Markandeya Purana — Chapter 73

MkP 73.1

मन्वन्तरे तृतीये ऽस्मिन् औत्तमस्य प्रजापतेः । देवानिन्द्रमृषीन् भूपान् निबोध गदतो मम

manvantare tṛtīye 'smin auttamasya prajāpateḥ / devānindramṛṣīn bhūpān nibodha gadato mama

In this third Manu-period, that of Auttama the Lord of Creatures, learn of the gods, the Indra, the seers and the kings, as I relate them.

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MkP 73.2

स्वधामानस्तथा देवा यथानामानुकारिणः । सत्याख्यश्च द्वितीयो ऽन्यस्त्रिदशानां तथा गणः

svadhāmānastathā devā yathānāmānukāriṇaḥ / satyākhyaśca dvitīyo 'nyastridaśānāṃ tathā gaṇaḥ

The gods were the Svadhāmans, conforming to their name accordingly; and a second, other host of the Thirty was called Satyas.

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MkP 73.3

तृतीये तु गणे देवाः शिवाख्या मुनिसत्तम । शिवाः स्वरूपतस्ते तु श्रुताः पापप्रणाशनाः

tṛtīye tu gaṇe devāḥ śivākhyā munisattama / śivāḥ svarūpataste tu śrutāḥ pāpapraṇāśanāḥ

But in the third host the gods were named Śivas, O best of sages; they are heard to be Śivas (auspicious) by their very nature, destroyers of sin.

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MkP 73.4

प्रतर्दनाख्यश्च गणो देवानां मुनिसत्तम । चतुर्थस्तत्र कथित औत्तमस्यान्तरे मनोः

pratardanākhyaśca gaṇo devānāṃ munisattama / caturthastatra kathita auttamasyāntare manoḥ

And a host of gods named Pratardanas, O best of sages, is declared there as the fourth, in the period of Manu Auttama.

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MkP 73.5

वशवर्तिनः पञ्चमे ऽपि देवास्तत्र गणे द्विज । यथाख्यातस्वरूपास्तु सर्व एव महामुने

vaśavartinaḥ pañcame 'pi devāstatra gaṇe dvija / yathākhyātasvarūpāstu sarva eva mahāmune

In the fifth host too the gods there are the Vaśavartins, O twice-born; but all of them, O great sage, have forms as their names declare.

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MkP 73.6

एते देवगणाः पञ्च स्मृता यज्ञभुजस्तथा । मन्वन्तरे मनुश्रेष्ठे सर्वे द्वादशका गणाः

ete devagaṇāḥ pañca smṛtā yajñabhujastathā / manvantare manuśreṣṭhe sarve dvādaśakā gaṇāḥ

These five hosts of gods are recorded as eaters of the sacrifice; in that Manu-period, O best of Manus(?), all the hosts were twelvefold.

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MkP 73.7

तेषामिन्द्रो महाभागस्त्रैलोक्ये स गुरुर्भवेत् । शतं क्रतूनामाहृत्य सुशान्तिर्नाम नामतः

teṣāmindro mahābhāgastrailokye sa gururbhavet / śataṃ kratūnāmāhṛtya suśāntirnāma nāmataḥ

Their Indra was the greatly blessed one who would be teacher in the three worlds; having performed a hundred sacrifices, he was Suśānti by name.

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MkP 73.8

यस्योपसर्गनाशाय नामाक्षरविभूषिता । अद्यापि मानवैर्गाथा गीयते तु महीतले

yasyopasarganāśāya nāmākṣaravibhūṣitā / adyāpi mānavairgāthā gīyate tu mahītale

Whose name-syllables adorn the song that even today is sung by men on the surface of the earth for the removal of afflictions.

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MkP 73.9

शुशान्तिर्देवराट् कान्तः शुशान्तिं स प्रयच्छति । सहितः शिवसत्याद्यैस्तथैव वशवर्तिभिः

śuśāntirdevarāṭ kāntaḥ śuśāntiṃ sa prayacchati / sahitaḥ śivasatyādyaistathaiva vaśavartibhiḥ

Śuśānti is the king of the gods, the beloved one; he bestows good peace, together with the Śivas, the Satyas and the rest, and likewise with those who are subject to him.

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MkP 73.10

अजः परशुचिर्दिव्यो महाबलपराक्रमः । पुत्रस्तस्य मनोरासन् विख्यातास्त्रिदशोपमाः

ajaḥ paraśucirdivyo mahābalaparākramaḥ / putrastasya manorāsan vikhyātāstridaśopamāḥ

Aja, Paraśu, Śuci and Divya, of great strength and prowess — these were the sons of that Manu, renowned, the equals of the thirty (gods).

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MkP 73.11

तत्सूतिसम्भवैर्भूमिः पालिताभून्नरेश्वरैः । यावन्मन्वन्तर तस्य मनोरुत्तमतेजसः

tatsūtisambhavairbhūmiḥ pālitābhūnnareśvaraiḥ / yāvanmanvantara tasya manoruttamatejasaḥ

The earth was protected by the lords of men sprung from his offspring, for as long as the manvantara of that Manu of the highest splendour lasted.

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MkP 73.12

चतुर्युगानां संख्याता साधिका ह्येकसप्ततिः । कृतत्रेतादिसंज्ञानां यान्युक्तानि युगे मया

caturyugānāṃ saṃkhyātā sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ / kṛtatretādisaṃjñānāṃ yānyuktāni yuge mayā

The reckoning of the sets of four yugas is seventy-one and a fraction more, (the yugas) named Kṛta, Tretā and so on, which have been described by me in (the chapter on) the yuga.

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MkP 73.13

स्वतेजसा हि तपसो वरिष्ठस्य महात्मनः । तनयाश्चान्तरे तस्मिन् सप्त सप्तर्षयो ऽभवन्

svatejasā hi tapaso variṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ / tanayāścāntare tasmin sapta saptarṣayo 'bhavan

And in that interval, by his own splendour, (the sons) of that great-souled one, most excellent in ascetic power, seven sons, became the seven ṛṣis.

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MkP 73.14

तृतीयमेतत्कथितं तव मन्वन्तरं मया । तामसस्य चतुर्थन्तु मनोरन्तरमुच्यते

tṛtīyametatkathitaṃ tava manvantaraṃ mayā / tāmasasya caturthantu manorantaramucyate

This third manvantara has been told to you by me; but now the fourth interval, that of Manu Tāmasa, is described.

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MkP 73.15

वियोनिजन्मनो यस्य यशसा द्योतितं जगत् । जन्म तस्य मनोर्ब्रह्मन् ! श्रुयतां गदतो मम

viyonijanmano yasya yaśasā dyotitaṃ jagat / janma tasya manorbrahman ! śruyatāṃ gadato mama

Hear from me as I tell it, O brahman, the birth of that Manu, who was born not from a womb, by whose fame the world was made to shine.

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MkP 73.16

अतीन्द्रियमशेषाणां मनूनाञ्चरितन्तथा । तथा जन्मापि विज्ञेयं प्रभावश्च महात्मनाम्

atīndriyamaśeṣāṇāṃ manūnāñcaritantathā / tathā janmāpi vijñeyaṃ prabhāvaśca mahātmanām

The conduct of all the Manus is beyond the senses, and so too their birth is to be understood, and the power of those great-souled ones.

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