Markandeyapurana 80
English (machine translation) 80
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Contents
- 80.11 — 2 parts
80.1
Krauṣṭuki said: / "These seven Manus beginning with Svāyambhuva have been told to me, / as well as the gods, kings, and munis in their periods.
80.2
The other seven Manus who will appear in this kalpa, O great muni, / recount them, and also who their gods and others will be."
80.3
Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Sāvarṇi has been described to you, who is the son of Chāyā-Saṃjñā; / equal to his elder brother Manu, he will be the eighth Manu.
80.4
Rāma, Vyāsa, Gālava, Dīptimān, Kṛpa, / Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, and Droṇa [Aśvatthāman] will be the seven ṛṣis therein.
80.5
The gods are threefold: the Sutapas, the Amitābhas, and the Mukhyas; / a group of twenty is declared for each of the three, making a threefold troop.
80.6
Tapas, Tapta, Śakra, Dyuti, Jyotis, Prabhākara, / Prabhāsa, Dayita, Dharma, Tejas, Raśmi, Cirakratu—
80.7
such is the troop of twenty gods known as the Sutapas. / Prabhu, Vibhu, Vibhāsa, and the rest form another troop of twenty,
80.8
namely of the Amitābha gods. Hear from me also of the third: / Dama, Dānta, Ṛta, Soma, Vitta, and the others, twenty in all,
80.9
are declared as the Mukhyas, the gods who preside over that manvantara. / They are sons of Prajāpati Kaśyapa, the descendant of Marīci.
80.10
These future ones will appear in the manvantara of Sāvarṇi Manu. / Their future Indra, O muni, will be Bali, the son of Virocana,
80.11
the Daitya who dwells even today in Pātāla, bound by an agreement. / Virajas, Arvavīra, Nirmoha, Satyavāc, Kṛti, / Viṣṇu, and others will be the sons of Sāvarṇi Manu, rulers of the earth.
80.11.p1
Thus ends the eightieth chapter in the glorious Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
80.11.p2
Eighty-first Chapter - 81
Translations (1)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit