Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134) — Chapter 134
MkP 134.1
श्रवणपठनवर्णनम् पक्षिण ऊचुः एवमुक्त्वा जैमिनेयं मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः । विसृज्य क्रौष्टुकिमुनिं चक्रे माध्याह्निकीं क्रियाम्
śravaṇapaṭhanavarṇanam pakṣiṇa ūcuḥ evamuktvā jaimineyaṃ mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ | visṛjya krauṣṭukimuniṃ cakre mādhyāhnikīṃ kriyām
On hearing, reciting, and reciting (this) aloud. The birds said: Having spoken thus to the son of Jaimini, Mārkaṇḍeya, the great sage, dismissed the sage Krauṣṭuki and performed the midday rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.2
अस्माभिश्च श्रुतं तस्माद्यत्ते प्रोक्तं महामुने । अनादिसिद्धमेतद्धि पुरा प्रोक्तं स्वयंभुवा
asmābhiśca śrutaṃ tasmādyatte proktaṃ mahāmune | anādisiddhametaddhi purā proktaṃ svayaṃbhuvā
"And by us it was heard from him — that which has been told to you, O great sage; for this (teaching) is established without beginning, and was declared of old by the Self-existent One,
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MkP 134.3
मार्कण्डेयाय मुनये यत्तेऽस्माभिरुदाहृतम् । पुण्यं पवित्रमायुष्यं धर्मकामार्थसिद्धिदम्
mārkaṇḍeyāya munaye yatte'smābhirudāhṛtam | puṇyaṃ pavitramāyuṣyaṃ dharmakāmārthasiddhidam
That which has been set forth by us to you, to the sage Mārkaṇḍeya, is meritorious, purifying, conducive to long life, and bestows the attainment of dharma, kāma and artha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.4
पठतां शृण्वतां सद्यः सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् । आदावेव कृता ये च प्रश्नाश्चत्वार एव हि ० यूयं दीर्घायुषः स्यात प्रज्ञाबुद्धिविशारदाः । सांख्ययोगे तथा चास्तु बुद्धिरव्यभिचारिणी
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sadyaḥ sarvapāpapramocanam | ādāveva kṛtā ye ca praśnāścatvāra eva hi 0 yūyaṃ dīrghāyuṣaḥ syāta prajñābuddhiviśāradāḥ | sāṃkhyayoge tathā cāstu buddhiravyabhicāriṇī
For those who recite and those who hear (it), it at once releases (them) from all sins. And as for the four questions that were put at the very beginning — (they were answered thus:) "May you be long-lived and expert in wisdom and understanding, and may your understanding be unerring in Sāṃkhya and Yoga."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 134.5
पितुः पुत्रस्य संवादस्तथा सृष्टिः स्वयंभुवः । तथा मनूनां स्थितयो राज्ञां च चरितं मुने
pituḥ putrasya saṃvādastathā sṛṣṭiḥ svayaṃbhuvaḥ | tathā manūnāṃ sthitayo rājñāṃ ca caritaṃ mune
The conversation of father and son, and likewise the creation by the Self-existent, and also the tenures of the Manus, and the deeds of the kings, O sage —
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MkP 134.6
अस्माभिरेतत्ते प्रोक्तं किमद्य श्रोतुमिच्छसि । एतान्सर्वान्नरः श्रुत्वा पठते वा सभासु च
asmābhiretatte proktaṃ kimadya śrotumicchasi | etānsarvānnaraḥ śrutvā paṭhate vā sabhāsu ca
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 134.7
विधूय सर्वपापानि ब्रह्मणोऽन्ते लयं व्रजेत् । अष्टादशपुराणानि यानि प्राह पितामहः
vidhūya sarvapāpāni brahmaṇo'nte layaṃ vrajet | aṣṭādaśapurāṇāni yāni prāha pitāmahaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 134.8
तेषां तु सप्तमं ज्ञेयं मार्कर्ण्डेयं सुविश्रुतम् । ब्राह्मं पाद्मं वैष्णवं च शैवं भागवतं तथा
teṣāṃ tu saptamaṃ jñeyaṃ mārkarṇḍeyaṃ suviśrutam | brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā
Among those, the seventh is to be known as the celebrated Mārkaṇḍeya (Purāṇa): the Brāhma, the Pādma, the Vaiṣṇava, the Śaiva, and the Bhāgavata,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.9
तथान्यन्नारदीयं च मार्कण्डेयं च सप्तमम् । आग्नेयमष्टमं प्रोक्तं भविष्यं नवमं तथा
tathānyannāradīyaṃ ca mārkaṇḍeyaṃ ca saptamam | āgneyamaṣṭamaṃ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ navamaṃ tathā
And likewise another, the Nāradīya, and the Mārkaṇḍeya as the seventh; the Āgneya is called the eighth, and the Bhaviṣya the ninth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.11
चतुर्दशं वामनं च कौर्मं पञ्चदशं तथा । मात्स्यं च गारुडं चैव ब्रह्माण्डं च ततः परम्
caturdaśaṃ vāmanaṃ ca kaurmaṃ pañcadaśaṃ tathā | mātsyaṃ ca gāruḍaṃ caiva brahmāṇḍaṃ ca tataḥ param
And the fourteenth is the Vāmana, and the fifteenth the Kūrma; and the Matsya, and the Garuḍa, and after that the Brahmāṇḍa.
