The oldest surviving manuscript of the Devi Māhātmya (part of Markandeya Purana), on palm-leaf, in an early Bhujimol script, Nepal, 11th century.
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The Markandeya Purana (Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय पुराण; IAST: Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism, and one of the eighteen major Puranas.[1][2] The text's title Markandeya refers to a sage in Hindu mythology, who is the central character in two legends, one linked to Shiva and other to Vishnu.[3] The Markandeya text is one of the Puranas that lacks a sectarian presentation of ideas in favor of any particular god,[2][3] and it is rare to read any deity being invoked or deity prayers in the entire text.[4][5]
The Markandeya Purana is probably one of the oldest in Purana genre of Hindu Literature, among the most interesting and important, states Ludo Rocher.[2] It is famous for including the Devi Mahatmya within it, the oldest known treatise on Devi (Goddess) as the Supreme Truth and Creator Of The Universe.[2][3][6] The text is considered as a central text of the Hindu Goddess-related Shaktism tradition, with an extraordinary expression of reverence for the feminine.[6][7] The Markandeya Purana's Devi Mahatmya is often ranked in some Hindu traditions to be as important as the Bhagavad Gita.[8]
The extant manuscripts of this Purana have 137 chapters, of which chapters 81 through 93 is the Devi Mahatmya.[9] Tradition and some medieval era texts assert that the Markandeya Purana has 9,000 verses, but surviving Manuscripts have about 6,900 verses.[10] 2,100 verses were transferred to Devi Bhagavatam. The text presents a diverse range of topics,[1][11][12] with socio-cultural information and symbolism for Vedic ideas and Metaphysical Thought.[13]
The MarkandeyaPurana (Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय पुराण; IAST: MārkaṇḍeyaPurāṇa) is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism, and one of the eighteen major Puranas. The...
Manasvini. The MarkandeyaPurana (one of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas in Hinduism), attributed to the sage, comprises a dialogue between Markandeya and a sage...
Mahabharata, the MarkandeyaPurana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The most famous of these stories is the one mentioned in the MarkandeyaPurana. According...
and Savage Death by Satya Chaitanya". Boloji. Retrieved 2016-04-13. MarkandeyaPurana, Chapter 74 Harper, Katherine Anne; Brown, Robert L. (2012-02-01)...
controlling the effects of karma or the lack thereof. According to the MarkandeyaPurana, Shani (Saturn) is described as the son of the Sun god, Surya, and...
principle incarnations of Vishnu (Part 2: 48.31-32) It seems that in the MarkandeyaPurana, the legend of Vamana is not mentioned. [Bali said] "Lord Vamana,...
Kalika Purana (Sanskrit: कालिकापुराणम्, Kālikā Purāṇa), also called the Kali Purana, Sati Purana or Kalika Tantra, is one of the eighteen minor Puranas (Upapurana)...
various Puranas. She dates MarkandeyaPurana to c. 250 CE (with one portion dated to c. 550 CE), Matsya Purana to c. 250–500 CE, Vayu Purana to c. 350...
artha, and moksha. The Lakshmi Sahasranama of the Skanda Purana, Lakshmi Tantra, MarkandeyaPurana, Devi Mahatmya, and Vedic scriptures describe Lakshmi...
histories and the Puranas are said to be the fifth Veda. — Brahmanda Purana 1.4.21 One of the major Puranas, the MarkandeyaPurana, opens with a dialogue...
Pradesh) and iśvara ("Lord"). According to the Brahmanda and Bhavishyottara Puranas, the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit...
chiranjivis, the death-defeating beings. By remembering their names along with Markandeya, the eighth, one gains freedom from sickness and can live up to a hundred...
of the same text. Brahma Bhagavata Purana Vishnu Purana Shiva PuranaMarkandeyaPurana Gudhi Padwa Quote: "The Earliest Promotional Works Aimed At Tourists...
Though it is based on MarkandeyaPurana, the direction and narration of whole story is independent of the MarkandeyaPurana. The text follows the Bachitar...
The 'Bhavishya Purana' (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major works in the Purana genre of Hinduism, written in Sanskrit. The title Bhavishya means...
does not say that she is his mother. The Vishnu Purana also records the legend similar to MarkandeyaPurana, but has few differences. Unable to bear Surya's...
the supreme power and creator of the universe. It is part of the MarkandeyaPurana. Devi Mahatmyam is also known as the Durgā Saptashatī (दुर्गासप्तशती)...
Brahmins would become a brahmarakshasa following his death. The Brahma Purana describes a conversation between a chandala and a brahmarakshasa. When enquired...
("Greatness of the Goddess") text, a later interpolation into the MarkandeyaPurana, considered a core text of Shaktism (the branch of Hinduism which...
inclinations metamorphose into something demonic (Asura). In the Brahmanda Purana, it is stated the term 'Asura' was used for the Daityas due to their rejection...
described in the Devi-Bhagavata Purana and Devi Mahatmyam, which are part of the MarkandeyaPurana attributed to sage Markandeya Rishi, who wrote it in Sanskrit...
Mahasaraswati. The story of Kaushiki is described in Devi Mahatmyam of MarkandeyaPurana. The Devi Mahatmyam describes that the goddess Kaushiki appeared from...
supreme being, in texts such as the Bhagavata Purana, the MarkandeyaPurana, and the Brahmanda Purana, though stories about his birth and origin vary...
significant expansion of the myth. The Puranic scriptures like the MarkandeyaPurana, the Matsya Purana and the Kurma described Sanjna as the daughter of Vishwakarma...
pilgrimage site having the temple of Vindhyavasini, who according to MarkandeyaPurana, had incarnated to kill the demon Mahishasura. A detailed description...
such. Some subjects covered by the text include: Bhagavata Purana Shiva PuranaMarkandeyaPurana Upanishads Dalal 2014, p. 10. Rocher 1986, pp. 20–22. Wilson...
India has been mentioned in Padma Purana, Vayu Purana and Agni Purana and Devi Bhagvata Purana and MarkandeyaPurana in other scriptures and tantric works...
appearance is described in the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, MarkandeyaPurana-Devi Mahatmya, Brahmanda Purana-Lalita Sahasranama, and the Tripura Rahasya...
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