Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.648

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6). Details from Mahābhārata relating to Mārkaṇḍeya.
(i) This sage shone in the court of Dharmaputra. (Śloka 15, Chapter 4, Sabhā Parva).
(ii) He sits in the court of Brahmā and worships him (Śloka 12, Chapter 11, Sabhā Parva).
(iii) Once Mārkaṇḍeya gave Dharmopadeśa to the Pāṇḍavas. (Chapter 25, Vana Parva).
(iv) Mārkaṇḍeya sitting on the banks of the river Payoṣṇī sang praises about river Payoṣṇī and king Nṛga. (Śloka 5, Chapter 88, Vana Parva).
(v) Once Mārkaṇḍeya narrated to Dharmaputra stories about Kings and Ṛṣis. (Chapters 186 to 232, Vana Parva).
(vi) Mārkaṇḍeya had a vision of the great deluge. (Chapter 188, Vana Parva).
(vii) This sage entered the belly of Bālamukunda. (Śloka 100, Chapter 188, Vana Parva). (viii) Mārkaṇḍeya gave a description of Kaliyuga. (Śloka 7, Chapter 190, Vana Parva).
(ix) He described at another time the incarnation of Kalki. (Śloka 93, Chapter 19, Vana Parva).
(x) Once Mārkaṇḍeya narrated the story of Tripuravadha to Dharmaputra. (Śloka 2, Chapter 33, Karṇa Parva).
(xi) Mārkaṇḍeya was also one among the several sages who visited Bhīṣma lying on his bed of arrows. (Śloka 11, Chapter 47, Śānti Parva).
(xii) Mārkaṇḍeya learnt Sahasranāma (thousand names) of Śiva from Naciketas and taught the same to Upamanyu. (Śloka 79, Chapter 17, Anuśāsana Parva). (xiii) Once Mārkaṇḍeya discussed with Nārada topics on many different subjects. (Dākṣiṇātya Pāṭha, Chapter 22, Anuśāsana Parva).
(xiv) Once Mārkaṇḍeya explained the evils of taking flesh as food. (Śloka 37, Chapter 115, Anuśāsana Parva).
(xv) The name of the wife of Mārkaṇḍeya was Dhūmorṇā. (Śloka 4, Chapter 146, Anuśāsana Parva).
(xvi) Yudhiṣṭhira worshipped Mārkaṇḍeya also when he worshipped great sages before commencing the Mahāprasthāna. (Śloka 12, Chapter 1, Prasthāna Parva, M.B.). (xvii) Mahābhārata gives the following synonyms for Mārkaṇḍeya:—Bhārgava, Bhārgavasattama, Bhrgukulaśārdūla, Bhrgunandana, Brahmarṣi and Viprarṣi.