Markandeya Purana — Chapter 92
MkP 92.1
देव्युवाच एभिः स्तवैश्च मां नित्यं स्तोष्यते यः समाहितः । तस्याहं सकलां बाधां नाशयिष्याम्यसंशयम्
devyuvāca ebhiḥ stavaiśca māṃ nityaṃ stoṣyate yaḥ samāhitaḥ / tasyāhaṃ sakalāṃ bādhāṃ nāśayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam
The Goddess said: Whoever, composed in mind, will praise me constantly with these hymns — for him I shall destroy every affliction, without doubt.
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MkP 92.2
मधुकैटभानाशं च महिषासुरघातनम् । कीर्तयिष्यिन्ति ये तद्वद् वधं शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः
madhukaiṭabhānāśaṃ ca mahiṣāsuraghātanam / kīrtayiṣyinti ye tadvad vadhaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ
And those who shall recite the destruction of Madhu and Kaiṭabha, the slaying of the asura Mahiṣa, and likewise the killing of Śumbha and Niśumbha —
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MkP 92.3
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां नवम्यां चैकचेतसः । स्तोष्यन्ति चैव ये भक्त्या मम माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ caikacetasaḥ / stoṣyanti caiva ye bhaktyā mama māhātmyamuttamam
and those who with single-minded devotion shall praise my supreme greatness on the eighth, the fourteenth, and the ninth (lunar days) —
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MkP 92.4
न तेषां दुष्कृतं किञ्चिद् दुष्कृतोत्था न चापदः । भविष्यति न दारिद्रयं न चैवेष्टवियोजनम्
na teṣāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kiñcid duṣkṛtotthā na cāpadaḥ / bhaviṣyati na dāridrayaṃ na caiveṣṭaviyojanam
For them there will be no evil deed, nor calamities arising from evil deeds, nor poverty, nor separation from what is dear.
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MkP 92.5
शत्रुतो न भयं तस्य दस्युतो वा न राजतः । न शस्त्रानलतोयौघात् कदाचित् सम्भविष्यति
śatruto na bhayaṃ tasya dasyuto vā na rājataḥ / na śastrānalatoyaughāt kadācit sambhaviṣyati
No fear from an enemy shall ever come to him, nor from robbers, nor from a king, nor from weapon, fire, or flood of water.
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MkP 92.6
तस्मान्ममैतन्माहात्म्यं पठितव्यं सहाहितैः । श्रोतव्यं च सदा भक्त्या परं स्वस्त्ययनं महत्
tasmānmamaitanmāhātmyaṃ paṭhitavyaṃ sahāhitaiḥ / śrotavyaṃ ca sadā bhaktyā paraṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat
Therefore this greatness of mine is to be recited by those who wish (their own) welfare, and always listened to with devotion; it is the supreme, great means of well-being.
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MkP 92.7
उपसर्गानशेषांस्तु महामारीसमुद्भवान् । तथा त्रिविधमुत्पातं माहात्म्यं शमयेन्मम
upasargānaśeṣāṃstu mahāmārīsamudbhavān / tathā trividhamutpātaṃ māhātmyaṃ śamayenmama
My greatness quells all afflictions without exception that arise from great pestilence, and likewise the threefold portent (of evil).
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MkP 92.8
यत्रैतत् पठ्यते सम्यङ्नित्यमायतने मम । सदा न तद्विमोक्ष्यामि सांनिध्यं तत्र मे स्थितम्
yatraitat paṭhyate samyaṅnityamāyatane mama / sadā na tadvimokṣyāmi sāṃnidhyaṃ tatra me sthitam
Wherever this is properly recited constantly in my sanctuary, I will never abandon that place: my presence is established there.
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MkP 92.9
बलिप्रदाने पूजायामग्निकार्ये महोत्सवे । सर्वं ममैतच्चरितमुच्चार्यं श्राव्यमेव च
balipradāne pūjāyāmagnikārye mahotsave / sarvaṃ mamaitaccaritamuccāryaṃ śrāvyameva ca
At the offering of oblation, at worship, at the fire rite, at a great festival, all this deed of mine is to be uttered aloud and to be caused to be heard.
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MkP 92.10
जानताजानता वापि बलिपूजां तथा कृताम् । प्रतीच्छिष्याम्यहं प्रीत्या वह्निहोमं तथा कृतम्
jānatājānatā vāpi balipūjāṃ tathā kṛtām / pratīcchiṣyāmyahaṃ prītyā vahnihomaṃ tathā kṛtam
Whether done knowingly or unknowingly, I shall accept with pleasure the oblation and worship so offered, and likewise the fire-offering so made.
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MkP 92.11
शरत्काले महापूजा क्रियते या च वार्षिकी । तस्यां ममैतन्माहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा भक्तिसमन्वितः
śaratkāle mahāpūjā kriyate yā ca vārṣikī / tasyāṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ śrutvā bhaktisamanvitaḥ
And at the great annual worship which is performed in the autumn season, a man who, filled with devotion, hears this greatness of mine (there),
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MkP 92.12
सर्वबाधाविनिर्मृक्तो धनधान्यसमन्वितः । मनुष्यो मत्प्रसादेन भविष्यति न संशयः
sarvabādhāvinirmṛkto dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ / manuṣyo matprasādena bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
released from every affliction and endowed with wealth and grain, will by my grace become (so) — there is no doubt.
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MkP 92.13
श्रुत्वा ममैतन्माहात्म्यं तथोत्पत्तीः पृथक् शुभाः । पराक्रमं च युद्धेषु जायते निर्भयः पुमान्
śrutvā mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ tathotpattīḥ pṛthak śubhāḥ / parākramaṃ ca yuddheṣu jāyate nirbhayaḥ pumān
Having heard this greatness of mine, and likewise the auspicious accounts of (my) births severally, and (my) valour in battles, a man becomes fearless.
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MkP 92.14
रिपवः संक्षयं यान्ति कल्याणं चोपपद्यते । नन्दते च कुलं पुंसां माहात्म्यं मम शृण्वताम्
ripavaḥ saṃkṣayaṃ yānti kalyāṇaṃ copapadyate / nandate ca kulaṃ puṃsāṃ māhātmyaṃ mama śṛṇvatām
Foes go to destruction, well-being comes about, and the family of men who hear my greatness rejoices.
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MkP 92.15
शान्तिकर्मणि सर्वत्र तथा दुः स्वप्नदर्शने । ग्रहपीडासु चोग्रासु माहात्म्यं शृणुयान्मम
śāntikarmaṇi sarvatra tathā duḥ svapnadarśane / grahapīḍāsu cogrāsu māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuyānmama
In every rite of appeasement, and likewise upon seeing a bad dream, and in fierce afflictions caused by planets, one should hear my greatness.
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MkP 92.16
उपसर्गाः शमं यान्ति ग्रहपीडाश्च दारुणाः । दुः स्वप्नं च नृभिर्दृष्टं सुस्वप्नमुपजायते
upasargāḥ śamaṃ yānti grahapīḍāśca dāruṇāḥ / duḥ svapnaṃ ca nṛbhirdṛṣṭaṃ susvapnamupajāyate
Afflictions are appeased, and the terrible torments of planets, and a bad dream seen by men turns into a good dream.
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MkP 92.17
बालग्रहाभिभूतानां बालानां शान्तिकारकम् । संघातभेदे च नृणां मैत्रीकरणमुत्तमम्
bālagrahābhibhūtānāṃ bālānāṃ śāntikārakam / saṃghātabhede ca nṛṇāṃ maitrīkaraṇamuttamam
It brings appeasement for children who are possessed by child-seizing spirits, and it is the best means of making friendship among men when there is a breaking-up of union.
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MkP 92.20
दुर्वृत्तानामशेषाणां बलहानिकरं परम् । रक्षोभूतपिशाचानां पठनादेव नाशनम् ॥ मर्क्प्_९२।१८ ॥ सर्वं ममैतन्माहात्म्यं मम सन्निधिकारकम् ॥ मर्क्प्_९२।१९ ॥ पशुपुष्पार्घ्यधूपैश्च गन्धदीपैस्तथोत्तमैः । विप्राणां भोजनैर्हेमैः प्रोक्षणीयैरहर्निशम्
durvṛttānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ balahānikaraṃ param / rakṣobhūtapiśācānāṃ paṭhanādeva nāśanam // markp_92.18 // sarvaṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ mama sannidhikārakam // markp_92.19 // paśupuṣpārghyadhūpaiśca gandhadīpaistathottamaiḥ / viprāṇāṃ bhojanairhemaiḥ prokṣaṇīyairaharniśam
It is supreme in causing the loss of strength of all wicked beings without exception; by its mere recitation it is the destruction of rākṣasas, bhūtas and piśācas. (18) All this greatness of mine brings about my presence. (19) With animal offerings, flowers, arghya and incense, with perfumes and the best lamps, with feedings of brahmins, with gold, with sprinkling-waters, day and night,
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MkP 92.21
अन्यैश्च विविधैर्भोगैः प्रदानैर्वत्सरेण या । प्रीतिर्मे क्रियते सास्मिन् सकृत्सुचरिते श्रुते
anyaiśca vividhairbhogaiḥ pradānairvatsareṇa yā / prītirme kriyate sāsmin sakṛtsucarite śrute
and with various other enjoyments and gifts — that satisfaction which is produced in me over a year is produced by a single hearing of this good story.
