Markandeya Purana — Chapter 53
MkP 53.1
स्वायम्भुवं त्वयाख्यातमेतन्मन्वन्तरञ्च यत् । तदहं भगवन् ! सम्यक् श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथ्यताम्
svāyambhuvaṃ tvayākhyātametanmanvantarañca yat / tadahaṃ bhagavan ! samyak śrotumicchāmi kathyatām
This Manu-period of Svāyambhuva that you have described—that, O blessed one, I wish to hear fully; let it be told.
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MkP 53.2
मन्वन्तरप्रमाणञ्च देवा देवर्षयस्तथा । ये च क्षितीशा भगवन् ! देवेन्द्रश्चैव यस्तथा
manvantarapramāṇañca devā devarṣayastathā / ye ca kṣitīśā bhagavan ! devendraścaiva yastathā
And the measure of a manvantara, and the gods and the divine sages, and who the lords of the earth were, O blessed one, and who the Indra of the gods (was).
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MkP 53.3
मन्वन्तराणां संख्याता साधिका ह्येकसप्ततिः । मानुषेण प्रमाणेन शृणु मन्वन्तरञ्च मे
manvantarāṇāṃ saṃkhyātā sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ / mānuṣeṇa pramāṇena śṛṇu manvantarañca me
Of the manvantaras the reckoning is seventy-one and something more (i.e. seventy-one yuga-cycles with a remainder); hear from me the manvantara by human measure.
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MkP 53.4
त्रिंशत्कोट्यस्तु संख्याताः सहस्राणि च विंशतिः । सप्तषष्टिस्तथान्यानि नियुतानि च संख्यया
triṃśatkoṭyastu saṃkhyātāḥ sahasrāṇi ca viṃśatiḥ / saptaṣaṣṭistathānyāni niyutāni ca saṃkhyayā
Thirty crores are reckoned, and twenty thousand, and further sixty-seven lakhs in number.
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MkP 53.5
मन्वन्तरप्रमाणञ्च इत्येतत् साधिकं विना । अष्टौ शतसहस्राणि दिव्यया संख्यया स्मृतम्
manvantarapramāṇañca ityetat sādhikaṃ vinā / aṣṭau śatasahasrāṇi divyayā saṃkhyayā smṛtam
And the measure of a manvantara, apart from this excess, is recorded as eight hundred thousand by divine reckoning.
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MkP 53.6
द्विपञ्चाशत्तथान्यानि सहस्राण्यधिकानि च । स्वायम्भुवो मनुः पूर्वं मनुः स्वारोचिषस्तथा
dvipañcāśattathānyāni sahasrāṇyadhikāni ca / svāyambhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṃ manuḥ svārociṣastathā
and further fifty-two thousand in addition. Svāyambhuva was the first Manu, and then Manu Svārociṣa,
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MkP 53.7
औत्तमस्तामसश्चैव रैवतश्चाक्षुषस्तथा । षडेते मनवो ऽतीतास्तथा वैवस्वतो ऽधुना
auttamastāmasaścaiva raivataścākṣuṣastathā / ṣaḍete manavo 'tītāstathā vaivasvato 'dhunā
and Auttama and Tāmasa, and Raivata and Cākṣuṣa: these six Manus are past, and now (there is) Vaivasvata.
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MkP 53.8
सावर्णिः पञ्च रौच्याश्च भौत्याश्चागामिनस्त्वमी । एतेषां विस्तरं भूयो मन्वन्तरपरिग्रहे
sāvarṇiḥ pañca raucyāśca bhautyāścāgāminastvamī / eteṣāṃ vistaraṃ bhūyo manvantaraparigrahe
The five Sāvarṇis and the Raucyas and the Bhautyas are those yet to come; their full account (I shall give) again in the treatment of the manvantaras.
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MkP 53.9
वक्ष्ये देवानृषींश्चैव यक्षेन्द्राः पितरश्च ये । उत्पत्तिं संग्रहं ब्रह्मन् ! श्रूयतामस्य सन्ततिः
vakṣye devānṛṣīṃścaiva yakṣendrāḥ pitaraśca ye / utpattiṃ saṃgrahaṃ brahman ! śrūyatāmasya santatiḥ
I shall tell of the gods and the sages, and the lords of the yakṣas and the fathers—their origin and their assemblage, O brahman; let the lineage of this (Manu) be heard.
