Markandeya Purana — Chapter 64
MkP 64.1
एवं विमुक्तरोगा तु कन्यका तं मुदान्विता । स्वरोचिषमुवाचेदं शृणुष्व वचनं प्रभो
evaṃ vimuktarogā tu kanyakā taṃ mudānvitā / svarociṣamuvācedaṃ śṛṇuṣva vacanaṃ prabho
Thus the maiden, freed of her disease and filled with joy, spoke this to Svaroci: "Hear my words, lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 64.2
मन्दारविद्याधरजा नाम्ना ख्याता विभावरी । उपकारिन् ! स्वमात्मानं प्रयच्छामि प्रतीच्छ माम्
mandāravidyādharajā nāmnā khyātā vibhāvarī / upakārin ! svamātmānaṃ prayacchāmi pratīccha mām
"I am the daughter of the vidyādhara Mandāra, known by the name Vibhāvarī. O benefactor, I offer you my own self; accept me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 64.3
विद्याञ्च तुभ्यं दास्यामि सर्वबूतरुतानि ते । ययाभिव्यक्तिमेष्यन्ति प्रसादपुरगो भव
vidyāñca tubhyaṃ dāsyāmi sarvabūtarutāni te / yayābhivyaktimeṣyanti prasādapurago bhava
"And I shall give you a knowledge (vidyā) by which the cries of all creatures will become plain to you; be gracious."
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MkP 64.4
एवमस्त्विति तेनोक्ते धर्मज्ञेन स्वरोचिषा । द्वितीया तु तदा कन्या इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
evamastviti tenokte dharmajñena svarociṣā / dvitīyā tu tadā kanyā idaṃ vacanamabravīt
When Svaroci, the knower of dharma, had said "So be it," then the second maiden spoke these words:
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MkP 64.5
कुमारब्रह्मचार्यासीत् पारो नाम पिता मम । ब्रह्मर्षिः सुमहाभागो वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः
kumārabrahmacāryāsīt pāro nāma pitā mama / brahmarṣiḥ sumahābhāgo vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ
"My father, named Pāra, was a celibate from boyhood, a brahmin sage of great fortune, who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas."
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MkP 64.6
तस्य पुंस्कोकिलालापरमणीये मधौ पुरा । आजगामाप्सराभ्यासं प्रख्याता पुञ्जिकास्तना
tasya puṃskokilālāparamaṇīye madhau purā / ājagāmāpsarābhyāsaṃ prakhyātā puñjikāstanā
"Long ago, in a springtime made delightful by the calling of the male cuckoos, the renowned apsaras Puñjikāsthanā came into his presence."
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MkP 64.7
कामवक्तव्यतां नीतः स तदा मुनिपुङ्गवः । तत्संयोगे ऽहमुत्पन्ना तस्यामत्र महाचले
kāmavaktavyatāṃ nītaḥ sa tadā munipuṅgavaḥ / tatsaṃyoge 'hamutpannā tasyāmatra mahācale
"That bull among sages was then brought under the sway of desire; from their union I was born of her here on this great mountain."
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MkP 64.8
विहाय मां गता सा च मातास्मिन्निर्जने वने । बालामेकां महीपृष्ठे व्यालश्वापदसंकुले
vihāya māṃ gatā sā ca mātāsminnirjane vane / bālāmekāṃ mahīpṛṣṭhe vyālaśvāpadasaṃkule
"And that mother of mine abandoned me and went away, a lone little girl on the ground in this deserted forest crowded with snakes and beasts of prey."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 64.9
ततः कलाभिः सोमस्य वर्धन्तीभिरहः क्षये । आप्याय्यमानाहरहो वृद्धिं यातास्मि सत्तम
tataḥ kalābhiḥ somasya vardhantībhirahaḥ kṣaye / āpyāyyamānāharaho vṛddhiṃ yātāsmi sattama
"Then, nourished day after day by the digits of the moon that wax at the close of day, I grew up, O best of beings."
