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Markandeya - The Vedic sage from the Bhrigu clan, revered in all major branches of Hinduism, is described in the Puranas as a great devotee of Vishnu or Shiva. for ARTMIF project
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Markandeya - The Vedic sage from the Bhrigu clan, revered in all major branches of Hinduism, is described in the Puranas as a great devotee of Vishnu or Shiva. for ARTMIF project
Women in Mahabharata - Kaushalya (Ramopakhyana)
When Yudhishthira asks Markandeya if there is in fact anyone as much of an 'alpa-bhaagya-tar-o narah' [man with less fortune] in history as him. Markandeya immediately responds with a brief summary of the poor Rama.
She is a queen of the Ikshvaku dynasty that ruled for a time in Ayodhya, and a wife of Aja's son the King Dasharatha.
She is pretty much only invoked to inform the reader of Rama's birth and parentage: Raama-sya maata Kaushalya, Kaikeyi Bharata-sya tu suto Lakshmana-Shatrughna-o Sumitra-yah parantapoh [Rama's mother is Kosala's princess Kaushalya, Kaikeyi mothered Bharata, and the twins called Lakshmana and Shatrughna were Sumitra's].
Do u think Markandeya attended the funerals of countless generations of kids and teens he'd play and have fun with and watch them grow out to adulthood and-...
STAPH MAKING ME SAD-
Ofc he did
He had to attend
How could he miss the most precious thing to him?
The thing that's going to be his best memories for the rest of his immortal life...
Chiranjeevis singing The Snowman.
Mural depicting Shiva saving Markandeya from Death (Yamaraja), Kerala
Baktha Markandeyan Lord Shiva protected Markandeya from the clutches of death, Yama.
1980s. Publisher: Chandra Art Cards (via The University of Milan)
front cover: I am pleased to announce the recent acquisition by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco of my one-of-a-kind hand-painted book, Markandeya: Respite (2006).The book is my faulty recollection of a Hindu myth concerning Markandeya.
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Immortality is the fruit of Devotion: At the sight of him who in his heart has fixed the Lord’s Feet, Death is reminded of his bygone disastrous encounter with Markandeya and flees away. All other gods worship only Siva, placing their crowned heads at His feet. Such involuntary worship is only natural to Siva. Goddess Liberation, His consort, always remains part of Him.
— Adi Shankaracharya - Sivanandalahari, Verse 65
in: Talks - § 428, pg. 413