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MkP 53.10
यच्च तेषामभूत् क्षेत्रं तत्पुत्राणां महात्मनाम् । मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्यासन् दश पुत्रास्तु तत्समाः
yacca teṣāmabhūt kṣetraṃ tatputrāṇāṃ mahātmanām / manoḥ svāyambhuvasyāsan daśa putrāstu tatsamāḥ
And what the domain was of those great-souled sons of theirs. Svāyambhuva Manu had ten sons equal to himself,
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MkP 53.11
यैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपर्वता । ससमुद्राकरवती प्रतिवर्षं निवेशिता
yairiyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā saptadvīpā saparvatā / sasamudrākaravatī prativarṣaṃ niveśitā
by whom this whole earth, with its seven continents and its mountains, with its seas and mines, was settled region by region,
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MkP 53.12
ससमुद्राकरवती प्रतिवर्षं त्रेतायुगे तथा । प्रियव्रतस्य पुत्रैस्तैः पौत्रैः स्वायम्भुवस्य च
sasamudrākaravatī prativarṣaṃ tretāyuge tathā / priyavratasya putraistaiḥ pautraiḥ svāyambhuvasya ca
with its seas and mines, region by region, in the Tretā age—by those sons of Priyavrata and grandsons of Svāyambhuva.
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MkP 53.13
प्रियव्रतात् प्रजावत्यां वीरात् कन्या व्यजायत । कन्या सा तु महाभागा कर्दमस्य प्रजापते
priyavratāt prajāvatyāṃ vīrāt kanyā vyajāyata / kanyā sā tu mahābhāgā kardamasya prajāpate
To Priyavrata, from Prajāvatī, a daughter of Vīra was born; that daughter, greatly blessed, (bore) to Kardama the lord of creatures
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MkP 53.14
कन्ये द्वे दश पुत्रांश्च सम्राट्कुक्षी च ते उभे । तयोर्वै भ्रातरः शूराः प्रजापतिसमा दश
kanye dve daśa putrāṃśca samrāṭkukṣī ca te ubhe / tayorvai bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ prajāpatisamā daśa
two daughters and ten sons; both those (daughters) were Samrāṭ and Kukṣi, and their brothers were ten heroes equal to Prajāpati:
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MkP 53.15
आग्नीध्रो मेधातिथिश्च वपुष्मांश्च तथापरः । ज्योतिष्मान्द्युतिमान् भव्यः सवनः सप्त एव ते
āgnīdhro medhātithiśca vapuṣmāṃśca tathāparaḥ / jyotiṣmāndyutimān bhavyaḥ savanaḥ sapta eva te
Āgnīdhra and Medhātithi, and likewise another, Vapuṣmān; Jyotiṣmān, Dyutimān, Bhavya, Savana—these were seven.
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MkP 53.16
प्रियव्रतो ऽभ्यषिञ्चत्तान् सप्त सप्तसु पार्थिवान् । द्वीपेषु तेन धर्मेण द्वीपांश्चैव निबोध मे
priyavrato 'bhyaṣiñcattān sapta saptasu pārthivān / dvīpeṣu tena dharmeṇa dvīpāṃścaiva nibodha me
Priyavrata consecrated those seven as kings over the seven continents by that law; learn from me the continents too.
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MkP 53.17
जम्बुद्वीपे तथाग्नीध्रं राजानं कृतवान् पिता । प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरश्चापि तेन मेधातिथिः कृतः
jambudvīpe tathāgnīdhraṃ rājānaṃ kṛtavān pitā / plakṣadvīpeśvaraścāpi tena medhātithiḥ kṛtaḥ
The father made Agnīdhra king in Jambudvīpa, and by him Medhātithi was made lord of Plakṣadvīpa.
