Markandeya Purana · Chapter 78

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe vaivasvatamanvantare saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
aṣṭasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 78
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
tatastaṃ tuṣṭuvurdevāstathā devarṣayo ravim /
vāgbhiroḍyamaśeṣasya trailokyasya samāgatāḥ

devā ūcuḥ
namaste ṛksvarūpāya sāmarūpāya te namaḥ /
yajuḥ svarūparūpāya sāmnāndhāmavate namaḥ

jñānaikadhāmabhūtāya nirdhūtatamase namaḥ /
śuddhajyotiḥ svarūpāya viśuddhāyāmalātmane

variṣṭhāya vareṇyāya parasmai paramātmane /
namo 'khilajagadvyāpisvarūpāyātmamūrtaye

idaṃ stotravaraṃ ramyaṃ śrotavyaṃ śraddhayā naraiḥ /
śiṣyo bhūtvā samādhistho dattvā deyaṃ gurorapi

na śūnyabhūtaiḥ śrotavyametattu saphalaṃ bhavet /
sarvakāraṇabhūtāya niṣṭhāyai jñānacetasām

namaḥ sūryasvarūpāya prakāśātmasvarūpiṇe /
bhāskarāya namastubhyaṃ tathā dinakṛte namaḥ

śarvarīhetave caiva sandhyājyotsnākṛte namaḥ /
tvaṃ sarvametad bhagavan jagadudbhramatā tvayā

bhramatyāviddhamakhilaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ sacarācaram /
tvadaṃśubhiridaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ sañjāyate śuci

kriyate tvatkaraiḥ sparśājjalādīnāṃ pavitratā /
homadānādiko dharmo nopakārāya jāyate

tāvadyāvanna saṃyogi jagadetat tvadaṃśubhiḥ /
ṛcaste sakalā hyetā yajūṃṣyetāni cānyataḥ

sakalāni ca sāmāni nipatanti tvadaḍgataḥ /
ṛṅmayastvaṃ jagannātha ! tvameva ca yajurmayaḥ

yataḥ sāmamayaścaiva tato nātha ! trayīmayaḥ /
tvameva brahmaṇo rūpaṃ parañcāparameva ca

mūrtāmūrtastathā sūkṣmaḥ sthūlarūpastathā sthitaḥ /
nimeṣakāṣṭhādimayaḥ kālarūpaḥ kṣayātmakaḥ /
prasīda svecchayā rūpaṃ svatejaḥ śamanaṃ kuru

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
evaṃ saṃstūyamānastu devairdevarṣibhistathā /
mumoca svaṃ tadā tejastejasāṃ rāśiravyayaḥ

yattasya ṛṅmayaṃ tejo bhavitā tena medinī /
yajurmayenāpi divaṃ svargaḥ sāmamayaṃ raveḥ

śātitāstejaso bhāgā ye tvaṣṭrā daśa pañca ca /
tvaṣṭraiva tena śarvasya kṛtaṃ śūlaṃ mahātmanā

cakraṃ viṣṇorvasūnāñca śaṅkavo 'tha sudāruṇāḥ /
pāvakasya tathā śaktiḥ śibikā dhanadasya ca

anyeṣāmasurārīṇāmastrāṇyugrāṇi yāni vai /
yakṣavidyādharāṇāñca tāni cakre sa viśvakṛt

tataśca ṣoḍaśaṃ bhāgaṃ bibharti bhagavān vibhuḥ /
tattejaḥ pañcadaśadhā śātitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā

tato 'śvarūpadhṛgbhānuruttarānagamat kurūn /
tadṛśe tatra saṃjñāñca vaḍavārūpadhāriṇīm

sā ca dṛṣṭvā tamāyāntaṃ parapuṃso viśaṅkayā /
jagāma saṃmukhaṃ tasya pṛṣṭharakṣaṇatatparā

tataśca nāsikāyogaṃ tayostatra sametayoḥ /
nāsatyadastrau tanayāvaśvīvaktravinirgatau

retaso 'nte ca revantaḥ khaḍgī carmo tanutradhṛk /
aśvārūḍhaḥ samudbhūto bāṇatūṇasamanvitaḥ

tataḥ svarūpamatulaṃ darśayāmāsa bhānumān /
tasyaiṣā ca samālokya svarūpaṃ mudamādade

svarūpadhāriṇīñcaimāmānināya nijāśrayam /
saṃjñāṃ bhāryāṃ prītimatīṃ bhāskaro vāritaskaraḥ

tataḥ pūrvasuto yo 'syāḥ so 'bhūdvaivasvato manuḥ /
dvitīyaśca yamaḥ śāpāddharmadṛṣṭirabhūt sutaḥ

kṛmayo māṃsamādāya pādato 'sya mahītale /
patiṣyantīti śāpāntaṃ tasya cakre pitā svayam

dharmadṛṣṭiryataścāsau samo mitre tathāhite /
tato niyogaṃ taṃ yāmye cakāra timirāpahaḥ

yamunā ca nadī jajñe kalindāntaravāhinī /
aśvinau devabhiṣajau kṛtau pitrā mahātmanā

guhyakādhipatitve ca revanto 'pi niyojitaḥ /
cchāyāsaṃjñāsutānāñca niyogaḥ śruyatāṃ mama

pūrvajasya manostulyaśchāyāsaṃjñāsuto 'grajaḥ /
tataḥ sāvarṇikīṃ saṃjñāmavāpa tanayo raveḥ

bhaviṣyati manuḥ so 'pi balirindro yadā tadā /
śanaiścaro grahāṇāñca madhye pitrā niyojitaḥ

tayostṛtīyā yā kanyā tapatī nāma sā kurum /
nṛpāt saṃvaraṇāt putramavāpa manujeśvaram

tasya vaivasvatasyāhaṃ manoḥ saptamamantaram /
kathayāmi sutān bhūpānṛṣīn devān surādhipam