Markandeya Purana · Chapter 73

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe auttamamanvantare dvisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
trisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 73
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
manvantare tṛtīye 'smin auttamasya prajāpateḥ /
devānindramṛṣīn bhūpān nibodha gadato mama

svadhāmānastathā devā yathānāmānukāriṇaḥ /
satyākhyaśca dvitīyo 'nyastridaśānāṃ tathā gaṇaḥ

tṛtīye tu gaṇe devāḥ śivākhyā munisattama /
śivāḥ svarūpataste tu śrutāḥ pāpapraṇāśanāḥ

pratardanākhyaśca gaṇo devānāṃ munisattama /
caturthastatra kathita auttamasyāntare manoḥ

vaśavartinaḥ pañcame 'pi devāstatra gaṇe dvija /
yathākhyātasvarūpāstu sarva eva mahāmune

ete devagaṇāḥ pañca smṛtā yajñabhujastathā /
manvantare manuśreṣṭhe sarve dvādaśakā gaṇāḥ

teṣāmindro mahābhāgastrailokye sa gururbhavet /
śataṃ kratūnāmāhṛtya suśāntirnāma nāmataḥ

yasyopasarganāśāya nāmākṣaravibhūṣitā /
adyāpi mānavairgāthā gīyate tu mahītale

śuśāntirdevarāṭ kāntaḥ śuśāntiṃ sa prayacchati /
sahitaḥ śivasatyādyaistathaiva vaśavartibhiḥ

ajaḥ paraśucirdivyo mahābalaparākramaḥ /
putrastasya manorāsan vikhyātāstridaśopamāḥ

tatsūtisambhavairbhūmiḥ pālitābhūnnareśvaraiḥ /
yāvanmanvantara tasya manoruttamatejasaḥ

caturyugānāṃ saṃkhyātā sādhikā hyekasaptatiḥ /
kṛtatretādisaṃjñānāṃ yānyuktāni yuge mayā

svatejasā hi tapaso variṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ /
tanayāścāntare tasmin sapta saptarṣayo 'bhavan

tṛtīyametatkathitaṃ tava manvantaraṃ mayā /
tāmasasya caturthantu manorantaramucyate

viyonijanmano yasya yaśasā dyotitaṃ jagat /
janma tasya manorbrahman ! śruyatāṃ gadato mama

atīndriyamaśeṣāṇāṃ manūnāñcaritantathā /
tathā janmāpi vijñeyaṃ prabhāvaśca mahātmanām