Markandeya Purana — Chapter 60
MkP 60.1
यत्तु किम्पुरुषं वर्षं तत् प्रवक्ष्याम्यहं द्विज । यत्रायुर्दशसाहस्त्रं पुरुषाणां वपुष्मताम्
yattu kimpuruṣaṃ varṣaṃ tat pravakṣyāmyahaṃ dvija / yatrāyurdaśasāhastraṃ puruṣāṇāṃ vapuṣmatām
But that region which is Kimpuruṣa, that I shall now set forth, O twice-born, where the lifespan of the handsome men is ten thousand (years).
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MkP 60.2
अनामया ह्यशोकाश्च नरा यत्र तथा स्त्रियः । प्लक्षः षण्डश्च तत्रोक्तः सुमहान्नन्दनोपमः
anāmayā hyaśokāśca narā yatra tathā striyaḥ / plakṣaḥ ṣaṇḍaśca tatroktaḥ sumahānnandanopamaḥ
Where the men, and the women likewise, are free of disease and free of sorrow; and a grove of plakṣa trees is said to be there, very great, like Nandana.
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MkP 60.3
तस्य ते वै फलरसं पिबन्तः पुरुषाः सदा । स्थिरयौवननिष्पन्नाः स्त्रियश्चोत्पलगन्धिकाः
tasya te vai phalarasaṃ pibantaḥ puruṣāḥ sadā / sthirayauvananiṣpannāḥ striyaścotpalagandhikāḥ
Those men, always drinking the juice of its fruit, are made perfect with unfading youth, and the women have the fragrance of blue lotuses.
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MkP 60.4
अतः परं किंपुरुषाद्धरिवर्षं प्रचक्ष्यते । महारजतसङ्काशा जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः
ataḥ paraṃ kiṃpuruṣāddharivarṣaṃ pracakṣyate / mahārajatasaṅkāśā jāyante tatra mānavāḥ
Beyond Kiṃpuruṣa, next, Harivarṣa is described; the men born there resemble much silver (i.e. are of golden-silver hue).
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MkP 60.5
देवलोकच्युताः सर्वे देवरूपाश्च सर्वशः । हरिवर्षे नराः सर्वे पिबन्तीक्षुरसं शुभम्
devalokacyutāḥ sarve devarūpāśca sarvaśaḥ / harivarṣe narāḥ sarve pibantīkṣurasaṃ śubham
All (of them) have fallen from the world of the gods, and are in every way of divine form; in Harivarṣa all the men drink the pleasant juice of sugarcane.
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MkP 60.6
न जरा बाधते तत्र न जीर्यन्ते च कर्हिचित् । तावन्तमेव ते कालं जीवन्त्यथ निरामयाः
na jarā bādhate tatra na jīryante ca karhicit / tāvantameva te kālaṃ jīvantyatha nirāmayāḥ
There old age does not afflict (them), nor do they ever decay; and they live free of disease just for that (fixed) length of time.
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MkP 60.7
मेरुवर्षं मया प्रोक्तं मध्यमं यदिलावृतम् । न तत्र सूर्यस्तपति न ते जीर्यन्ति मानवाः
meruvarṣaṃ mayā proktaṃ madhyamaṃ yadilāvṛtam / na tatra sūryastapati na te jīryanti mānavāḥ
The Meru region, the middle one, which is Ilāvṛta, has been declared by me: there the sun does not burn, nor do the men there grow old.
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MkP 60.8
लभन्ते नात्मलाभञ्च रश्मयश्चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । नक्षत्राणां ग्रहाणाञ्च मेरोस्तत्र परा द्युतिः
labhante nātmalābhañca raśmayaścandrasūryayoḥ / nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahāṇāñca merostatra parā dyutiḥ
And the rays of the moon and sun do not obtain (their own) manifestation (there), nor (those) of the constellations and planets; there the radiance of Meru is supreme.
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MkP 60.9
पद्मप्रभाः पद्मगन्धा जम्बूफलरसाशिनः । पद्मपत्रायताक्षास्तु जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः
padmaprabhāḥ padmagandhā jambūphalarasāśinaḥ / padmapatrāyatākṣāstu jāyante tatra mānavāḥ
With the lustre of lotuses, the fragrance of lotuses, eating the juice of the rose-apple fruit, with eyes long as lotus petals — such men are born there.
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MkP 60.10
वर्षाणान्तु सहस्राणि तत्राप्यायुस्त्रयोदश । सरावाकारसंस्तारो मेरुमध्ये इलावृते
varṣāṇāntu sahasrāṇi tatrāpyāyustrayodaśa / sarāvākārasaṃstāro merumadhye ilāvṛte
And there the lifespan is thirteen thousand years. In Ilāvṛta, in the middle of Meru, the spread (of the land) has the shape of a bowl.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 60.11
मेरुस्तत्र महाशैलस्तदाख्यातमिलावृतम् । रम्यकं वर्षमस्माच्च कथयिष्ये निबोध तत्
merustatra mahāśailastadākhyātamilāvṛtam / ramyakaṃ varṣamasmācca kathayiṣye nibodha tat
There is Meru, the great mountain; that (region) is called Ilāvṛta. And after this I shall tell of the Ramyaka region — learn it.
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MkP 60.12
वृक्षस्तत्रापि चोत्तुङ्गो न्यग्रोधो हरितच्छदः । तस्यापि ते फलरसं पिबन्तो वर्तयन्ति वै
vṛkṣastatrāpi cottuṅgo nyagrodho haritacchadaḥ / tasyāpi te phalarasaṃ pibanto vartayanti vai
There too is a lofty tree, a nyagrodha with green foliage; drinking the juice of its fruit as well, they pass their lives.
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MkP 60.13
वर्षायुतायुषस्तत्र नरास्तत्फलभोगिनः । रतिप्रधानविमला जरादौर्गन्ध्यवर्जिताः
varṣāyutāyuṣastatra narāstatphalabhoginaḥ / ratipradhānavimalā jarādaurgandhyavarjitāḥ
There the men, enjoying that fruit, have a lifespan of ten thousand years; pure, given chiefly to love-making, free of old age and bad odour.
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MkP 60.14
तस्मादथोत्तरं वर्षं नाम्ना ख्यातं हिरण्मयम् । हिरण्वती नदी यत्र प्रभूतकमलोज्ज्वला
tasmādathottaraṃ varṣaṃ nāmnā khyātaṃ hiraṇmayam / hiraṇvatī nadī yatra prabhūtakamalojjvalā
Then, north of that, is the region known by the name Hiraṇmaya, where the river Hiraṇvatī shines bright with abundant lotuses.
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MkP 60.15
महाबलाः सतेजस्का जायन्ते तत्र मानवाः । महाकाया महासत्त्वा धनिनः प्रियदर्शनाः
mahābalāḥ satejaskā jāyante tatra mānavāḥ / mahākāyā mahāsattvā dhaninaḥ priyadarśanāḥ
The men born there are of great strength and full of vigour, of great body, of great courage, wealthy and pleasing to look at.
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