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# Markandeyapurana 84.2

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 84.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [84.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.84.2)

śakrādayaḥ suragaṇā nihate 'tivīrye  
tasmin durātmani surāribale ca devyā /  
tāṃ tuṣṭubuḥ praṇatinamraśirodharāṃsā  
vāgbhiḥ praharṣapulakodgamacārudehāḥ //

> The ṛṣi spoke:\[1\]:  
> When that most valiant evil-souled army of the gods’ foes was vanquished by the goddess, Śakra and the hosts of other gods poured forth their praises to her with their voices, reverently bending down their necks\[2\] and shoulder’s, while their bodies looked handsome because their hair stood erect with exultation.  
> — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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## Translations (2)

- [The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-pargiter.84.p2) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.84.2) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

- [Guptavatī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.devimahatmya!guptavati) — Bhāskararāya Makhin 1741, Sanskrit

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