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MkP 92.22
श्रुतं हरति पापानि तथाऽरोग्यं प्रयच्छति । रक्षां करोति भूतेभ्यो जन्मनां कीर्तनं मम
śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathā'rogyaṃ prayacchati / rakṣāṃ karoti bhūtebhyo janmanāṃ kīrtanaṃ mama
When heard, it takes away sins and likewise bestows health; the recitation of my births makes protection against (evil) beings.
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MkP 92.23
युद्धेषु चरितं यन्मे दुष्टदैत्यनिबर्हणम् । तस्मिन् श्रुते वैरिकृतं भयं पुंसां न जायते
yuddheṣu caritaṃ yanme duṣṭadaityanibarhaṇam / tasmin śrute vairikṛtaṃ bhayaṃ puṃsāṃ na jāyate
That deed of mine in battles, the slaying of the wicked daityas — when that is heard, no fear caused by foes arises in men.
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MkP 92.24
युष्माभिः स्तुतयो याश्च याश्च ब्रह्मर्षिभिः कृताः । ब्रह्मणा च कृतास्तास्तु प्रयच्छन्ति शुभां गतिम्
yuṣmābhiḥ stutayo yāśca yāśca brahmarṣibhiḥ kṛtāḥ / brahmaṇā ca kṛtāstāstu prayacchanti śubhāṃ gatim
And the hymns made by you, and those made by the brahmin sages, and those made by Brahmā — those bestow an auspicious course (after death).
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MkP 92.25
अरण्ये प्रान्तरे वापि दावाग्निपरिवारितः । दस्युभिर्वा वृतः शून्ये गृहीतो वापि शत्रुभिः
araṇye prāntare vāpi dāvāgniparivāritaḥ / dasyubhirvā vṛtaḥ śūnye gṛhīto vāpi śatrubhiḥ
In a forest or in a remote place, hemmed in by a wildfire, or surrounded by robbers in a desolate spot, or seized by enemies,
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MkP 92.26
सिंहव्याघ्रानुयातो वा वने वा वनहस्तिभिः । राज्ञा क्रुद्धेन चाज्ञप्तो वध्यो बन्धगतो ऽपि वा
siṃhavyāghrānuyāto vā vane vā vanahastibhiḥ / rājñā kruddhena cājñapto vadhyo bandhagato 'pi vā
Or pursued by lions and tigers, or by wild elephants in the forest, or condemned by an angry king to be executed, or even thrown into prison;
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MkP 92.27
आघूर्णितो वा वातेन स्थितः पोते महार्णवे । पतत्सु चापि शस्त्रेषु संग्रामे भृशदारुणे
āghūrṇito vā vātena sthitaḥ pote mahārṇave / patatsu cāpi śastreṣu saṃgrāme bhṛśadāruṇe
Or whirled about by the wind while aboard a ship on the great ocean, and even when weapons are falling in a most terrible battle;
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MkP 92.28
सर्वाबाधासु घोरासु वेदनाभ्यर्दितो ऽपि वा । स्मरन्ममैतच्छरितं नरो मुच्येत सङ्कटात्
sarvābādhāsu ghorāsu vedanābhyardito 'pi vā / smaranmamaitaccharitaṃ naro mucyeta saṅkaṭāt
Amid all dreadful afflictions, or even when tormented by pain — a man who remembers this exploit of mine would be freed from the strait.
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MkP 92.29
मम प्रभावात्सिंहाद्या दस्यवो वैरिणस्तथा । दूरादेव पलायन्ते स्मरतश्चरितं मम
mama prabhāvātsiṃhādyā dasyavo vairiṇastathā / dūrādeva palāyante smarataścaritaṃ mama
By my power lions and the rest, and robbers and enemies too, flee from afar from one who remembers my exploit.
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MkP 92.30
इत्युक्त्वा सा भगवती चण्डिका चण्डविक्रमा । पश्यतामेव देवानां तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
ityuktvā sā bhagavatī caṇḍikā caṇḍavikramā / paśyatāmeva devānāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata
Having said this, that blessed Caṇḍikā of fierce valour vanished on that very spot, while the gods were looking on.
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MkP 92.31
ते ऽपि देव्या निरातङ्का स्वाधिकारान् यथा पुरा । यज्ञभागभुजः सर्वे चक्रुर्विनिहतारयः
te 'pi devyā nirātaṅkā svādhikārān yathā purā / yajñabhāgabhujaḥ sarve cakrurvinihatārayaḥ
And they too, free of fear, their enemies slain, all of them enjoyers of the shares of the sacrifice, carried out their own offices as before.
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MkP 92.32
दैत्याश्च देव्या निहते शुम्भे देवरिपौ युधि । जगद्विध्वंसके तस्मिन् महोग्रे ऽतुलविक्रमे । निशुम्भे च महावीर्ये शेषाः पातालमाययुः
daityāśca devyā nihate śumbhe devaripau yudhi / jagadvidhvaṃsake tasmin mahogre 'tulavikrame / niśumbhe ca mahāvīrye śeṣāḥ pātālamāyayuḥ
And when Śumbha, the enemy of the gods, destroyer of the world, most terrible, of unequalled valour, had been slain in battle by the Goddess, and Niśumbha too of great might, the remaining Daityas went to the netherworld.
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MkP 92.33
एवं भगवती देवी सा नित्यापि पुनः पुनः । सम्भूय कुरुते भूप जगतः परिपालनम्
evaṃ bhagavatī devī sā nityāpi punaḥ punaḥ / sambhūya kurute bhūpa jagataḥ paripālanam
Thus, O king, that blessed Goddess, though eternal, again and again takes form and accomplishes the protection of the world.
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MkP 92.34
तयैतन्मोह्यते विश्वं सैव विश्वं प्रसूयते । सा याचिता च विज्ञानं तुष्टा ऋद्धिं प्रयच्छति
tayaitanmohyate viśvaṃ saiva viśvaṃ prasūyate / sā yācitā ca vijñānaṃ tuṣṭā ṛddhiṃ prayacchati
By her this universe is deluded; she herself brings forth the universe; and she, when entreated, grants knowledge, and when pleased, prosperity.
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MkP 92.35
व्याप्तं तयैतत्सकलं ब्रह्माण्डं मनुजेश्वर । महाकाल्या महाकाले महाकारीस्वरूपया
vyāptaṃ tayaitatsakalaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ manujeśvara / mahākālyā mahākāle mahākārīsvarūpayā
By her, O lord of men, this whole egg of Brahmā is pervaded — by Mahākālī, whose own form is that of Mahākārī (the great agent of destruction), at the time of the great dissolution.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 92.36
सैव काले महामारी सैव सृष्टिर्भवत्यजा । स्थितिं करोति भूतानां सैव काले सनातनी
saiva kāle mahāmārī saiva sṛṣṭirbhavatyajā / sthitiṃ karoti bhūtānāṃ saiva kāle sanātanī
She indeed at (that) time is the great pestilence; she, the unborn, becomes creation; and she, the everlasting, effects at (its) time the maintenance of beings.
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MkP 92.37
भवकाले नृणां सैव लक्ष्मीर्वृद्धिप्रदा गृहे । सैवाभावे तथालक्ष्मीर्विनाशायोपजायते
bhavakāle nṛṇāṃ saiva lakṣmīrvṛddhipradā gṛhe / saivābhāve tathālakṣmīrvināśāyopajāyate
In the time of men's prosperity she is Lakṣmī in the house, bestowing increase; and in (a time of) want she likewise arises as Alakṣmī, for (their) ruin.
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MkP 92.38
स्तुता सम्पूजिता पुष्पैर्धूपगन्धादिबिस्तथा । ददाति वित्तं पुत्रांश्च मतिं धर्मे गतिं शुभाम्
stutā sampūjitā puṣpairdhūpagandhādibistathā / dadāti vittaṃ putrāṃśca matiṃ dharme gatiṃ śubhām
Praised and duly worshipped with flowers, and with incense, perfumes and the rest, she gives wealth and sons, a mind set on dharma, and an auspicious course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition