The Markandeya Purana (Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय पुराण; IAST: Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism, and one of the eighteen major Puranas. The...

Manasvini. The Markandeya Purana (one of the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas in Hinduism), attributed to the sage, comprises a dialogue between Markandeya and a sage...

Mahabharata, the Markandeya Purana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The most famous of these stories is the one mentioned in the Markandeya Purana. According...

bushy hair, wearing a red loin cloth and golden jewelry. According to Markandeya Purana, the Brahmin Pravara was given a magical ointment that allowed him...

Bhagavata Purana (in three volumes), the Markandeya Purana (one volume), the Brahma Purana (two volumes), the Vishnu Purana (one volume), the Shiva Purana (three...

and Savage Death by Satya Chaitanya". Boloji. Retrieved 2016-04-13. Markandeya Purana, Chapter 74 Wilkins, W. J. (1882-01-01). Hindu Mythology: Vedic and...

principle incarnations of Vishnu (Part 2: 48.31-32) It seems that in the Markandeya Purana, the legend of Vamana is not mentioned. [Bali said] "Lord Vamana,...

controlling the effects of karma or the lack thereof. According to the Markandeya Purana, Shani (Saturn) is described as the son of the Sun god, Surya, and...

Kalika Purana (Sanskrit: कालिकापुराणम्, Kālikā Purāṇa), also called the Kali Purana, Sati Purana or Kalika Tantra, is one of the eighteen minor Puranas (Upapurana)...

Kurma Purana and Bhagavata Purana gives Samjna only three children — Manu, Yama and Yamuna. Markandeya Purana as well as Vishnudharmottara Purana prescribe...

("Greatness of the Goddess") text, a later interpolation into the Markandeya Purana, considered a core text of Shaktism (the branch of Hinduism which...

the supreme power and creator of the universe. It is part of the Markandeya Purana. Devi Mahatmyam is also known as the Durgā Saptashatī (दुर्गासप्तशती)...

Though it is based on Markandeya Purana, the direction and narration of whole story is independent of the Markandeya Purana. The text follows the Bachitar...

histories and the Puranas are said to be the fifth Veda. — Brahmanda Purana 1.4.21 One of the major Puranas, the Markandeya Purana, opens with a dialogue...

such as the Vishnu Purana, Markandeya Purana, Vayu Purana, and the Mahabharata. In contrast, Surabhi Trivedi, author of The Brahma Purana (critical study)...

Scriptural texts such as Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, Markandeya Purana, and Mahabhagavata Purana held Shakti as the supreme over all deities...

chiranjivis, the death-defeating beings. By remembering their names along with Markandeya, the eighth, one gains freedom from sickness and can live up to a hundred...

translated the Valmiki Ramayana(1892–1894), Markandeya Purana (1896), Bhagavata Purana (1896), Vishnu Purana (1896), Hari Vamsha (1897), Mahabharata (1895–1905)...

appearance is described in the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, Markandeya Purana-Devi Mahatmya, Brahmanda Purana-Lalita Sahasranama, and the Tripura Rahasya...

Revanta's birth is narrated in scriptures like the Vishnu Purana and the Markandeya Purana. Once, Sanjna (Saranyu), the daughter of celestial architect...

The 'Bhavishya Purana' (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major works in the Purana genre of Hinduism, written in Sanskrit. The title Bhavishya means...

described in the Devi-Bhagavata Purana and Devi Mahatmyam, which are part of the Markandeya Purana attributed to sage Markandeya Rishi, who wrote it in Sanskrit...

Devi Mahatmya, which is part of Markandeya Purana. The story of Mahishasura is told in the chapter where Markandeya is narrating the story of the birth...

pilgrimage site having the temple of Vindhyavasini, who according to Markandeya Purana, had incarnated to kill the demon Mahishasura. A detailed description...

various Puranas. She dates Markandeya Purana to c. 250 CE (with one portion dated to c. 550 CE), Matsya Purana to c. 250–500 CE, Vayu Purana to c. 350...

Brahmins would become a brahmarakshasa following his death. The Brahma Purana describes a conversation between a chandala and a brahmarakshasa. When enquired...

In Hinduism, Itihasa-Purana, also called the fifth Veda, refers to the traditional accounts of cosmogeny, myths, royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty...

does not say that she is his mother. The Vishnu Purana also records the legend similar to Markandeya Purana, but has few differences. Unable to bear Surya's...

supreme being, in texts such as the Bhagavata Purana, the Markandeya Purana, and the Brahmanda Purana, though stories about his birth and origin vary...

Various Puranas from the early to late 1st millennium CE dedicate chapters of inconsistent legends associated with Durga. Of these, the Markandeya Purana and...