Markandeyapurana 82.13
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 82.13
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82.13
yadabhūcchāmbhavaṃ tejastenājāyata tanmukham /
yāmyena cābhavan keśā bahavo viṣṇutejasā //
Having thus heard the words of the gods, Viṣṇu was wroth and Śiva also; both their faces became furrowed with frowns. Then issued forth great energy[2] from the mouth of Viṣṇu who was full of intense anger, and from the mouths of Brahmā and Śiva; and from the bodies of Indra and the other gods went forth a very great energy; and it all amalgamated. The gods beheld the mass of intense energy there like a burning mountain, pervading the other regions of the sky with its blaze; and that unparalleled energy born of the bodies of all the gods, which pervaded the three worlds with its light, gathering into one became a female. By what was Śiva’s energy her face was developed, and by Tama’s energy grew her hair, and her arms by Viṣṇu’s energy, by the Moon’s her twin breasts; and her waist came into being by Indra’s energy, and by Varuṇa’s her legs and thighs, by the Earth’s energy her hips, by Brahmā’s energy her feet, her toes by the Sun’s energy, and by the Vasus’ energy her hands and fingers, and by Kuvera’s her nose; and her teeth grew by the Prajāpati’s energy, and three eyes were developed by Agni’s energy; and her eyebrows were the energy of the two twilights, and her ears Vāyu’s energy; and the coming into being of the energies of the other gods became the auspicious goddess.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (1)
- Guptavatī — Bhāskararāya Makhin 1741, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Durgārcanasṛti — Sanskrit