Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 123
MkP 123.1
अविक्षिच्चरितवर्णनम् मार्कण्डेय उवाच कदाचिद्राजपुत्रोऽसौ मृगयामचरद्वने । मृगान्विध्यन्वराहांश्च शार्दूलादींश्च दंष्ट्रिणः
avikṣiccaritavarṇanam mārkaṇḍeya uvāca kadācidrājaputro'sau mṛgayāmacaradvane | mṛgānvidhyanvarāhāṃśca śārdūlādīṃśca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ
Description of the deeds of Avikṣit. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Once that prince was roaming the forest in the hunt, shooting deer and boars and tigers and other fanged beasts.
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MkP 123.2
शुश्राव सहसा शब्दं त्राहित्राहीति योषितः । विक्रोशन्त्याः सुबहुशो भयगद्गदमुच्चकैः
śuśrāva sahasā śabdaṃ trāhitrāhīti yoṣitaḥ | vikrośantyāḥ subahuśo bhayagadgadamuccakaiḥ
Suddenly he heard the sound of a woman crying out again and again, loudly, "Save me, save me!", her voice choked with fear.
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MkP 123.3
माभैर्माभैरिति वदन्राजपुत्रः स वेगितः । चोदयामास तुरगं यतः शब्दः समागतः
mābhairmābhairiti vadanrājaputraḥ sa vegitaḥ | codayāmāsa turagaṃ yataḥ śabdaḥ samāgataḥ
Saying "Fear not, fear not!", the prince in haste urged his horse toward where the sound came from.
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MkP 123.4
. ततश्च सापि चुक्रोश कन्यका विजने वने । गृहीता दनुपुत्रेण दृढकेशेन मानिनी
. tataśca sāpi cukrośa kanyakā vijane vane | gṛhītā danuputreṇa dṛḍhakeśena māninī
And then that proud maiden too cried out in the deserted forest, seized by Dṛḍhakeśa, a son of Danu.
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MkP 123.5
करन्धमसुतस्याहं भार्या चाहमविक्षितः । हरत्यनार्यो विपिने पृथिवीशस्य धीमतः
karandhamasutasyāhaṃ bhāryā cāhamavikṣitaḥ | haratyanāryo vipine pṛthivīśasya dhīmataḥ
"I am the wife of Karandhama's son, I am Avikṣit's; this ignoble one is carrying (me) off in the wood — (the wife) of the wise lord of the earth!
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MkP 123.6
यस्य सर्वे महीपालास्तथा गन्धर्वगुह्यकाः । न समर्थाः पुरः स्थातुं तस्य भार्या हतास्म्यहम्
yasya sarve mahīpālāstathā gandharvaguhyakāḥ | na samarthāḥ puraḥ sthātuṃ tasya bhāryā hatāsmyaham
He before whom all the kings of the earth, and the gandharvas and guhyakas too, are unable to stand — I am his wife, and I am undone!
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MkP 123.7
यस्य मृत्योरिव क्रोधः शक्रस्येव पराक्रमः । करन्धमसुतस्यैषा तस्य भार्या हृतास्म्यहम्
yasya mṛtyoriva krodhaḥ śakrasyeva parākramaḥ | karandhamasutasyaiṣā tasya bhāryā hṛtāsmyaham
He whose wrath is like Death's, whose valour is like Śakra's — of him, Karandhama's son, I am the wife, and I have been carried off!"
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MkP 123.8
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्याकर्ण्य महीपालतनयः सशरासनी । चिन्तयामास किमिदं मम भार्यात्र कानने
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityākarṇya mahīpālatanayaḥ saśarāsanī | cintayāmāsa kimidaṃ mama bhāryātra kānane
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing this, the king's son, bow in hand, reflected: "What is this? My wife, here in the forest?"
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MkP 123.9
मायेयं रक्षसां नूनं दुष्टानां काननौकसाम् । अथवा गत एवाहं सर्वं वेत्स्यामि कारणम्
māyeyaṃ rakṣasāṃ nūnaṃ duṣṭānāṃ kānanaukasām | athavā gata evāhaṃ sarvaṃ vetsyāmi kāraṇam
"Surely this is an illusion of wicked rākṣasas who dwell in the forest; or rather, once I have gone there I shall learn the whole reason."