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MkP 134.12
अष्टादशपुराणानां नामधेयानि यः पठेत् । त्रिसन्ध्यं जपते नित्यं सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ nāmadheyāni yaḥ paṭhet | trisandhyaṃ japate nityaṃ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
Whoever recites the names of the eighteen Purāṇas, and murmurs them constantly at the three junctures of the day, obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.13
सर्गश्च प्रतिसर्गश्च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च । वंशानुचरितं चैव पुराणं पञ्चलक्षणम्
sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca | vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam
Creation, and dissolution-and-recreation, and lineage, and the reigns of the Manus, and the deeds handed down in the lineages — a Purāṇa has (these) five marks.
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MkP 134.14
चतुःप्रश्नसमोपेतं पुराणं ह्येतदुत्तमम् । श्रुत्वा पुनश्च ते पापं कल्पकोटिशतैः कृतम्
catuḥpraśnasamopetaṃ purāṇaṃ hyetaduttamam | śrutvā punaśca te pāpaṃ kalpakoṭiśataiḥ kṛtam
This supreme Purāṇa is furnished with the four questions; and when you have heard it, the sin committed by you through hundreds of crores of kalpas—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 134.15
ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि यान्यन्यान्यशुभानि च । तानि सर्वाणि नश्यन्ति तृणं वातहतं यथा
brahmahatyādipāpāni yānyanyānyaśubhāni ca | tāni sarvāṇi naśyanti tṛṇaṃ vātahataṃ yathā
— tr. refused: cyber
MkP 134.16
पुष्करे दानजं पुण्यं श्रवणादस्य जायते ।
puṣkare dānajaṃ puṇyaṃ śravaṇādasya jāyate |
The merit that comes from giving (gifts) at Puṣkara arises from hearing this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.17
यः श्रावयेत्पूजयेत्तं यथा देवं पितामहम् । गन्धपुष्पैस्तथा वस्त्रैर्ब्राह्मणानां च तर्पणैः
yaḥ śrāvayetpūjayettaṃ yathā devaṃ pitāmaham | gandhapuṣpaistathā vastrairbrāhmaṇānāṃ ca tarpaṇaiḥ
One who has (this) recited should honour him as (one honours) the god Grandfather (Brahmā), with perfumes and flowers and likewise with garments, and with the gratifying of brahmins.
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MkP 134.18
यथाशक्त्या च दातव्यं नृपैर्ग्रामादिवाहनम् । एतत्पुराणमखिलं वेदार्थैरुपबृंहितम् ।। धर्मशास्त्रैकनिलयं श्रुत्वा सर्वार्थमाप्नुयात्
yathāśaktyā ca dātavyaṃ nṛpairgrāmādivāhanam | etatpurāṇamakhilaṃ vedārthairupabṛṃhitam || dharmaśāstraikanilayaṃ śrutvā sarvārthamāpnuyāt
And according to their ability kings should give a village and the like, and a conveyance. This Purāṇa in its entirety, amplified by the meanings of the Vedas, the sole abode of the law-treatises — having heard it, one would obtain every object (of desire).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.19
श्रुत्वा पुराणमखिलं व्यासं सम्पूजयेद्बुधः । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां यथोक्तफलहेतवे
śrutvā purāṇamakhilaṃ vyāsaṃ sampūjayedbudhaḥ | dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yathoktaphalahetave
Having heard the Purāṇa entire, the wise man should duly honour Vyāsa, for the sake of the fruit as declared in respect of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.21
अपूज्य पाठकर्तारं श्लोकमेकं शृणोति यः । नासौ पुण्यमवाप्नोति शास्त्रचोरः स्मृतो हि सः
apūjya pāṭhakartāraṃ ślokamekaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ | nāsau puṇyamavāpnoti śāstracoraḥ smṛto hi saḥ
He who, without honouring the reciter, listens to a single verse — he does not obtain merit, for he is reckoned a thief of scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.22
न तस्य देवाः प्रीणन्ति पितरो नैव पुत्रकान् । दत्तं श्राद्धं तथेच्छन्ति तीर्थस्नानफलं न च
na tasya devāḥ prīṇanti pitaro naiva putrakān | dattaṃ śrāddhaṃ tathecchanti tīrthasnānaphalaṃ na ca
For him the gods are not pleased, nor the ancestors, nor (do they favour) his little sons; nor do they desire the śrāddha he has given, nor (does he get) the fruit of bathing at holy fords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 134.23
लभेत शास्त्रचोरश्च निन्दां सज्जनसंसदि । अवज्ञया न श्रोतव्यं शास्त्रमेतद्विचक्षणैः
labheta śāstracoraśca nindāṃ sajjanasaṃsadi | avajñayā na śrotavyaṃ śāstrametadvicakṣaṇaiḥ
And the thief of scripture would earn reproach in the assembly of good men. This scripture must not be listened to with disrespect by the discerning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.24
पठ्यमाने त्ववज्ञाते साधुभिः शास्त्र उत्तमे । मूको भवति जन्मानि सप्त मूर्खः प्रजायते
paṭhyamāne tvavajñāte sādhubhiḥ śāstra uttame | mūko bhavati janmāni sapta mūrkhaḥ prajāyate
When the excellent scripture is being recited by good men and is treated with contempt, (such a one) becomes dumb for seven births and is born a fool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.25
श्रुत्वा तत्पूजयेद्यस्तु पुराणं सप्तमं पुनः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पुनात्येव निजं कुलम्
śrutvā tatpūjayedyastu purāṇaṃ saptamaṃ punaḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ punātyeva nijaṃ kulam
But he who, having heard it, honours it — the seventh Purāṇa — again, freed from all sins, he indeed purifies his own family.
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MkP 134.26
पूतो याति न सन्देहो विष्णुलोकं सनातनम् । च्युतस्ततः पुनर्नैव स भविष्यति मानवः
pūto yāti na sandeho viṣṇulokaṃ sanātanam | cyutastataḥ punarnaiva sa bhaviṣyati mānavaḥ
Purified, he goes — there is no doubt — to the eternal world of Viṣṇu; and having fallen from there, that man will not again be (born).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.27
पुराणश्रवणादेव परमयोगमवाप्नुयात् । नास्तिकाय न दातव्यं वृषले वेदनिन्दके
purāṇaśravaṇādeva paramayogamavāpnuyāt | nāstikāya na dātavyaṃ vṛṣale vedanindake
By the mere hearing of the Purāṇa one may attain the supreme yoga. It is not to be given to an unbeliever, to a low-born man, to a reviler of the Veda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.28
