107.14
दशवर्षसहस्राणि जीविष्याम्यहमेककः । न त्वं तव विपत्तौ मे किन्न दुःखं भविष्यति
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi jīviṣyāmyahamekakaḥ | na tvaṃ tava vipattau me kinna duḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati
I alone shall live for ten thousand years — not you; and at your death, what sorrow will not be mine?
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MkP 107.15
पुत्रान्पौत्रान्प्रपौत्रांश्च तथान्यानिष्टबान्धवान् । पश्यतो मे मृतान्दुःखं किमल्पं हि भविष्यति
putrānpautrānprapautrāṃśca tathānyāniṣṭabāndhavān | paśyato me mṛtānduḥkhaṃ kimalpaṃ hi bhaviṣyati
When I see my sons, grandsons and great-grandsons, and my other dear kinsmen dead, how will the grief be small?
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MkP 107.16
भृत्येषु चातिभक्तेषु मित्रवर्गे तथा मृते । भद्रे दुःखमपारं मे भविष्यति तु सन्ततम्
bhṛtyeṣu cātibhakteṣu mitravarge tathā mṛte | bhadre duḥkhamapāraṃ me bhaviṣyati tu santatam
And when my most devoted servants and the whole circle of friends have died, my grief, good lady, will be boundless and unceasing.
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MkP 107.17
यैर्मदर्थं तपस्तप्तं कृशैर्धमनिसन्ततैः । ते मरिष्यन्त्यहं भोगी जीविष्यामीति धिक्करम्
yairmadarthaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛśairdhamanisantataiḥ | te mariṣyantyahaṃ bhogī jīviṣyāmīti dhikkaram
Those who performed austerities for my sake, emaciated, with their veins standing out — they will die, and I, an enjoyer of pleasures, shall live on: shame on it!
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MkP 107.18
सेयमापद्वरारोहे प्राप्ता नाभ्युदयो मम । कथं वा मन्यसे न त्वं यत्सभाजयसेऽद्य माम्
seyamāpadvarārohe prāptā nābhyudayo mama | kathaṃ vā manyase na tvaṃ yatsabhājayase'dya mām
This that has come, O fair-hipped one, is a calamity, not prosperity for me; or how do you not think so, since you congratulate me today?
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MkP 107.19
मानिन्युवाच महाराज यथात्थ त्वं तथैतन्नात्र संशयः । मया पौरैश्च दोषोऽयं प्रीत्या नालोकितस्तव
māninyuvāca mahārāja yathāttha tvaṃ tathaitannātra saṃśayaḥ | mayā pauraiśca doṣo'yaṃ prītyā nālokitastava
Māninī said: Great king, it is just as you say; there is no doubt in this. Out of affection, this flaw was not perceived by me and by the citizens.
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MkP 107.21
राजोवाच उपकारः कृतः पौरैः प्रीत्या भृत्यैश्च यो मम । कथं भोक्ष्याम्यहं भोगान्गत्वा तेषामनिष्कृतिम्
rājovāca upakāraḥ kṛtaḥ pauraiḥ prītyā bhṛtyaiśca yo mama | kathaṃ bhokṣyāmyahaṃ bhogāngatvā teṣāmaniṣkṛtim
The king said: The kindness that was done to me by the citizens and by my servants out of affection — how shall I enjoy pleasures without going to make requital to them?
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MkP 107.22
सोऽहमद्यप्रभृत्यद्रिं गत्वा नियतमानसः । ( पौरलोकहितार्थं च तोषयिष्यामि भास्करम् ।। यथा पौरा मम कृते बान्धवाश्च समन्ततः । आराधनाय देवेशं तथाहमपि साम्प्रतम्) ।। तपस्तप्स्ये निराहारो भानोराराधनोद्यतः
so'hamadyaprabhṛtyadriṃ gatvā niyatamānasaḥ | ( pauralokahitārthaṃ ca toṣayiṣyāmi bhāskaram || yathā paurā mama kṛte bāndhavāśca samantataḥ | ārādhanāya deveśaṃ tathāhamapi sāmpratam) || tapastapsye nirāhāro bhānorārādhanodyataḥ
So I, from this day on, going to the mountain with mind restrained, (shall satisfy the Sun for the welfare of the townspeople; as the citizens and my kinsmen all around (did) for my sake, so too shall I now, to propitiate the lord of gods,) shall practise austerity without food, intent on the worship of the Sun,
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MkP 107.23
दशवर्षसहस्राणि यथाहं स्थिरयौवनः । तस्य प्रसादाद्देवस्य जीविष्यामि निरामयः
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi yathāhaṃ sthirayauvanaḥ | tasya prasādāddevasya jīviṣyāmi nirāmayaḥ
so that for ten thousand years I, my youth unchanging, may live free of disease by the grace of that god —
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MkP 107.24
तथा यदि प्रजाः सर्वा भृत्यास्त्वं च सुताश्च मे । पुत्रा पौत्रा प्रपौत्राश्च सुहृदश्च वरानने
tathā yadi prajāḥ sarvā bhṛtyāstvaṃ ca sutāśca me | putrā pautrā prapautrāśca suhṛdaśca varānane
and likewise if all the subjects, the servants, and you, and my children, sons, grandsons, great-grandsons, and friends, O fair-faced one,
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MkP 107.25
जीवन्त्येतं प्रसादं च करोति भगवान्रविः । ततोऽहं भविता राज्ये भोक्ष्ये भोगांस्तथा मुदा
jīvantyetaṃ prasādaṃ ca karoti bhagavānraviḥ | tato'haṃ bhavitā rājye bhokṣye bhogāṃstathā mudā
live (as long), and if the lord Sun grants this favour, then I shall remain in the kingdom and shall enjoy pleasures with delight.