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MkP 123.11
गृहीतां दनुपुत्रेण दृढकेशेन दण्डिना । त्राहित्राहीति करुणं विक्रोशन्ती पुनः पुनः
gṛhītāṃ danuputreṇa dṛḍhakeśena daṇḍinā | trāhitrāhīti karuṇaṃ vikrośantī punaḥ punaḥ
(He saw her) seized by Dṛḍhakeśa, the son of Danu, staff in hand, crying out piteously again and again, "Save me, save me!"
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MkP 123.12
मा भैरिति स तामाह हतोऽसीति च तं वदन् । शासतीमां महीं दुष्टः को दूयेत करन्धमे
mā bhairiti sa tāmāha hato'sīti ca taṃ vadan | śāsatīmāṃ mahīṃ duṣṭaḥ ko dūyeta karandhame
He said to her, "Fear not," and said to him, "You are as good as dead. While Karandhama rules this earth, what wicked one could give (anyone) pain?
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MkP 123.13
यस्य प्रतापावनता भुवि सर्वे महीक्षितः । ततस्तमागतं दृष्ट्वा गृहीतवरकार्मुकम्
yasya pratāpāvanatā bhuvi sarve mahīkṣitaḥ | tatastamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā gṛhītavarakārmukam
— he by whose might all the kings on earth are bowed down." Then, seeing him arrived, holding his excellent bow,
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MkP 123.14
मां त्राहीत्याह तन्वङ्गी हृतास्म्येषेति चासकृत् । राज्ञः करन्धमस्याहं स्नुषा भार्याप्यविक्षितः ।। हृतास्म्येतेन दुष्टेन सनाथाऽनाथवद्वने
māṃ trāhītyāha tanvaṅgī hṛtāsmyeṣeti cāsakṛt | rājñaḥ karandhamasyāhaṃ snuṣā bhāryāpyavikṣitaḥ || hṛtāsmyetena duṣṭena sanāthā'nāthavadvane
"Save me!" cried the slender-limbed woman, and again and again, "I am being carried off! I am the daughter-in-law of King Karandhama, and the wife of Avikṣit; I have been carried off by this wicked one in the forest — having a protector, yet as though protectorless."
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MkP 123.15
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततो विममृशे वाक्यमविक्षित्स तथोदितम् । कथमेषा हि मे भार्या स्नुषा तातस्य वा कथम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tato vimamṛśe vākyamavikṣitsa tathoditam | kathameṣā hi me bhāryā snuṣā tātasya vā katham
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then Avikṣit pondered the words thus spoken: "How can she be my wife? Or how my father's daughter-in-law?"
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MkP 123.16
अथवा मोचयाम्येतां तन्वीं वेत्स्यामि तत्पुनः । क्षत्रियैर्धार्यते शस्त्रमार्तानां त्राणकारणात्
athavā mocayāmyetāṃ tanvīṃ vetsyāmi tatpunaḥ | kṣatriyairdhāryate śastramārtānāṃ trāṇakāraṇāt
"Or rather, let me free this slender woman; I shall learn that afterwards. Weapons are borne by kṣatriyas for the sake of rescuing those in distress."
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MkP 123.17
ततः कुद्धोऽब्रवीद्वीरो दानवं तं सुदुर्मतिम् । जीवन्गच्छ विमुच्यैनामन्यथा न भविष्यसि
tataḥ kuddho'bravīdvīro dānavaṃ taṃ sudurmatim | jīvangaccha vimucyaināmanyathā na bhaviṣyasi
Then the hero, angered, said to that most evil-minded dānava: "Release her and go while you live; otherwise you shall not exist."
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MkP 123.18
ततः स तां विहायोच्चैर्दण्डमुत्क्षिप्य दानवः । तमप्यधावत्सोऽप्येनं शरवर्षैरवाकिरत्
tataḥ sa tāṃ vihāyoccairdaṇḍamutkṣipya dānavaḥ | tamapyadhāvatso'pyenaṃ śaravarṣairavākirat
Then that dānava, abandoning her, raising his club high, rushed at him too; and he in turn covered him with showers of arrows.
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MkP 123.19
स वार्यमाणो बाणौघैर्दानवोऽतिमदान्वितः । राजपुत्राय चिक्षेप दण्डं शंकुशतावृतम्
sa vāryamāṇo bāṇaughairdānavo'timadānvitaḥ | rājaputrāya cikṣepa daṇḍaṃ śaṃkuśatāvṛtam
Being warded off by the floods of arrows, the dānava, filled with excessive intoxication, hurled at the king's son his club set about with a hundred spikes.
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MkP 123.21
सृजतः शरवर्षाणि तं चिक्षेप ततो द्रुमम् । स च तं तिलशश्चैके भल्लैः कार्मुकमोचितैः
sṛjataḥ śaravarṣāṇi taṃ cikṣepa tato drumam | sa ca taṃ tilaśaścaike bhallaiḥ kārmukamocitaiḥ
Then he hurled a tree at him as he was loosing showers of arrows; and he cut it into sesame-sized bits with broad-headed shafts released from his bow.
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MkP 123.22
ततश्चिक्षेप च शिलां राजपुत्राय दानवः । सापि मोघा पपातोर्व्यामुज्झिता तेन लाघवात्
tataścikṣepa ca śilāṃ rājaputrāya dānavaḥ | sāpi moghā papātorvyāmujjhitā tena lāghavāt
Then the dānava hurled a rock at the king's son; but that too, flung by him, fell in vain to the ground by (the prince's) nimbleness.
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MkP 123.23
राजपुत्राय कुपितो यद्यच्चिक्षेप दानवः । तत्तच्चिच्छेद बाणौघैर्भूभृत्सूनुः सलीलया
rājaputrāya kupito yadyaccikṣepa dānavaḥ | tattacciccheda bāṇaughairbhūbhṛtsūnuḥ salīlayā
Whatever the enraged dānava hurled at the king's son, all of it the king's son cut apart with floods of arrows, as if in play.
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MkP 123.24
ततो विच्छिन्नदण्डोऽसौ विच्छिन्नसकलायुधः । मुष्टिमुद्यम्य सक्रोधो राजपुत्रमधावत
tato vicchinnadaṇḍo'sau vicchinnasakalāyudhaḥ | muṣṭimudyamya sakrodho rājaputramadhāvata
Then he, his club shattered and all his weapons shattered, raising his fist in anger, ran at the king's son.
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MkP 123.25
तस्यापतत एवासौ करन्धमसुतः शिरः । छित्त्वा वेतसपत्रेण पातयामास वै भुवि
tasyāpatata evāsau karandhamasutaḥ śiraḥ | chittvā vetasapatreṇa pātayāmāsa vai bhuvi
As he was rushing on, that son of Karandhama cut off his head with a reed-leaf-shaped arrow and brought it down to the earth.
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MkP 123.26
तस्मिन्विनिहते देवैर्दानवे दुष्टचेष्टिते । करन्धमसुतः सर्वैः साधुसाध्विति भाषितः
tasminvinihate devairdānave duṣṭaceṣṭite | karandhamasutaḥ sarvaiḥ sādhusādhviti bhāṣitaḥ
When that dānava of evil deeds had been slain, the son of Karandhama was addressed by all the gods with "Well done, well done!"
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MkP 123.27
वरं वृणीष्वेति तदा देवैरुक्तो नृपात्मजः । वव्रे पुत्रं महावीर्यं पितुः प्रियचिकीर्षया
varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti tadā devairukto nṛpātmajaḥ | vavre putraṃ mahāvīryaṃ pituḥ priyacikīrṣayā
Then, told by the gods "Choose a boon," the king's son chose a son of great valour, wishing to do what pleased his father.
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MkP 123.28
देवा ऊचुः भविष्यति हि ते पुत्रश्चक्रवर्त्ती महाबलः । अस्यामेव हि कन्यायां मोक्षितायां त्वयानघ
devā ūcuḥ bhaviṣyati hi te putraścakravarttī mahābalaḥ | asyāmeva hi kanyāyāṃ mokṣitāyāṃ tvayānagha
The gods said: Indeed a son shall be yours, a mighty universal emperor, and precisely by this maiden whom you have set free, O sinless one.
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MkP 123.29
राजपुत्र उवाच पित्राहं सत्यपाशेन बद्ध इच्छाम्यहं सुतम् । राजभिनिर्जितेनाजौ त्यक्तो मे दारसंग्रहः
rājaputra uvāca pitrāhaṃ satyapāśena baddha icchāmyahaṃ sutam | rājabhinirjitenājau tyakto me dārasaṃgrahaḥ
The king's son said: I am bound by my father with the noose of truth. I do wish for a son, but having been defeated in battle by the kings, the taking of a wife was renounced by me.
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MkP 123.31
तत्कथं तामपास्याद्य विशालतनयामहम् । नृशंसात्मा करिष्यामि अन्यनारीपरिग्रहम्
tatkathaṃ tāmapāsyādya viśālatanayāmaham | nṛśaṃsātmā kariṣyāmi anyanārīparigraham
So how, casting aside today her, the daughter of Viśāla, shall I with a cruel heart take another woman to wife?
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MkP 123.32
देवा ऊचुः इयमेव हि ते भार्या श्लाघ्यते या त्वया सदा । विशालस्य सुता सुभ्रूस्त्वत्कृते याऽऽश्रिता तपः
devā ūcuḥ iyameva hi te bhāryā ślāghyate yā tvayā sadā | viśālasya sutā subhrūstvatkṛte yā''śritā tapaḥ
The gods said: This very one is your wife, she who is always praised by you — the fair-browed daughter of Viśāla, who for your sake has resorted to austerity.
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MkP 123.33
अस्यामुत्पत्स्यते वीरः सप्तद्वीपप्रसाधकः । यष्टा यज्ञसहस्राणां चक्रवर्त्ती सुतस्तव
asyāmutpatsyate vīraḥ saptadvīpaprasādhakaḥ | yaṣṭā yajñasahasrāṇāṃ cakravarttī sutastava
From her will be born a hero who will subdue the seven continents, a performer of thousands of sacrifices, your son, a universal emperor.
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MkP 123.34
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युच्चार्य ययुर्देवाः करन्धमसुतं द्विज । सोऽप्याह तां तदा पत्नी कथ्यतां भीरु किन्त्विदम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityuccārya yayurdevāḥ karandhamasutaṃ dvija | so'pyāha tāṃ tadā patnī kathyatāṃ bhīru kintvidam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having declared this to the son of Karandhama, the gods departed, O twice-born; and he then said to her: "But let this be told, timid one, my wife."
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MkP 123.35
सा चास्मै कथयामास त्यक्ताहं भवता यदा । त्यक्तबन्धुजनाऽरण्यं निर्वेदात्समुपागता
sā cāsmai kathayāmāsa tyaktāhaṃ bhavatā yadā | tyaktabandhujanā'raṇyaṃ nirvedātsamupāgatā
And she told him: "When I was abandoned by you, I forsook my kinsfolk and out of despair came here to the forest."
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MkP 123.36
अत्राहं तपसा वीर क्षीणप्रायं कलेवरम् । त्यक्तुकामा समभ्येत्य देवदूतेन वारिता
atrāhaṃ tapasā vīra kṣīṇaprāyaṃ kalevaram | tyaktukāmā samabhyetya devadūtena vāritā
(She said:) "Here, hero, I wished to abandon this body, almost wasted away by austerity, but a messenger of the gods came and restrained me,
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MkP 123.37
भविष्यति च पुत्रस्ते चक्रवर्त्ती महाबलः । प्रीणयिष्यति यो देवानसुरांश्च हनिष्यति
bhaviṣyati ca putraste cakravarttī mahābalaḥ | prīṇayiṣyati yo devānasurāṃśca haniṣyati
(saying:) 'And you shall have a son, a universal sovereign of great strength, who will gratify the gods and slay the asuras.'
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MkP 123.38
इति देवाज्ञया तेन देवदूतेन वारिता । न सन्य्ेक्तवती देहं त्वत्सङ्गममनोरथा
iti devājñayā tena devadūtena vāritā | na sanyektavatī dehaṃ tvatsaṅgamamanorathā
Restrained thus by that divine messenger, by the gods' command, I did not abandon my body, my heart set on union with you.
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MkP 123.39
परश्वश्च महाभाग स्नातुं गङ्गाह्रदं गता । अवतीर्णा विकृष्टास्मि वृद्धनागेन केनचित्
paraśvaśca mahābhāga snātuṃ gaṅgāhradaṃ gatā | avatīrṇā vikṛṣṭāsmi vṛddhanāgena kenacit
And on the third day, greatly fortunate one, I went to a pool of the Ganges to bathe, and when I had gone down into it I was dragged away by some aged nāga.
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MkP 123.41
तुष्टुवुर्मां समभ्येत्य मामन्येऽपूजयंस्तथा । ययाचिरे सविनयं नागा मामङ्गनास्तथा
tuṣṭuvurmāṃ samabhyetya māmanye'pūjayaṃstathā | yayācire savinayaṃ nāgā māmaṅganāstathā
(The nāgas) came up and praised me, and others likewise honoured me; and the nāgas and the nāga women entreated me humbly:
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MkP 123.42
प्रसादं कुरु सर्वेषां त्वमस्माकं सुतस्त्वया । अपराधमुपेतानां संनिवार्यो वधोन्मुखः
prasādaṃ kuru sarveṣāṃ tvamasmākaṃ sutastvayā | aparādhamupetānāṃ saṃnivāryo vadhonmukhaḥ
"Show favour to us all: your son must be held back by you from being bent on killing those who commit an offence (against him)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 123.43
अपराधं करिष्यन्ति त्वत्पुत्रस्यानिलाशनाः । तन्निमित्तं निवार्योऽसौ प्रसादः क्रियतामिति
aparādhaṃ kariṣyanti tvatputrasyānilāśanāḥ | tannimittaṃ nivāryo'sau prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti
"The wind-eaters (serpents) will commit an offence against your son; on that account he is to be restrained — let favour be shown."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 123.44
तथेति च मया प्रोक्ते दिव्यैः पातालभूषणैः । भूषिताहं तथा पुष्पैर्गन्धवासोभिरुत्तमैः
tatheti ca mayā prokte divyaiḥ pātālabhūṣaṇaiḥ | bhūṣitāhaṃ tathā puṣpairgandhavāsobhiruttamaiḥ
And when I had said "So be it," I was adorned with divine ornaments of the netherworld, and likewise with flowers, perfumes and the finest garments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 123.45
समानीता तथा लोकमिमं तेनानिलाशिना । पुरा यथा कान्तिमती पूर्ववद्रूपशालिनी
samānītā tathā lokamimaṃ tenānilāśinā | purā yathā kāntimatī pūrvavadrūpaśālinī
And so I was brought to this world by that wind-eater, lovely as before, shining in form as formerly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 123.46
इति रूपवतीं दृष्ट्वा सर्वालङ्कारभूषिताम् । जग्राह दृढकेशोऽयं हर्तुकामः सुदुर्मतिः
iti rūpavatīṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitām | jagrāha dṛḍhakeśo'yaṃ hartukāmaḥ sudurmatiḥ
Then, seeing me thus beautiful and adorned with every ornament, this Dṛḍhakeśa, very evil-minded, seized me, wishing to carry me off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 123.47
युष्मद्बाहुबलेनाहं राजपुत्र विमोक्षिता । तत्प्रसीद महाबाहो मा प्रतीच्छ त्वया समः ।। भूलोके राजपुत्रोऽन्यो नास्ति सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम्
yuṣmadbāhubalenāhaṃ rājaputra vimokṣitā | tatprasīda mahābāho mā pratīccha tvayā samaḥ || bhūloke rājaputro'nyo nāsti satyaṃ bravīmyaham
By the strength of your arms, prince, I have been set free. So be gracious, mighty-armed one: accept me. There is no other prince on earth equal to you — I speak the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 123.123
मार्कण्डेय उवाच त्वरितः स ततो गत्वा ददर्शातिमनोरमाम् । कानने कन्यकामेकां सर्वालङ्कारभूषिताम् तमापतन्तं चिच्छेद शरैर्भूपसुतस्ततः । सोऽप्यासन्नं गृहीत्वोच्चैर्द्रुममाजौ व्यवस्थितः सा च मे यावता त्यक्ता विशालनृपतेः सुता । तया च मत्कृते त्यक्तो मामृते नरसङ्गमः ततो रसातलं नीता तेन तत्र च मे पुरः । नागाः सहस्रशस्तस्थुर्नागपत्न्यः कुमारकाः इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणेऽविक्षिच्चरितं नाम त्रयोविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tvaritaḥ sa tato gatvā dadarśātimanoramām | kānane kanyakāmekāṃ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitām tamāpatantaṃ ciccheda śarairbhūpasutastataḥ | so'pyāsannaṃ gṛhītvoccairdrumamājau vyavasthitaḥ sā ca me yāvatā tyaktā viśālanṛpateḥ sutā | tayā ca matkṛte tyakto māmṛte narasaṅgamaḥ tato rasātalaṃ nītā tena tatra ca me puraḥ | nāgāḥ sahasraśastasthurnāgapatnyaḥ kumārakāḥ iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe'vikṣiccaritaṃ nāma trayoviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then he went in haste and saw in the forest a single maiden, exceedingly charming, adorned with every ornament. Then the king's son cut down with his arrows him who was rushing upon him; and he too seized a tall tree that was near and took his stand in the fight. And she, the daughter of King Viśāla, who was abandoned by me — and by her, for my sake, union with a man was renounced, apart from me. Then she was carried down to Rasātala by him, and there before me nāgas stood by the thousands, and nāga wives, and their young ones. Thus (ends) in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa the one hundred twenty-third chapter, called "The Deeds of Avikṣit."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain