Markandeya Purana — Chapter 56
MkP 56.1
धराधरां जगद्योनेः पदं नारायणस्य च । ततः प्रवृत्ता या देवी गङ्गा त्रिपथगामिनी
dharādharāṃ jagadyoneḥ padaṃ nārāyaṇasya ca / tataḥ pravṛttā yā devī gaṅgā tripathagāminī
(That place is) the support of the earth, the abode of Nārāyaṇa, the source of the world; from there proceeded the goddess Gaṅgā, who goes by three paths.
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MkP 56.2
सा प्रविश्य सुधायोनिं सोममाधारमम्भसाम् । ततः सम्बध्यमानार्करश्मिसङ्गतिपावनी
sā praviśya sudhāyoniṃ somamādhāramambhasām / tataḥ sambadhyamānārkaraśmisaṅgatipāvanī
She, having entered the moon — the womb of nectar, the receptacle of waters — thereafter (became) purifying through her conjunction with the sun's rays that joined (her),
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MkP 56.3
पपात मेरुपृष्ठे च सा चतुर्धा ततो ययौ । मेरुकूटतटान्तेभ्यो निपतन्ती ववर्तिता
papāta merupṛṣṭhe ca sā caturdhā tato yayau / merukūṭataṭāntebhyo nipatantī vavartitā
and she fell upon the back of Meru, and thence went in four (streams); falling from the edges of the slopes of Meru's peaks she was turned aside.
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MkP 56.4
विकीर्यमाणसलिला निरालम्बा पपात सा । मन्दराद्येषु पादेषु प्रविभक्तोदका समम्
vikīryamāṇasalilā nirālambā papāta sā / mandarādyeṣu pādeṣu pravibhaktodakā samam
With her water scattered, unsupported, she fell, her water divided equally upon the base-mountains beginning with Mandara.
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MkP 56.5
चतुर्ष्वपि पपाताम्बुविभिन्नाङ्घ्रिशिलोच्चया । पूर्वा सीते ऽति विख्याता ययौ चैत्ररथं वनम्
caturṣvapi papātāmbuvibhinnāṅghriśiloccayā / pūrvā sīte 'ti vikhyātā yayau caitrarathaṃ vanam
She fell upon all four, splitting the rocky masses at (their) feet with her water; the eastern (stream), famed as Sītā, went to the Caitraratha forest.
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MkP 56.6
तत् प्लावयित्वा च ययौ वरुणोदं सरोवनम् । शीतान्तञ्च गिरिं तस्मात्ततश्चान्यान् गिरीन् क्रमात्
tat plāvayitvā ca yayau varuṇodaṃ sarovanam / śītāntañca giriṃ tasmāttataścānyān girīn kramāt
And having flooded that, she went to the Varuṇoda lake and grove, and to the mountain Śītānta, and thence in turn to the other mountains.
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MkP 56.7
गत्वा भुवं समासाद्य भद्राश्वाज्जलधिं गता । तथैवालकनन्दाख्या दक्षिणे गन्धमादने
gatvā bhuvaṃ samāsādya bhadrāśvājjaladhiṃ gatā / tathaivālakanandākhyā dakṣiṇe gandhamādane
Having gone down and reached the earth, she went from Bhadrāśva to the ocean; likewise the one named Alakanandā (went) to Gandhamādana in the south.
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MkP 56.8
मेरुपादवनं गत्वा नन्दनं देवनन्दनम् । मानसञ्च महावेगात् प्लापयित्वा सरोवरम्
merupādavanaṃ gatvā nandanaṃ devanandanam / mānasañca mahāvegāt plāpayitvā sarovaram
Having gone to the grove at Meru's foot, to Nandana the delight of the gods, and having flooded with great force the Mānasa lake,
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MkP 56.9
आसाद्य शैलराजानं रम्यं हि शिखरन्तथा । तस्माच्च पर्वतान् सर्वान् दक्षिणोपक्रमोदितान्
āsādya śailarājānaṃ ramyaṃ hi śikharantathā / tasmācca parvatān sarvān dakṣiṇopakramoditān
and having reached the king of mountains and likewise its lovely peak, and thence all the mountains that rise along the southern course —
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MkP 56.10
तान् प्लावयित्वा संप्राप्ता हिमवन्तं महागिरिम् । दधार तत्र तां शम्भुर्न मुमोच वृषध्वजः
tān plāvayitvā saṃprāptā himavantaṃ mahāgirim / dadhāra tatra tāṃ śambhurna mumoca vṛṣadhvajaḥ
having flooded those, she reached the great mountain Himavat; there Śambhu held her back, and the bull-bannered one did not release (her).
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MkP 56.11
भघीरथेनोपवासैः स्तुत्या चाराधितो विभुः । तत्र मुक्ता च शर्वेण सप्तधा दक्षिणोदधिम्
bhaghīrathenopavāsaiḥ stutyā cārādhito vibhuḥ / tatra muktā ca śarveṇa saptadhā dakṣiṇodadhim
The mighty lord, propitiated by Bhagīratha with fasts and with praise, then released (her); and by Śarva she was set free there in seven (streams) toward the southern ocean.
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MkP 56.12
प्रविवेश त्रिधा प्राच्यां प्लावयन्ती महानदी । भगीरथरथस्यानु स्त्रोतसैकेन दक्षिणाम्
praviveśa tridhā prācyāṃ plāvayantī mahānadī / bhagīratharathasyānu strotasaikena dakṣiṇām
The great river entered in three (streams) in the east, flooding (the land); with one current (she went) south, following Bhagīratha's chariot.
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MkP 56.14
तथैव पश्चिमे पादे विपुले सा महानदी । सुचक्षुरिति विख्याता वैभ्राजं साचलं ययौ । ५६।१३। शीतोदञ्च सरस्तस्मात् प्लावयन्ती महानदी । सुचक्षुः पर्वतं प्राप्ता ततश्च त्रिशिखं गता
tathaiva paścime pāde vipule sā mahānadī / sucakṣuriti vikhyātā vaibhrājaṃ sācalaṃ yayau / 56.13/ śītodañca sarastasmāt plāvayantī mahānadī / sucakṣuḥ parvataṃ prāptā tataśca triśikhaṃ gatā
Likewise on the western base-mountain, the broad one, that great river, famed as Sucakṣu, went to Vaibhrāja with its hill; [56.13] and flooding from there the Śītoda lake, the great river Sucakṣu reached the mountain and thence went to Triśikha.
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MkP 56.15
तस्मात् क्रमेण चाद्रीणां शिखरेषु निपत्य सा । केतुमालं समासाद्य प्रविष्टा लवणोदधिम्
tasmāt krameṇa cādrīṇāṃ śikhareṣu nipatya sā / ketumālaṃ samāsādya praviṣṭā lavaṇodadhim
And from there, falling in turn upon the peaks of the mountains, she reached Ketumāla and entered the salt ocean.
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MkP 56.16
सुपार्श्वन्तु तथैवाद्रिं मेरुपादं हि सा गता । (भद्रसोमेति) तत्र सोमेति विख्याता सा ययौ सवितुर्वनम्
supārśvantu tathaivādriṃ merupādaṃ hi sā gatā / (bhadrasometi) tatra someti vikhyātā sā yayau saviturvanam
And likewise she went to the mountain Supārśva, the foot of Meru; there, known as Somā (Bhadrasomā), she went to the forest of Savitṛ.
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MkP 56.17
तत्पावयन्ती संप्राप्ता महाभद्रं सरोवरम् । ततश्च शङ्खकूटं सा प्रयाता वै महानदी
tatpāvayantī saṃprāptā mahābhadraṃ sarovaram / tataśca śaṅkhakūṭaṃ sā prayātā vai mahānadī
Flooding that, the great river reached the Mahābhadra lake, and thence she proceeded to Śaṅkhakūṭa.
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MkP 56.18
तस्माच्च वृषभादीन् सा क्रमात् प्राप्य शिलोच्चयान् । महार्णवमनुप्राप्ता प्लावयित्वोत्तरान् कुरून्
tasmācca vṛṣabhādīn sā kramāt prāpya śiloccayān / mahārṇavamanuprāptā plāvayitvottarān kurūn
And from there, reaching in turn the rocky masses beginning with Vṛṣabha, she came to the great ocean, having flooded the northern Kurus.
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MkP 56.19
एवमेषा मया गङ्गां कथिता ते द्विजर्षभ । जम्बुद्वीपनिवेशश्च वर्षाणि च यथातथम्
evameṣā mayā gaṅgāṃ kathitā te dvijarṣabha / jambudvīpaniveśaśca varṣāṇi ca yathātatham
Thus the Gaṅgā has been recounted by me to you, O best of the twice-born, and the disposition of Jambudvīpa and the continents (varṣas) as they are.
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MkP 56.20
वसन्ति तेषु सर्वेषु प्रजाः किंपुरुषादिषु । सुखप्राया निरातङ्का न्यूनतोत्कर्षवर्जिताः
vasanti teṣu sarveṣu prajāḥ kiṃpuruṣādiṣu / sukhaprāyā nirātaṅkā nyūnatotkarṣavarjitāḥ
In all those (regions), Kiṃpuruṣa and the rest, the people dwell mostly in happiness, free from affliction, without deficiency or excess.
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MkP 56.21
नवस्वपि च वर्षेषु सप्त सप्त कुलाचलाः । एकैकस्मिंस्तथा देशे नद्यश्चाद्रिविनिः सृताः
navasvapi ca varṣeṣu sapta sapta kulācalāḥ / ekaikasmiṃstathā deśe nadyaścādriviniḥ sṛtāḥ
And in all nine varṣas there are seven principal mountains each, and in each single region there are rivers that issue from the mountains.
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MkP 56.22
यानि किंपुरुषाद्यानि वर्षाण्यष्टौ द्विजोत्तम । तेषूद्भिज्जानि तोयानि मेघवार्यत्र भारते
yāni kiṃpuruṣādyāni varṣāṇyaṣṭau dvijottama / teṣūdbhijjāni toyāni meghavāryatra bhārate
In those eight varṣas beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa, O best of the twice-born, the waters are spring-born; here in Bhārata (the water is) from the clouds.
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MkP 56.23
वार्क्षो स्वाभाविकी देश्या तोयोत्था मानसी तथा । कर्मजा च नृणां सिद्धर्वर्षेष्वेतेषु चाष्टसु
vārkṣo svābhāvikī deśyā toyotthā mānasī tathā / karmajā ca nṛṇāṃ siddharvarṣeṣveteṣu cāṣṭasu
(The attainment) born of trees, the natural, the local, that arisen from water, the mental, and that born of action — such is the attainment of men in these eight regions.
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MkP 56.24
कामप्रदेभ्यो वृक्षेभ्यो वार्क्षो सिद्धिः स्वभावजा । स्वाभाविकी समाख्याता तृप्तिर्देश्या च दैशिकी
kāmapradebhyo vṛkṣebhyo vārkṣo siddhiḥ svabhāvajā / svābhāvikī samākhyātā tṛptirdeśyā ca daiśikī
From the trees that grant desires (comes) the tree-born attainment; that arising from (their own) nature is called the natural; and the satisfaction (proper to) a region is the local (deśyā), (i.e.) pertaining to place.
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MkP 56.25
अपां शौक्ष्म्याच्च तोयोत्था ध्यानोपेता च मानसी । उपासनादिकार्यात्तु धर्मजा साप्युदाहृता
apāṃ śaukṣmyācca toyotthā dhyānopetā ca mānasī / upāsanādikāryāttu dharmajā sāpyudāhṛtā
From the fineness of the waters (comes) that arisen from water; and that accompanied by meditation is the mental; but from the performance of worship and the like it is called the dharma-born (i.e. action-born).
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MkP 56.26
न चैतेषु युगावस्था नाध्यो व्याधयो न च । पुण्यापुण्यसमारम्भो नैव तेषु द्विजोत्तम
na caiteṣu yugāvasthā nādhyo vyādhayo na ca / puṇyāpuṇyasamārambho naiva teṣu dvijottama
And in these (regions) there is no succession of the yugas, no afflictions of mind, nor diseases, nor any undertaking of merit and demerit in them, O best of the twice-born.
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