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MkP 107.26
न चेदेवं करोत्यर्कस्तदाद्रौ तत्र मानिनि । तपस्तप्स्ये निराहारो यावज्जीवितसंक्षयः
na cedevaṃ karotyarkastadādrau tatra mānini | tapastapsye nirāhāro yāvajjīvitasaṃkṣayaḥ
"But if the sun does not do so, then, O Māninī, there on that mountain I shall practice austerity, taking no food, until my life comes to an end."
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MkP 107.27
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्ता सा तदा तेन तथेत्याह नराधिपम् । जगाम तेन च समं साऽपि तं धरणीधरम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityuktā sā tadā tena tathetyāha narādhipam | jagāma tena ca samaṃ sā'pi taṃ dharaṇīdharam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus addressed by him, she then said to the king, "So be it," and she too went along with him to that mountain.
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MkP 107.28
स तदायतनं गत्वा भार्यया सह पार्थिवः । भानोराराधनं चक्रे शुश्रूषानिरतो द्विज
sa tadāyatanaṃ gatvā bhāryayā saha pārthivaḥ | bhānorārādhanaṃ cakre śuśrūṣānirato dvija
That king, having gone with his wife to that shrine, performed worship of the sun, devoted to service, O twice-born one.
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MkP 107.29
निराहारा कृशा सा च यथासौ पृथिवीपतिः । तेपे तपस्तथैवोग्रं शीतवातातपक्षमा
nirāhārā kṛśā sā ca yathāsau pṛthivīpatiḥ | tepe tapastathaivograṃ śītavātātapakṣamā
And she, taking no food and grown thin, just as that lord of the earth (was), likewise practiced fierce austerity, enduring cold, wind, and heat.
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MkP 107.31
समस्तभृत्यपौरादिपुत्राणां च कृते द्विज । ददौ यथाभिलषितं वरं द्विजवरोत्तम
samastabhṛtyapaurādiputrāṇāṃ ca kṛte dvija | dadau yathābhilaṣitaṃ varaṃ dvijavarottama
And for the sake of all (his) servants, townspeople and the rest, and (his) sons, O twice-born one, he granted the boon just as it was desired, O best of the foremost of the twice-born.
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MkP 107.32
लब्ध्वा वरं स नृपतिः समभ्येत्यात्मनः पुरम् । चकार मुदितो राज्यं प्रजा धर्मेण पालयन्
labdhvā varaṃ sa nṛpatiḥ samabhyetyātmanaḥ puram | cakāra mudito rājyaṃ prajā dharmeṇa pālayan
Having obtained the boon, that king returned to his own city and, delighted, exercised kingship, protecting his subjects according to dharma.
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MkP 107.33
ईजे यज्ञान्स च बहून्ददौ दानान्यहर्निशम् । मानिन्या सहितो भोगान्बुभुजे च स धर्मवित्
īje yajñānsa ca bahūndadau dānānyaharniśam | māninyā sahito bhogānbubhuje ca sa dharmavit
And he offered many sacrifices and gave gifts day and night; and that knower of dharma, together with Māninī, enjoyed enjoyments.
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MkP 107.34
दश वर्षसहस्राणि पुत्रपौत्रादिभिः सह । भृत्यैः पौत्रैः प्रमुदितः सोऽभवत्स्थिरयौवनः
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi putrapautrādibhiḥ saha | bhṛtyaiḥ pautraiḥ pramuditaḥ so'bhavatsthirayauvanaḥ
For ten thousand years, together with sons, grandsons and the rest, and with servants and grandsons, he was greatly delighted, and his youth remained unchanging.
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MkP 107.35
तस्येति चरितं दृष्ट्वा प्रमतिर्नाम भार्गवः । विस्मयाकृष्टहृदयो गाथामेतामगायत
tasyeti caritaṃ dṛṣṭvā pramatirnāma bhārgavaḥ | vismayākṛṣṭahṛdayo gāthāmetāmagāyata
Seeing his conduct thus, the descendant of Bhṛgu named Pramati, his heart drawn (to it) by amazement, sang this verse:
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MkP 107.36
भानुभक्तेरहो शक्तिर्यद्राजा राज्यवर्द्धनः । आयुषो वर्द्धने जातः स्वजनस्य तथात्मनः
bhānubhakteraho śaktiryadrājā rājyavarddhanaḥ | āyuṣo varddhane jātaḥ svajanasya tathātmanaḥ
"Ah, the power of devotion to the sun, in that King Rājyavardhana became (an instrument) in the lengthening of the life-span of his own people and likewise of himself!"
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MkP 107.37
इति ते कथितं विप्र यत्पृष्टोऽहं त्वयोदितः । आदिदेवस्य माहात्म्यमादित्यस्य विवस्वतः
iti te kathitaṃ vipra yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ tvayoditaḥ | ādidevasya māhātmyamādityasya vivasvataḥ
Thus it has been told to you, O brahmin, what I was asked and spoke of by you: the greatness of the primordial god, the sun, Vivasvat.
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MkP 107.38
विप्रैतदखिलं श्रुत्वा भानोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । पठंश्च मुच्यते पापैः सप्तरात्रकृतैर्नरः
vipraitadakhilaṃ śrutvā bhānormāhātmyamuttamam | paṭhaṃśca mucyate pāpaiḥ saptarātrakṛtairnaraḥ
O brahmin, a man who hears and who recites this whole excellent greatness of the sun is freed from the sins committed in seven nights.
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MkP 107.39
अरोगी धनवानाढ्यः कुले महति धीमताम् । जायते च महाप्राज्ञो यश्चैतद्धारयेद्बुधः
arogī dhanavānāḍhyaḥ kule mahati dhīmatām | jāyate ca mahāprājño yaścaitaddhārayedbudhaḥ
And the wise man who retains this becomes free of disease, wealthy, prosperous, and is born with great intelligence in a great family of the wise.
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MkP 107.41
समस्तमेतन्माहात्म्यं यत्र चायतने रवेः । पठ्यते तत्र भगवान्सान्निध्यं न विमुञ्चति
samastametanmāhātmyaṃ yatra cāyatane raveḥ | paṭhyate tatra bhagavānsānnidhyaṃ na vimuñcati
And in whatever shrine of the sun this whole greatness (of his) is recited, there the Lord does not abandon his presence.
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MkP 107.42
तस्मादेतत्त्वया ब्रह्मन्भानोर्माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । धार्यं मनसि जाप्यं च महत्पुण्यमभीप्सता
tasmādetattvayā brahmanbhānormāhātmyamuttamam | dhāryaṃ manasi jāpyaṃ ca mahatpuṇyamabhīpsatā
Therefore, O brahmin, this excellent greatness of the sun should be held in mind by you and murmured (in recitation), by one desiring great merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 107.43
सुवर्णशृङ्गीमतिशोभनाङ्गीं पयस्विनीं गां प्रददाति यो हि । शृणोति चैतत्त्र्यहमात्मवान्नरः समं तयोः पुण्यफलं द्विजाग्र्य
suvarṇaśṛṅgīmatiśobhanāṅgīṃ payasvinīṃ gāṃ pradadāti yo hi | śṛṇoti caitattryahamātmavānnaraḥ samaṃ tayoḥ puṇyaphalaṃ dvijāgrya
Whoever indeed gives a milk-giving cow with gilded horns and very beautiful limbs, and (whoever), self-possessed, hears this for three days — the fruit of merit of those two is equal, O foremost of the twice-born.
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MkP 107.107
सा पुनः प्राह भर्त्तारं चिन्तयानमधोमुखम् । कस्मान्न हर्षमभ्येषि परमाभ्युदये नृप एवं गतेऽत्र किं कार्यं नरनाथ विचिन्त्यताम् । नान्यथा भावि यत्प्राह प्रसन्नौ भगवान्रविः तस्य पूजयतो भानुं तप्यतश्च तपो महत् । साग्रे सम्वत्सरे याते ततः प्रीतो दिवाकरः श्रुत्वा चरितमेतद्धि समानं लभते फलम् ।। मन्त्राश्च येऽत्राभिहिता भास्वतो मुनिसत्तम । जपः प्रत्येकमेतेषां त्रिसंध्यं पातकापहः इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे भानोर्माहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम सप्ताधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
sā punaḥ prāha bharttāraṃ cintayānamadhomukham | kasmānna harṣamabhyeṣi paramābhyudaye nṛpa evaṃ gate'tra kiṃ kāryaṃ naranātha vicintyatām | nānyathā bhāvi yatprāha prasannau bhagavānraviḥ tasya pūjayato bhānuṃ tapyataśca tapo mahat | sāgre samvatsare yāte tataḥ prīto divākaraḥ śrutvā caritametaddhi samānaṃ labhate phalam || mantrāśca ye'trābhihitā bhāsvato munisattama | japaḥ pratyekameteṣāṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ pātakāpahaḥ iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe bhānormāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
She spoke again to her husband, who was brooding with his face downcast: "Why do you not come to joy, O king, at this supreme prosperity? Since it has gone thus, what is to be done here, O lord of men — let it be considered. It will not turn out otherwise than what the gracious Lord Sun has said." As he worshipped the sun and practiced great austerity, when a year and more had passed, then the Maker of Day was pleased. Indeed, one who hears this narrative obtains the same fruit. And the mantras of the shining one that have been declared here, O best of sages — the muttered recitation of each of these at the three junctures of the day removes sin. Thus in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, the one hundred and seventh chapter, called the Description of the Greatness of the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition