Markandeya Purana — Chapter 93
MkP 93.1
एतत्ते कथितं भूप देवीमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् । एवंप्रभावा सा देवी ययेदं धार्यते जगत्
etatte kathitaṃ bhūpa devīmāhātmyamuttamam / evaṃprabhāvā sā devī yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat
This supreme greatness of the Goddess has been told to you, O king; of such power is that Goddess by whom this world is upheld.
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MkP 93.2
विद्या तथैव क्रियते भगवद्विष्णुमायया । तथा त्वमेष वैश्यश्च तथैवान्ये विवेकिनः । मोह्यन्ते मोहिताश्चैव मोहमेष्यन्ति चापरे
vidyā tathaiva kriyate bhagavadviṣṇumāyayā / tathā tvameṣa vaiśyaśca tathaivānye vivekinaḥ / mohyante mohitāścaiva mohameṣyanti cāpare
And knowledge too is made (to arise) by the Māyā of the blessed Viṣṇu; thus you and this merchant, and likewise others who possess discernment, are deluded — and some have been deluded, and others will come to delusion.
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MkP 93.3
तामुपैहि महाराज शरणं परमेश्वरीम् । आराधिता सैव नृणां भोगस्वर्गापवर्गदा
tāmupaihi mahārāja śaraṇaṃ parameśvarīm / ārādhitā saiva nṛṇāṃ bhogasvargāpavargadā
Go to her for refuge, great king, to the supreme Sovereign Lady; she indeed, when propitiated, gives men enjoyment, heaven, and final release.
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MkP 93.4
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सुरथः स नराधिपः । प्रणिपत्य महाभागं तमृषिं शंसितव्रतम्
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā surathaḥ sa narādhipaḥ / praṇipatya mahābhāgaṃ tamṛṣiṃ śaṃsitavratam
Hearing these words of his, Suratha, that ruler of men, bowed down to the greatly blessed sage of praised vows,
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MkP 93.5
निर्विण्णो ऽतिममत्वेन राज्यापहरणेन च । जगम सद्यस्तपसे स च वैश्यो महामुने
nirviṇṇo 'timamatvena rājyāpaharaṇena ca / jagama sadyastapase sa ca vaiśyo mahāmune
and, disgusted by excessive attachment and by the seizure of his kingdom, went at once to (perform) austerity, and so did that merchant, O great sage.
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MkP 93.6
संदर्शनार्थमम्बाया नदीपुलिनसंस्थितः । स च वैश्यस्तपस्तेपे देवीसूक्तं परं जपन्
saṃdarśanārthamambāyā nadīpulinasaṃsthitaḥ / sa ca vaiśyastapastepe devīsūktaṃ paraṃ japan
In order to obtain a sight of the Mother, he stationed himself on a river's sandbank; and that merchant too performed austerity, reciting the supreme hymn to the Goddess.
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MkP 93.7
तौ तस्मिन् पिलिने देव्याः कृत्वा मूर्ति महीमयीम् । अर्हणां चक्रतुस्तस्याः पुष्पधूपाग्नितर्पणैः
tau tasmin piline devyāḥ kṛtvā mūrti mahīmayīm / arhaṇāṃ cakratustasyāḥ puṣpadhūpāgnitarpaṇaiḥ
The two of them, having made on that sandbank an image of the Goddess out of earth, performed her worship with flowers, incense, fire, and libations.
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MkP 93.8
निराहारौ यतात्मानौ तन्मनस्कौ समाहितौ । ददतुस्तौ बलिं चैव निजगात्रासृगुक्षितम्
nirāhārau yatātmānau tanmanaskau samāhitau / dadatustau baliṃ caiva nijagātrāsṛgukṣitam
Taking no food, self-restrained, their minds (fixed) on her, concentrated, the two also offered an oblation sprinkled with blood from their own bodies.
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MkP 93.9
एवं समाराधयतोस्त्रिभिर्वर्षैर्यतात्मनोः । परितुष्टा जगद्धात्री प्रत्यक्षं प्राह चण्डिका
evaṃ samārādhayatostribhirvarṣairyatātmanoḥ / parituṣṭā jagaddhātrī pratyakṣaṃ prāha caṇḍikā
When the two self-restrained men had worshipped (her) thus for three years, Caṇḍikā, the upholder of the world, being well pleased, spoke to them face to face.
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MkP 93.10
यत्प्रार्थ्यते त्वया भूप त्वया च कुलनन्दन । मत्तस्तत्प्राप्यतां सर्वं परितुष्टा ददामि तत्
yatprārthyate tvayā bhūpa tvayā ca kulanandana / mattastatprāpyatāṃ sarvaṃ parituṣṭā dadāmi tat
"Whatever is asked for by you, O king, and by you, O delight of your family — let all that be obtained from me; being well pleased, I grant it."
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MkP 93.11
ततो वव्रे नृपो राज्यमविभ्रंश्यन्यजन्मनि । अत्रैव च निजं राज्यं हतशत्रुबलं बलात्
tato vavre nṛpo rājyamavibhraṃśyanyajanmani / atraiva ca nijaṃ rājyaṃ hataśatrubalaṃ balāt
Then the king chose a kingdom that would not fall away (from him) in another birth, and, here in this very (life), his own kingdom, with the enemy's forces slain by force.
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MkP 93.12
सो ऽपि वैश्यस्ततो ज्ञानं वव्रे निर्विण्णमानसः । ममेत्यहमिति प्राज्ञः सङ्गविच्युतिकारकम्
so 'pi vaiśyastato jñānaṃ vavre nirviṇṇamānasaḥ / mametyahamiti prājñaḥ saṅgavicyutikārakam
That merchant too, his mind grown weary (of the world), being wise, then chose the knowledge that brings about the loosening of attachment — (the attachment expressed as) "mine" and "I."
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MkP 93.13
स्वल्पैरहोभिर्नृपते स्वं राज्यं प्राप्स्यते भवान् । हत्वा रिपूनस्खलितं तव तत्र भविष्यति
svalpairahobhirnṛpate svaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān / hatvā ripūnaskhalitaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati
"In a few days, O king, you shall obtain your own kingdom, having slain your foes; there it will be unshaken for you.
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MkP 93.14
मृतश्च भूयः सम्प्राप्य जन्म देवाद्विवस्वतः । सावर्णिको नाम मनुर्भवान् भुवि भविष्यति
mṛtaśca bhūyaḥ samprāpya janma devādvivasvataḥ / sāvarṇiko nāma manurbhavān bhuvi bhaviṣyati
And when you have died and again attained birth from the god Vivasvat, you shall become on earth the Manu named Sāvarṇika.
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MkP 93.15
वैश्यवर्य त्वया यश्च वरो ऽस्मत्तो ऽभिवाञ्छतः । तं प्रयच्छामि संसिद्ध्यै तव ज्ञानं भविष्यति
vaiśyavarya tvayā yaśca varo 'smatto 'bhivāñchataḥ / taṃ prayacchāmi saṃsiddhyai tava jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati
And, O best of merchants, the boon which is desired by you from me — that I grant: for your full accomplishment, knowledge shall arise."
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MkP 93.16
इति दत्त्वा तयोर्देवी यथाभिलषितं वरम् । बभूवान्तर्हिता सद्यो भक्त्या ताभ्यामभिष्टुता
iti dattvā tayordevī yathābhilaṣitaṃ varam / babhūvāntarhitā sadyo bhaktyā tābhyāmabhiṣṭutā
Having thus given the two of them the boon as each desired, the Goddess, praised by them with devotion, at once became invisible.
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MkP 93.17
एवं देव्या वरं लब्ध्वा सुरथः क्षत्रियर्षभः । सूर्याज्जन्म समासाद्य सावर्णिर्भविता मनुः
evaṃ devyā varaṃ labdhvā surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ / sūryājjanma samāsādya sāvarṇirbhavitā manuḥ
Thus, having obtained the boon from the Goddess, Suratha, the bull among Kṣatriyas, attaining birth from the Sun, shall become the Manu Sāvarṇi.
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