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MkP 53.18
शाल्मलेस्तु वपुष्मन्तं ज्योतिष्मन्तं कुशाह्वये । क्रौञ्चद्वीपे द्युतिमन्तं भव्यं शाकाह्वयेश्वरम्
śālmalestu vapuṣmantaṃ jyotiṣmantaṃ kuśāhvaye / krauñcadvīpe dyutimantaṃ bhavyaṃ śākāhvayeśvaram
Vapuṣmān for Śālmala, Jyotiṣmān for the one named Kuśa, Dyutimān in Krauñcadvīpa, and Bhavya as lord of the one named Śāka.
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MkP 53.19
पुष्कराधिपतिञ्चापि सवनं कृतवान् सुतम् । महावीतो धातकिश्च पुष्कराधिपतेः सुतौ
puṣkarādhipatiñcāpi savanaṃ kṛtavān sutam / mahāvīto dhātakiśca puṣkarādhipateḥ sutau
And he made his son Savana the ruler of Puṣkara. Mahāvīta and Dhātaki were the two sons of the ruler of Puṣkara.
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MkP 53.20
द्विधा कृत्वा तयोर्वर्षं पुष्करे संन्यवेशयत् । भव्यस्य पुत्राः सप्तासन्नामतस्तान्निबोध मे
dvidhā kṛtvā tayorvarṣaṃ puṣkare saṃnyaveśayat / bhavyasya putrāḥ saptāsannāmatastānnibodha me
Dividing the region in two, he settled the two of them in Puṣkara. Bhavya had seven sons; learn them from me by name.
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MkP 53.21
जलदश्च कुमारश्च सुकुमारो मनीवकः । कुशोत्तरो ऽथ मेधावी सप्तमस्तु महाद्रुमः
jaladaśca kumāraśca sukumāro manīvakaḥ / kuśottaro 'tha medhāvī saptamastu mahādrumaḥ
Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Manīvaka, Kuśottara, then Medhāvī, and the seventh was Mahādruma.
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MkP 53.22
तन्नामकानि वर्षाणि शाकद्वीपे चकार सः । तथा द्युतिमतः सप्त पुत्रास्तांश्च निबोध मे
tannāmakāni varṣāṇi śākadvīpe cakāra saḥ / tathā dyutimataḥ sapta putrāstāṃśca nibodha me
He made the regions in Śākadvīpa bear their names. So too Dyutimān had seven sons; learn of them from me.
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MkP 53.23
कुशलो मनुगश्चोष्णः प्राकरश्चार्थकारकः । मुनिश्च दुन्दुभिश्चैव सप्तमः परिकीर्तितः
kuśalo manugaścoṣṇaḥ prākaraścārthakārakaḥ / muniśca dundubhiścaiva saptamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
Kuśala, Manuga, Uṣṇa, Prākara, Arthakāraka, Muni, and Dundubhi is proclaimed as the seventh.
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MkP 53.24
तेषां स्वनामधेयानि क्रौञ्चद्वीपे तथाभवन् । ज्योतिष्मतः कुशद्वीपे पुत्रनामाङ्कितानि वै
teṣāṃ svanāmadheyāni krauñcadvīpe tathābhavan / jyotiṣmataḥ kuśadvīpe putranāmāṅkitāni vai
Their own names likewise came to belong (to the regions) in Krauñcadvīpa; and in Kuśadvīpa (the regions) were marked with the names of Jyotiṣmān's sons.
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MkP 53.25
तत्रापि सप्त वर्षापि तेषां नामानि मे शृणु । उद्भिदं वैष्णवञ्चैव सुरथं लम्बनं तथा
tatrāpi sapta varṣāpi teṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu / udbhidaṃ vaiṣṇavañcaiva surathaṃ lambanaṃ tathā
There too there are seven regions; hear from me their names: Udbhida, Vaiṣṇava, Suratha, and Lambana,
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MkP 53.26
धृतिमत् प्राकरञ्चैव कापिलं चापि सप्तमम् । वपुष्मतः सुताः सप्त शाल्मलेशस्य चाभवन्
dhṛtimat prākarañcaiva kāpilaṃ cāpi saptamam / vapuṣmataḥ sutāḥ sapta śālmaleśasya cābhavan
Dhṛtimat, Prākara, and Kāpila as the seventh. And Vapuṣmān, the lord of Śālmala, had seven sons.
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MkP 53.27
श्वेतश्च हरितश्चैव जीमूतो रोहितस्तथा । वैद्युतो मानसश्चैव केतुमान् सप्तमस्तथा
śvetaśca haritaścaiva jīmūto rohitastathā / vaidyuto mānasaścaiva ketumān saptamastathā
Śveta, Harita, Jīmūta, Rohita, Vaidyuta, Mānasa, and Ketumān as the seventh.
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MkP 53.28
तथैव शाल्मलेस्तेषां समनामानि सप्त वै । सप्त मेधातिथेः पुत्राः प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरस्य वै
tathaiva śālmalesteṣāṃ samanāmāni sapta vai / sapta medhātitheḥ putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarasya vai
Just so, in Śālmala there are seven (regions) bearing the same names as they. And Medhātithi, lord of Plakṣadvīpa, had seven sons,
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MkP 53.29
येषां नामाङ्गितैर्वर्षैः प्लक्षद्वीपस्तु सप्तधा । पूर्वं शाकभवं वर्षं शिशिरन्तु सुखोदयम्
yeṣāṃ nāmāṅgitairvarṣaiḥ plakṣadvīpastu saptadhā / pūrvaṃ śākabhavaṃ varṣaṃ śiśirantu sukhodayam
by whose names the regions were marked, so that Plakṣadvīpa is sevenfold: the first region is Śākabhava, then Śiśira, Sukhodaya,
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MkP 53.30
आनन्दञ्च शिवञ्चैव क्षेमकञ्च ध्रुवन्तथा । प्लक्षद्वीपादिभूतेषु शाकद्वीपान्तिमेषु वै
ānandañca śivañcaiva kṣemakañca dhruvantathā / plakṣadvīpādibhūteṣu śākadvīpāntimeṣu vai
Ānanda, Śiva, Kṣemaka, and Dhruva. In those (islands) beginning with Plakṣadvīpa and ending with Śākadvīpa —
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MkP 53.31
ज्ञेयः पञ्चसु धर्मश्च वर्णाश्रमविभागजः । नित्यः स्वाभाविकश्चैव अहिंसाविधिवर्धितः
jñeyaḥ pañcasu dharmaśca varṇāśramavibhāgajaḥ / nityaḥ svābhāvikaścaiva ahiṃsāvidhivardhitaḥ
in the five (islands) the dharma is to be known as arising from the division of classes and life-stages, constant, natural, and increased by the rule of non-injury.
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MkP 53.32
पञ्चस्वेतेषु वर्षेषु सर्वसाधारणः स्मृतः । अग्नीध्राय पिता पूर्वं जम्बुद्वीपं ददौ द्विज
pañcasveteṣu varṣeṣu sarvasādhāraṇaḥ smṛtaḥ / agnīdhrāya pitā pūrvaṃ jambudvīpaṃ dadau dvija
In these five regions it is held to be common to all. Formerly the father gave Jambudvīpa to Agnīdhra, O twice-born.
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MkP 53.33
तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि प्रजापतिसमा नव । ज्येष्ठो नाबिरिति ख्यातस्तस्य किंपुरुषो ऽनुजः
tasya putrā babhūvurhi prajāpatisamā nava / jyeṣṭho nābiriti khyātastasya kiṃpuruṣo 'nujaḥ
He had nine sons equal to Prajāpati: the eldest was known as Nābi, and his younger brother was Kiṃpuruṣa.
