Markandeya Purana — Chapter 59
MkP 59.1
एवन्तु भारतं वर्षं यथावत् कथितं मुने । कृतं त्रेता द्वापरञ्च तथाथिष्यं चतुष्टयम्
evantu bhārataṃ varṣaṃ yathāvat kathitaṃ mune / kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparañca tathāthiṣyaṃ catuṣṭayam
Thus the continent of Bhārata has been told as it is, O sage; and (there are) Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali, the set of four.
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MkP 59.2
अत्रैवैतद्युगानान्तु चातुर्वर्ण्यो ऽत्र वै द्विज । चत्वारि त्रीणि द्वे चैव तथैकञ्च शरच्छतम्
atraivaitadyugānāntu cāturvarṇyo 'tra vai dvija / catvāri trīṇi dve caiva tathaikañca śaracchatam
Here indeed are these yugas, and here indeed the fourfold caste order, O twice-born; four, three, two, and one hundred autumns —
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MkP 59.3
जीवन्त्यत्र नरा ब्रह्मन् ! कृतत्रेतादिके क्रमात् । देवकूटस्य पूर्वस्य शैलेन्द्रस्य महात्मनः
jīvantyatra narā brahman ! kṛtatretādike kramāt / devakūṭasya pūrvasya śailendrasya mahātmanaḥ
— so long do men live here, O brahman, in Kṛta, Tretā and the rest, in order. Of Devakūṭa, the eastern lord of mountains, the great one,
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MkP 59.4
पूर्वेण यत् स्थितं वर्षं भद्राश्वं तन्निबोध मे । श्वेतपर्णश्च नीलश्च शैवालश्चाचलोत्तमः
pūrveṇa yat sthitaṃ varṣaṃ bhadrāśvaṃ tannibodha me / śvetaparṇaśca nīlaśca śaivālaścācalottamaḥ
to the east lies the continent Bhadrāśva: learn of it from me. Śvetaparṇa, Nīla, and Śaivāla, best of mountains,
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MkP 59.5
कौरञ्जः पर्णशालाग्रः पञ्चैते तु कुलाचलाः । तेषां प्रसूतिरन्ये ये बहवः क्षुद्रपर्वताः
kaurañjaḥ parṇaśālāgraḥ pañcaite tu kulācalāḥ / teṣāṃ prasūtiranye ye bahavaḥ kṣudraparvatāḥ
Kaurañja, and Parṇaśālāgra — these five are the principal mountains; the others, the many lesser mountains, are their offspring.
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MkP 59.6
तैर्विशिष्टा जनपदा नानारूपाः सहस्रशः । ततः कुमुदसंकाशाः शुद्धसानुसुमङ्गलाः
tairviśiṣṭā janapadā nānārūpāḥ sahasraśaḥ / tataḥ kumudasaṃkāśāḥ śuddhasānusumaṅgalāḥ
Distinguished by them are the inhabited regions, of many kinds, by the thousands. Then (there are mountains) resembling white lotuses, with bright ridges and most auspicious,
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MkP 59.7
इत्येवमादयो ऽन्ये ऽपि शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः । सीता शङ्खावती भद्रा चक्रावर्तादिकास्तथा
ityevamādayo 'nye 'pi śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ / sītā śaṅkhāvatī bhadrā cakrāvartādikāstathā
and others such as these too, by hundreds and by thousands. And Sītā, Śaṅkhāvatī, Bhadrā, Cakrāvartā and the rest —
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MkP 59.8
नद्यो ऽथ बह्व्यो विस्तीर्णाः शीततोयौघवाहिकाः । अत्र वर्षे नराः शङ्खशुद्धहेमसमप्रभाः
nadyo 'tha bahvyo vistīrṇāḥ śītatoyaughavāhikāḥ / atra varṣe narāḥ śaṅkhaśuddhahemasamaprabhāḥ
— these rivers, many and broad, carrying streams of cool water. In this continent men have a radiance equal to conch-shell and pure gold,
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MkP 59.9
दिव्यसङ्गमिनः पुण्या दशवर्षशतायुषः । मन्दोत्तमौ न तेषु स्तः सर्वे ते समदर्शनाः
divyasaṅgaminaḥ puṇyā daśavarṣaśatāyuṣaḥ / mandottamau na teṣu staḥ sarve te samadarśanāḥ
they consort with divine (women), are meritorious, and live a thousand years; among them there are no dull and no superior — all of them are alike to look upon,
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MkP 59.10
तितिक्षादिभिरष्टाभैः प्रकृत्या ते गुणैर्युताः । तत्राप्यश्वशिरा देवश्चतुर्बाहुर्जनार्दनः
titikṣādibhiraṣṭābhaiḥ prakṛtyā te guṇairyutāḥ / tatrāpyaśvaśirā devaścaturbāhurjanārdanaḥ
and by nature they are endowed with the eight qualities beginning with forbearance. There too the god Janārdana is horse-headed and four-armed,
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MkP 59.11
शिरोहृदयोमेढ्राङ्घ्रिहस्तैश्चाक्षित्रयान्वितः । तस्याप्यथैवं विषया विज्ञेया जगतः प्रभोः
śirohṛdayomeḍhrāṅghrihastaiścākṣitrayānvitaḥ / tasyāpyathaivaṃ viṣayā vijñeyā jagataḥ prabhoḥ
and with head, heart, member, feet and hands, and possessed of three eyes; of him too, the lord of the world, the domains are to be understood in this same way.
