Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 108
MkP 108.1
वंशानुक्रमवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवंप्रभावो भगवाननादिनिधनो रविः । यस्य त्वं क्रौष्टुके भक्त्या माहात्म्यं परिपृच्छसि
vaṃśānukramavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evaṃprabhāvo bhagavānanādinidhano raviḥ | yasya tvaṃ krauṣṭuke bhaktyā māhātmyaṃ paripṛcchasi
Description of the Succession of the Lineage. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Of such power is the Lord Sun, without beginning or end, whose greatness you, O Krauṣṭuki, ask about with devotion.
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MkP 108.2
परमात्मा स योगिनां युञ्जतां चेतसां लयम् । क्षेत्रज्ञः सांख्ययोगानां यज्ञेशो यज्विनामपि
paramātmā sa yogināṃ yuñjatāṃ cetasāṃ layam | kṣetrajñaḥ sāṃkhyayogānāṃ yajñeśo yajvināmapi
He is the supreme Self of yogins who effect the dissolution of (their) minds, the knower of the field for the followers of Sāṃkhya and Yoga, and the lord of sacrifice for the sacrificers too.
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MkP 108.3
सूर्याधिकारं वहतो विष्णोरीशस्य वेधसः । मनुस्तस्याभवत्पुत्रश्छिन्नसर्वार्थसंशयः
sūryādhikāraṃ vahato viṣṇorīśasya vedhasaḥ | manustasyābhavatputraśchinnasarvārthasaṃśayaḥ
Of him — of Viṣṇu, the lord, the creator, who bears the office of the sun — Manu became the son, in whom all doubts about all things were cut away.
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MkP 108.4
मन्वन्तराधिपो विप्र यस्य सप्तममन्तरम् । इक्ष्वाकुर्नाभगो रिष्टो महाबलपराक्रमः
manvantarādhipo vipra yasya saptamamantaram | ikṣvākurnābhago riṣṭo mahābalaparākramaḥ
He was the lord of a manvantara, O brahmin — his is the seventh interval. (His sons were) Ikṣvāku, Nābhāga, Riṣṭa, of great strength and valour,
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MkP 108.5
नरिष्यन्तोऽथ नाभागः पृषध्रो धृष्ट एव च । एते पुत्रा मनोस्तस्य पृथग्राज्यस्य पालकाः
nariṣyanto'tha nābhāgaḥ pṛṣadhro dhṛṣṭa eva ca | ete putrā manostasya pṛthagrājyasya pālakāḥ
then Nariṣyanta, Nābhāga, Pṛṣadhra, and Dhṛṣṭa as well: these were the sons of that Manu, each the guardian of a separate kingdom.
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MkP 108.6
विख्यातकीर्त्तयः सर्वे सर्वे शस्त्रास्त्रपारगाः । विशिष्टतरमन्विच्छन्मनुः पुत्रं तथा पुनः
vikhyātakīrttayaḥ sarve sarve śastrāstrapāragāḥ | viśiṣṭataramanvicchanmanuḥ putraṃ tathā punaḥ
All were of renowned fame, all masters of weapons and missiles; yet Manu, seeking again a still more distinguished son,
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MkP 108.7
मित्रावरुणयोरिष्टिं चकार कृतिनां वरः । यत्र चापहुते होतुरपचारान्महामुने
mitrāvaruṇayoriṣṭiṃ cakāra kṛtināṃ varaḥ | yatra cāpahute hoturapacārānmahāmune
that best of adepts performed a sacrificial offering to Mitra and Varuṇa — and there, O great sage, when the invocation was made wrongly through the officiant's error,
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MkP 108.8
इला नाम समुत्पन्ना मनोः कन्या सुमध्यमा । तां दृष्ट्वा कन्यकां तत्र समुत्पन्नां ततो मनुः
ilā nāma samutpannā manoḥ kanyā sumadhyamā | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kanyakāṃ tatra samutpannāṃ tato manuḥ
a daughter of Manu named Ilā, fair-waisted, was produced (instead). Seeing that girl who had there been produced, Manu then
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MkP 108.9
तुष्टाव मित्रावरुणौ वाक्यं चेदमुवाच ह । भवत्प्रसादात्तनयो विशिष्टो मे भवेदिति
tuṣṭāva mitrāvaruṇau vākyaṃ cedamuvāca ha | bhavatprasādāttanayo viśiṣṭo me bhavediti
praised Mitra and Varuṇa, and spoke this word: "By your grace let me have a distinguished son."
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MkP 108.11
प्रसादाद्भवतो पुत्रो भवत्वतिगुणान्वितः । तथेति चाभ्यामुक्ते देवाभ्यां सैव कन्यका
prasādādbhavato putro bhavatvatiguṇānvitaḥ | tatheti cābhyāmukte devābhyāṃ saiva kanyakā
"By our grace let you have a son endowed with surpassing qualities." And when this had been said by those two gods, that same girl,
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MkP 108.12
इला समभवत्सद्यः सुद्युम्न इति विश्रुतः । पुनश्चेश्वरकोपेन मृगयामटता वने
ilā samabhavatsadyaḥ sudyumna iti viśrutaḥ | punaśceśvarakopena mṛgayāmaṭatā vane
Ilā, at once became (a man) renowned as Sudyumna. And again, through the anger of the Lord, while he was roaming in the forest for the hunt,
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MkP 108.13
स्त्रीत्वमासादितं तेन मनुपुत्रेण धीमता । पुरूरवसनामानं चक्रवर्तिनमूर्जितम्
strītvamāsāditaṃ tena manuputreṇa dhīmatā | purūravasanāmānaṃ cakravartinamūrjitam
womanhood was attained by that wise son of Manu; (and as a woman she bore) the mighty emperor named Purūravas —
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MkP 108.14
जनयामास तनयं यत्र सोमसुतो बुधः । जाते सुते पुनः कृत्वा सोऽश्वमेधं महाक्रतुम्
janayāmāsa tanayaṃ yatra somasuto budhaḥ | jāte sute punaḥ kṛtvā so'śvamedhaṃ mahākratum
— she gave birth to that son, Budha the son of Soma (being the father) in that (state). When the son was born, he again performed the horse sacrifice, the great rite,
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MkP 108.15
पुरुषत्वमनुप्राप्तः सुद्युम्नः पार्थिवोऽभवत् । सुद्युम्नस्य त्रयः पुत्रा उत्कलो विनयो गयः
puruṣatvamanuprāptaḥ sudyumnaḥ pārthivo'bhavat | sudyumnasya trayaḥ putrā utkalo vinayo gayaḥ
and Sudyumna, having regained manhood, became a king. Sudyumna had three sons: Utkala, Vinaya and Gaya,
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MkP 108.16
पुरुषत्वे महावीर्या यज्विनः पृथुलौजसः । पुरुषत्वे तु ये जातास्तस्य राज्ञस्त्रयः सुताः
puruṣatve mahāvīryā yajvinaḥ pṛthulaujasaḥ | puruṣatve tu ye jātāstasya rājñastrayaḥ sutāḥ
(born) in his manhood, of great valour, sacrificers, of broad strength. Those three sons of that king who were born in his manhood
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MkP 108.17
बुभुजुस्ते महीमेतां धर्मे नियतचेतसः । स्त्रीभूतस्य तु यो जातस्तस्य राज्ञः पुरूरवाः
bubhujuste mahīmetāṃ dharme niyatacetasaḥ | strībhūtasya tu yo jātastasya rājñaḥ purūravāḥ
enjoyed this earth, their minds fixed upon dharma. But Purūravas, who was born to that king when he was a woman,
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MkP 108.18
न स लेभे महाभागं यतो बुधसुतो हि सः । ततो वसिष्ठवचनात्प्रतिष्ठानं पुरोत्तमम् ।। तस्मै दत्तं स राजाभूत्तत्रातीव मनोहरे
na sa lebhe mahābhāgaṃ yato budhasuto hi saḥ | tato vasiṣṭhavacanātpratiṣṭhānaṃ purottamam || tasmai dattaṃ sa rājābhūttatrātīva manohare
he did not obtain the great share (of the kingdom), since he was the son of Budha; therefore, by Vasiṣṭha's word, Pratiṣṭhāna, the finest of cities, was given to him, and he became king there, in that exceedingly delightful (city).
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MkP 108.108
कृते मखे समुत्पन्ना तनया मम धीमतः । यदि प्रसन्नौ वरदौ तदियं तनया मम इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे वंशानुक्रमो नामाष्टाधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
kṛte makhe samutpannā tanayā mama dhīmataḥ | yadi prasannau varadau tadiyaṃ tanayā mama iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vaṃśānukramo nāmāṣṭādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
"When the sacrifice was performed, a daughter was born to me, the wise one. If you two are pleased and are granters of boons, then let this daughter of mine (become a son)." Thus the one hundred and eighth chapter, called "The Succession of the Lineage," in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
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