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MkP 53.34
हरिवर्षस्तृतीयस्तु चतुर्थो ऽभूदिलावृतः । वश्यश्च पञ्चमः पुत्रो हिरण्यः षष्ठ उच्यते
harivarṣastṛtīyastu caturtho 'bhūdilāvṛtaḥ / vaśyaśca pañcamaḥ putro hiraṇyaḥ ṣaṣṭha ucyate
Harivarṣa was the third, the fourth was Ilāvṛta, Vaśya was the fifth son, Hiraṇya is called the sixth,
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MkP 53.35
कुरुस्तु सप्तमस्तेषां भद्राश्वश्चाष्टमः स्मृतः । नवमः केतुमालश्च तन्नाम्ना वर्षसंस्थितिः
kurustu saptamasteṣāṃ bhadrāśvaścāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ / navamaḥ ketumālaśca tannāmnā varṣasaṃsthitiḥ
Kuru was the seventh of them, and Bhadrāśva is held to be the eighth; the ninth was Ketumāla; the regions were established by their names.
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MkP 53.36
यानि किपुरुषाद्यानि वर्जयित्वा हिमाह्वयम् । तेषां स्वबावतः सिद्धिः सुखप्राया ह्यत्नतः
yāni kipuruṣādyāni varjayitvā himāhvayam / teṣāṃ svabāvataḥ siddhiḥ sukhaprāyā hyatnataḥ
In those (regions) beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa, excepting the one named Hima, success comes by nature, largely pleasant, without effort.
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MkP 53.37
विपर्ययो न तेष्वस्ति जरामृत्युभयं न च । धर्माधर्मौ न तेष्वास्तां नोत्तमाधममध्यमाः
viparyayo na teṣvasti jarāmṛtyubhayaṃ na ca / dharmādharmau na teṣvāstāṃ nottamādhamamadhyamāḥ
Among them there is no reversal (of fortune), nor fear of old age and death; neither merit nor demerit exists among them, nor are there highest, lowest and middling ones.
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MkP 53.38
न वै चतुर्युगावस्था नार्तवा ऋतवो न च । आग्नीध्रसूनोर्नाभेस्तु ऋषभो ऽभूत् सुतो द्विज
na vai caturyugāvasthā nārtavā ṛtavo na ca / āgnīdhrasūnornābhestu ṛṣabho 'bhūt suto dvija
There is no condition of the four ages there, nor unseasonable times nor seasons. Now, of Nābhi, the son of Āgnīdhra, a son named Ṛṣabha was born, O twice-born one.
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MkP 53.39
ऋषभाद्भरतो जज्ञे वीरः पुत्रशताद्वरः । सो ऽभिषिच्यर्षभः पुत्रं महाप्रव्राज्यमास्थितः
ṛṣabhādbharato jajñe vīraḥ putraśatādvaraḥ / so 'bhiṣicyarṣabhaḥ putraṃ mahāpravrājyamāsthitaḥ
From Ṛṣabha was born Bharata, a hero, the best of a hundred sons. Ṛṣabha, having consecrated (that) son (as king), undertook the great renunciation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 53.40
तपस्तेपे महाभागः पुलहाश्रमसंश्रयः । हिमाह्विं दक्षिणं वर्षं भरताय पिता ददौ
tapastepe mahābhāgaḥ pulahāśramasaṃśrayaḥ / himāhviṃ dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya pitā dadau
The greatly fortunate one practised austerity, taking refuge in the hermitage of Pulaha. The father gave to Bharata the southern region, the one named after the Himālaya.
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MkP 53.41
तस्मात् तु भारतं वर्षं तस्य नान्मा महात्मनः । भतस्याप्यभूत् पुत्रः सुमतिर्नाम धार्मिकः
tasmāt tu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ tasya nānmā mahātmanaḥ / bhatasyāpyabhūt putraḥ sumatirnāma dhārmikaḥ
Hence that region (is called) Bhārata, after the name of that great-souled one. To Bharata too there was a son, righteous, named Sumati.
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MkP 53.42
तस्मिन् राज्यं समावेश्य भरतो ऽपि वनं ययौ । एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रैस्तु सप्तद्वीपा वसुन्धरा
tasmin rājyaṃ samāveśya bharato 'pi vanaṃ yayau / eteṣāṃ putrapautraistu saptadvīpā vasundharā
Having installed the kingdom in him, Bharata too went to the forest. By the sons and grandsons of these, the earth of the seven continents (was peopled).
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