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MkP 59.12
केतुमालमतो वर्षं निबोध मम पश्चिमम् । विशालः कम्बलः कृष्णो जयन्तो हरिपर्वतः
ketumālamato varṣaṃ nibodha mama paścimam / viśālaḥ kambalaḥ kṛṣṇo jayanto hariparvataḥ
Now learn from me of Ketumāla, the western continent: Viśāla, Kambala, Kṛṣṇa, Jayanta, Hariparvata,
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MkP 59.13
विशोको वर्धमानश्च सप्तैते कुलपर्वताः । अन्ये सहस्रशः शैला येषु लोकगणः स्थितः
viśoko vardhamānaśca saptaite kulaparvatāḥ / anye sahasraśaḥ śailā yeṣu lokagaṇaḥ sthitaḥ
Viśoka and Vardhamāna — these seven are the principal (family) mountains; and there are other mountains by the thousands, on which the host of people dwells.
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MkP 59.14
मौलयस्ते महाकायाः शाकपोतकम्भकाः । अङ्गुलप्रमुखाश्चापि वसन्ति शतशो जनाः
maulayaste mahākāyāḥ śākapotakambhakāḥ / aṅgulapramukhāścāpi vasanti śataśo janāḥ
Those Maulis are of huge bodies, (and) the Śākas, Potas and Kambhakas; and people beginning with the Aṅgulas also dwell (there) by the hundreds.
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MkP 59.15
ये पिबन्ति महानद्यो वङ्क्षुं श्यामां सकम्बलाम् । अमोघां कामिनीं श्यामां तथैवान्याः सहस्रशः
ye pibanti mahānadyo vaṅkṣuṃ śyāmāṃ sakambalām / amoghāṃ kāminīṃ śyāmāṃ tathaivānyāḥ sahasraśaḥ
They drink (of) the great rivers — the Vaṅkṣu, the Śyāmā together with the Kambalā, the Amoghā, the Kāminī, the Śyāmā — and likewise of others by the thousands.
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MkP 59.16
अत्राप्यायुः समं पूर्वैरत्रापि भगवान् हरिः । वराहरूपी पादास्यहृत्पृष्ठपार्श्वतस्तथा
atrāpyāyuḥ samaṃ pūrvairatrāpi bhagavān hariḥ / varāharūpī pādāsyahṛtpṛṣṭhapārśvatastathā
Here too the lifespan is the same as (that of) the former (regions); here too the Lord Hari, in the form of the boar, (is present) with (his) feet, face, heart, back and sides.
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MkP 59.17
त्रिनक्षत्रयुते देशे नक्षत्राणि शुभानि च । इत्येतत् केतुमालन्ते कथितं मुनिसत्तम
trinakṣatrayute deśe nakṣatrāṇi śubhāni ca / ityetat ketumālante kathitaṃ munisattama
In the region joined with three lunar mansions the lunar mansions are also auspicious. Thus this has been told to you about Ketumāla, O best of sages.
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MkP 59.18
अतः परं कुरून् वक्ष्ये निबोधेह ममोत्तरान् । तत्र वृक्षा मधुफला नित्यपुष्पफलोपगाः
ataḥ paraṃ kurūn vakṣye nibodheha mamottarān / tatra vṛkṣā madhuphalā nityapuṣpaphalopagāḥ
Next after this I shall speak of the Northern Kurus; learn (of them) here from me. There the trees have honey-sweet fruit and are always endowed with flowers and fruit.
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MkP 59.19
वस्त्राणि च प्रसूयन्ते फलेष्वाभरणानि च । सर्वकामप्रदास्ते हि सर्वकामफलप्रदाः
vastrāṇi ca prasūyante phaleṣvābharaṇāni ca / sarvakāmapradāste hi sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ
And garments are produced (there), and ornaments within the fruits; for those (trees) grant every desire, yielding fruits that fulfil every desire.
