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# Markandeyapurana 85.26

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 85.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [85.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.85.26)

yā devī sarvabhūteṣu lakṣmīrūpeṇa saṃsthitā /  
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ //

> Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> Stands firm with the form of Faith,  
> Reverence to her, yea, reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> Stands firm with the form of Loveliness,  
> Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> Stands firm with the form of Good-Fortune,  
> Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!\[18\]  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> Stands firm with the form of Activity,  
> Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> Stands firm with the form of Memory,  
> Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> Stands firm with the form of Mercy,  
> Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!\[19\]  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> Stands firm with the form of Contentment,  
> Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> Stands firm with the form of Mother,  
> Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!  
> Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!  
> To the goddess who among all created beings  
> — 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.85.p3.3) — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya~en-mt.85.26) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (1)

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

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