गुरुद्विजातिनिन्दाय तथा भग्नव्रताय च । मातापित्रोर्निन्दकाय वेदशास्त्रादिनिन्दिने
gurudvijātinindāya tathā bhagnavratāya ca | mātāpitrornindakāya vedaśāstrādinindine
to one who reviles teachers and the twice-born, and to one whose vow is broken, to one who reviles his mother and father, to one who disparages the Vedas, the śāstras and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.29
भिन्नमर्यादिने चैव तथा वै ज्ञातिकोपिने । एतेषां नैव दातव्यं प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि
bhinnamaryādine caiva tathā vai jñātikopine | eteṣāṃ naiva dātavyaṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairapi
and to one who has broken the bounds (of proper conduct), and likewise to one who angers his kinsmen: to these it must not be given, even when one's breath has come to the throat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.31
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एतत्सर्वमुपाख्यानं धर्म्यं स्वर्गापवर्गदम्। यः शृणोति पठेद्वापि सिद्धं तस्य समीहितम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca etatsarvamupākhyānaṃ dharmyaṃ svargāpavargadam| yaḥ śṛṇoti paṭhedvāpi siddhaṃ tasya samīhitam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: This whole narrative is in accord with dharma and grants heaven and release; for whoever hears or recites it, what he desires is accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.32
आधिव्याधिजदुःखेन कदाचिन्नाभियुज्यते । ब्रह्महत्यादिपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
ādhivyādhijaduḥkhena kadācinnābhiyujyate | brahmahatyādipāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
He is never afflicted with sorrow born of mental or bodily disease; he is freed from the sins of brahmin-killing and the rest — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.33
सन्तः स्वजनमित्राणि भवन्ति हितबुद्धयः । नारयः सम्भविष्यन्ति दस्यवो वा कदाचन
santaḥ svajanamitrāṇi bhavanti hitabuddhayaḥ | nārayaḥ sambhaviṣyanti dasyavo vā kadācana
Good men, his own kin and his friends become well-disposed toward him; enemies or robbers will never arise (for him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.34
सदर्थो मिष्टभोगी च दुर्भिक्षैर्नावसीदति । परदारपरद्रव्यपरहिंसादिकिल्बिषैः
sadartho miṣṭabhogī ca durbhikṣairnāvasīdati | paradāraparadravyaparahiṃsādikilbiṣaiḥ
He is possessed of wealth and enjoys sweet fare, and he does not sink down in famines; from the sins of (approaching) another's wife, another's property, injury to others, and the like
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MkP 134.35
मुच्यतेऽनेकदुःखेभ्यो नित्यं चैव द्विजोत्तम । ऋद्धिर्वृद्धिः स्मृतिः शान्तिः श्रीः पुष्टिस्तुष्टिरेव च ।। नित्यं तस्य भवेद्विप्र यः शृणोति कथामिमाम्
mucyate'nekaduḥkhebhyo nityaṃ caiva dvijottama | ṛddhirvṛddhiḥ smṛtiḥ śāntiḥ śrīḥ puṣṭistuṣṭireva ca || nityaṃ tasya bhavedvipra yaḥ śṛṇoti kathāmimām
he is released, and from many sorrows always, O best of the twice-born. Prosperity, increase, memory, peace, splendour, nourishment and contentment too — these would be his always, O brahmin, who hears this tale.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.36
मार्कण्डेयपुराणमेतदखिलं शृण्वन्नशोच्यः पुमान्यो वा सम्यगुदीयरयेद्रसमयं शोच्यो न सोऽपि द्विज । योगज्ञानविशुद्धसिद्धिसहितः स्वर्गादिलोकेऽप्यसौ शक्राद्यैश्च सुरादिभिः परिवृतः स्वर्गे सदा पूज्यते
mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇametadakhilaṃ śṛṇvannaśocyaḥ pumānyo vā samyagudīyarayedrasamayaṃ śocyo na so'pi dvija | yogajñānaviśuddhasiddhisahitaḥ svargādiloke'pyasau śakrādyaiśca surādibhiḥ parivṛtaḥ svarge sadā pūjyate
The man who hears this Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa in its entirety is not to be grieved for; or whoever properly recites this savoury (work), he too is not to be grieved for, O twice-born. Endowed with the pure attainment of yoga and knowledge, he too, in heaven and the other worlds, surrounded by Indra and the rest and by the gods and others, is honoured for ever in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.37
पुराणमेतच्छ्रुत्वा च ज्ञानविज्ञानसंयुतम् । विमानवरमारुह्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते
purāṇametacchrutvā ca jñānavijñānasaṃyutam | vimānavaramāruhya svargaloke mahīyate
And having heard this Purāṇa, which is joined with knowledge and discernment, he mounts an excellent celestial car and is exalted in the world of heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.38
पुराणाक्षरसंख्या च प्रख्याता तत्त्वबुद्धिना । श्लोकानां षट्सहस्राणि तथा चाष्टशतानि च
purāṇākṣarasaṃkhyā ca prakhyātā tattvabuddhinā | ślokānāṃ ṣaṭsahasrāṇi tathā cāṣṭaśatāni ca
And the count of the syllables of the Purāṇa has been declared by one of true understanding: six thousand verses and eight hundred as well,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 134.39
श्लोकास्तत्र नवाशीतिरेकादशसमाहिताः । कथिता मुनिना पूर्वं मार्कण्डेयेन धीमता
ślokāstatra navāśītirekādaśasamāhitāḥ | kathitā muninā pūrvaṃ mārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā
The verses there are eighty-nine together with eleven; (this) was told formerly by the wise sage Mārkaṇḍeya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 134.42
१ पितृशापकृताद्दुःखाद्दौर्मनस्यं व्यपेतु वः । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं जगाम स्वाश्रमं मुनिः ।। चितयन्परमोदारं पक्षिणां वाक्यमीरितम्
1 pitṛśāpakṛtādduḥkhāddaurmanasyaṃ vyapetu vaḥ | etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ jagāma svāśramaṃ muniḥ || citayanparamodāraṃ pakṣiṇāṃ vākyamīritam
May your dejection, born of the suffering caused by (your) father's curse, depart from you. Having spoken just this much, the sage went to his own hermitage, reflecting on the exceedingly noble speech uttered by the birds.
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MkP 134.134
दशमं ब्रह्मवैवर्त्तं लैङ्गमेकादशं स्मृतम् । वाराहं द्वादशं प्रोक्तं स्कन्दमत्र त्रयोदशम् दद्याद्गां गुरवे स्वर्णवस्त्रालङ्कारसंयुताम् । श्रवणस्य फलावाप्त्यै दानैः संतोषयेद्गुरुम् लोभाद्वा यदि वा मोहाद्भयाद्वापि विशेषतः । पठेद्वा पाठयेद्वापि स गच्छेन्नरकं ध्रुवम् जैमिनिरुवाच भारतेनाभवद्यन्मे संशयस्फोटनं द्विजाः । तद्भवद्भिः कृतं यन्न कश्चिदद्य करिष्यति इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयमहापुराणे एतत्पुराणमाहात्म्यश्रवणपठनफलं नाम चतुस्त्रिंशदधिकशततमोऽध्यायः
daśamaṃ brahmavaivarttaṃ laiṅgamekādaśaṃ smṛtam | vārāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ proktaṃ skandamatra trayodaśam dadyādgāṃ gurave svarṇavastrālaṅkārasaṃyutām | śravaṇasya phalāvāptyai dānaiḥ saṃtoṣayedgurum lobhādvā yadi vā mohādbhayādvāpi viśeṣataḥ | paṭhedvā pāṭhayedvāpi sa gacchennarakaṃ dhruvam jaiminiruvāca bhāratenābhavadyanme saṃśayasphoṭanaṃ dvijāḥ | tadbhavadbhiḥ kṛtaṃ yanna kaścidadya kariṣyati iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyamahāpurāṇe etatpurāṇamāhātmyaśravaṇapaṭhanaphalaṃ nāma catustriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
The tenth is the Brahmavaivarta, the eleventh is held to be the Lāiṅga; the Vārāha is called the twelfth, and the Skānda here the thirteenth. One should give a cow to the teacher, together with gold, garments and ornaments; to gain the fruit of the hearing, one should satisfy the teacher with gifts. But whoever, out of greed, or out of delusion, or especially out of fear, recites it or has it recited — he surely goes to hell. Jaimini said: Brahmins, that resolving of my doubt which came about through the Bhārata has been accomplished by you, such as no one will accomplish today. Thus, in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred and thirty-fourth chapter, called 'The Fruit of Hearing and Reciting the Greatness of This Purāṇa'.
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