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MkP 59.20
भूमिर्मणिमयी वायुः सुगन्धः सर्वदा सुखः । जायन्ते मानवास्तत्र देवलोकपरिच्युताः
bhūmirmaṇimayī vāyuḥ sugandhaḥ sarvadā sukhaḥ / jāyante mānavāstatra devalokaparicyutāḥ
The ground is made of gems, the wind is fragrant and always pleasant; there human beings are born who have fallen from the world of the gods.
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MkP 59.21
मिथुनानि प्रसूयन्ते समकालस्थितानि वै । अन्योन्यमनुरक्तानि चक्रवाकोपमानि च
mithunāni prasūyante samakālasthitāni vai / anyonyamanuraktāni cakravākopamāni ca
Couples are born (there), remaining of the same age, mutually in love and like cakravāka birds.
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MkP 59.22
चतुर्दशसहस्राणि तेषां सार्धानि वै स्थितिः । चन्द्रकान्तश्च शैलेन्द्रः सूर्यकान्तस्तथापरः
caturdaśasahasrāṇi teṣāṃ sārdhāni vai sthitiḥ / candrakāntaśca śailendraḥ sūryakāntastathāparaḥ
Their lifespan is fourteen thousand and a half (years). And (there is) the lord of mountains Candrakānta, and likewise the other, Sūryakānta.
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MkP 59.23
तस्मिन् कुलाचलौ वर्षे तन्मध्ये च महानदी । भद्रसोमा प्रयात्युर्व्यां पुण्यामलजलौघिनी
tasmin kulācalau varṣe tanmadhye ca mahānadī / bhadrasomā prayātyurvyāṃ puṇyāmalajalaughinī
In that region (are) the two principal mountains, and between them the great river Bhadrasomā, flowing over the earth with a flood of holy, clear water.
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MkP 59.24
सहस्रशस्तथैवान्या नद्यो वर्षे ऽपि चोत्तरे । तथान्याः क्षीरवाहिन्यो घृतवाहिन्य एव च
sahasraśastathaivānyā nadyo varṣe 'pi cottare / tathānyāḥ kṣīravāhinyo ghṛtavāhinya eva ca
Likewise there are other rivers by the thousands in the northern region too; and others that flow with milk, and others indeed that flow with ghee.
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MkP 59.25
दध्नो ह्रदास्तथा तत्र तथान्ये चानुपर्वताः । अमृतास्वादकल्पानि फलानि विविधानि च
dadhno hradāstathā tatra tathānye cānuparvatāḥ / amṛtāsvādakalpāni phalāni vividhāni ca
And there are lakes of curds there, and likewise other subsidiary mountains, and various fruits with a taste like that of nectar.
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MkP 59.26
वनेषु तेषु वर्षेषु शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः । तत्रापि भगवान् विष्णुः प्राक्शिरा मत्स्यरूपवान्
vaneṣu teṣu varṣeṣu śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ / tatrāpi bhagavān viṣṇuḥ prākśirā matsyarūpavān
In those forests, in those regions, by the hundreds and by the thousands — there too the Lord Viṣṇu (abides), facing east, having the form of a fish.
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MkP 59.27
विभक्तो नवधा विप्र ! नक्षत्राणां त्रयं त्रयम् । दिशस्तथापि नवधा विभक्ता मुनिसत्तम
vibhakto navadhā vipra ! nakṣatrāṇāṃ trayaṃ trayam / diśastathāpi navadhā vibhaktā munisattama
(It is) divided ninefold, O brahmin, three lunar mansions to each; and the directions too are divided ninefold, O best of sages.
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MkP 59.28
चन्द्रद्वीपः समुद्रे च भद्रद्वीपस्तथापरः । तत्रापि पुण्यो विख्यातः समुद्रान्तर्महामुने
candradvīpaḥ samudre ca bhadradvīpastathāparaḥ / tatrāpi puṇyo vikhyātaḥ samudrāntarmahāmune
And in the ocean (there is) Candradvīpa, and likewise the other, Bhadradvīpa; there too within the ocean (a place) renowned as holy (exists), O great sage.
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MkP 59.29
इत्येतत् कथितं ब्रह्मन् ! कुरुवर्षं मयोत्तरम् । शृणु किंपुरुषादीनि वर्षाणि गदतो मम
ityetat kathitaṃ brahman ! kuruvarṣaṃ mayottaram / śṛṇu kiṃpuruṣādīni varṣāṇi gadato mama
Thus the Northern Kuru region has been described by me, O brahmin. Now hear, as I tell of them, the regions beginning with Kiṃpuruṣa.
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