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MkP 64.10
ततः कलावतीत्येतन्मम नाम महात्मना । गृहीतायः कृतं पित्रा गन्धर्वेण शुभानना
tataḥ kalāvatītyetanmama nāma mahātmanā / gṛhītāyaḥ kṛtaṃ pitrā gandharveṇa śubhānanā
"Then this name of mine, 'Kalāvatī,' was given by my great-souled father, the gandharva who took me in, O fair-faced one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 64.11
न दत्ताहं तदा तेन याचितेन महात्मना । देवारिणालिना सुप्तस्ततो मे घातितः पिता
na dattāhaṃ tadā tena yācitena mahātmanā / devāriṇālinā suptastato me ghātitaḥ pitā
"When the demon Ālin asked for me, the great-souled one did not give me then; and thereupon my father was slain by him while asleep."
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MkP 64.12
ततो ऽहमतिनिर्वेदादात्मव्यापादनोद्यता । निवारिता शम्भुपत्न्या सत्या सत्यप्रतिश्रवा
tato 'hamatinirvedādātmavyāpādanodyatā / nivāritā śambhupatnyā satyā satyapratiśravā
"Then, out of extreme despair, I was set upon destroying myself, but I was stopped by Śambhu's wife Satī, whose word is true."
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MkP 64.13
मा शुचः सुभ्रु ! भर्ता ते महाभागो भविष्यति । स्वरोचिर्नाम पुत्रश्च मनुस्तस्य भविष्यति
mā śucaḥ subhru ! bhartā te mahābhāgo bhaviṣyati / svarocirnāma putraśca manustasya bhaviṣyati
"'Do not grieve, fair-browed one; your husband will be a man of great fortune, and your son, Svaroci by name, will be a Manu.'"
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MkP 64.14
आज्ञाञ्च निधयः सर्वे करिष्यन्ति तवादृताः । यथाभिलषितं वित्तं प्रदास्यन्ति च ते शुभे
ājñāñca nidhayaḥ sarve kariṣyanti tavādṛtāḥ / yathābhilaṣitaṃ vittaṃ pradāsyanti ca te śubhe
"'And all the treasures will reverently do your bidding, and will give you wealth just as you desire, O auspicious one.'"
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MkP 64.15
यस्या वत्से प्रभावेण विद्यायास्तां गृहाण मे । पद्मिनी नाम विद्येयं महापद्माभिपूजिता
yasyā vatse prabhāveṇa vidyāyāstāṃ gṛhāṇa me / padminī nāma vidyeyaṃ mahāpadmābhipūjitā
"'By whose power, child—take from me that knowledge; this knowledge is named Padminī, honoured by Mahāpadma.'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 64.16
इत्याह मां दक्षसुता सती सत्यपरायणा । स्वरोचिस्त्वं ध्रुवं देवी नान्यथा सा वदिष्यति
ityāha māṃ dakṣasutā satī satyaparāyaṇā / svarocistvaṃ dhruvaṃ devī nānyathā sā vadiṣyati
"So Satī, Dakṣa's daughter, devoted to truth, spoke to me. You are surely Svaroci; the goddess would not speak otherwise."
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MkP 64.17
साहं प्राणप्रदायाद्य तां विद्यां स्वं तथा वपुः । प्रयच्छामि प्रतीच्छ त्वं प्रसादसुमुखो मम
sāhaṃ prāṇapradāyādya tāṃ vidyāṃ svaṃ tathā vapuḥ / prayacchāmi pratīccha tvaṃ prasādasumukho mama
So I, to (you) the giver of (my) life, today bestow that knowledge and my own body as well; receive (them), being gracious of face toward me.
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MkP 64.18
एवमस्त्विति तामाह स तु कन्यां कलावतीम् । विभावर्याः कलावत्याः स्निग्धदृष्ट्यानुमोदितः
evamastviti tāmāha sa tu kanyāṃ kalāvatīm / vibhāvaryāḥ kalāvatyāḥ snigdhadṛṣṭyānumoditaḥ
"So be it," he said to her, to the maiden Kalāvatī, encouraged by the tender glance of Vibhāvarī and Kalāvatī.
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MkP 64.19
जग्राह च ततः पाणी स तयोरमरद्युतिः । नदत्सु देवतूर्येषु नृत्यन्तीष्वप्सरः सु च
jagrāha ca tataḥ pāṇī sa tayoramaradyutiḥ / nadatsu devatūryeṣu nṛtyantīṣvapsaraḥ su ca
And then he of immortal splendour took the hands of the two of them, while the drums of the gods sounded and the apsarases danced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition