Markandeya Gotra Padmasali Kaliyuga మార్కండేయ పద్మశాలి

 Foretelling future ( Continuation) The sages said: 1-3. We do not know whether the advent of Kali is imminent or far off. Therefore, we wish for final Yuga and the end of Dvāpara age. For the present we have come here for the acquisition of Dharma. We shall take up the greatest virtue and happiness with the smallest effort. The final Yuga that causes terror and heartburn has approached. It has destroyed Dharma. O sage, conversant with Dharma! it beloves you to describe it along with the symptoms in detail. Vyāsa said: 4. In the final Yuga will come up those kings who will cease to be protectors and take away the portion of oblations. They will be interested only in saving themselves. 5. In the final Yuga, non-Kṣatriyas will become kings, brahmins will resort to Śūdras for sustenance and Śūdras will maintain the conduct and way of life of the brahmins. 6. In the final Yuga, O excellent sages, brahmins well-versed in the Vedas as well as fallen evil ones will take food sitting in th...

The sages said: 1. What has been narrated by you, O Vyāsa, regarding the inscrutable Māyā of Viṣṇu, has been heard by us. 2. From you, O great sage, we wish to hear the precise process of annihilation at the end of a Kalpa, called Mahāpralaya. Vyāsa said: 3. Let it be heard precisely, O excellent sages, how the process of annihilation takes place at the end of a Kalpa as well as at the time of Prākṛta Pralaya. 4. O excellent brahmins, the human month is a day unto the Pitṛs (Manes), the human year is a day unto the heaven-dwellers and a thousand sets of four Yugas constitute a day of Brahmā. 5. Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali constitute a set of four Yugas containing twelve thousand Divine years. 6. The four Yugas are similar in form. Kṛta is the Yuga first. O sages, Kaliyuga is the last. 7. That is because creation is carried out by Brahmā in the first Kṛta yuga and similarly annihilation is carried out in the end in the Kaliyuga. The sages said: 8. O holy Sir, it beloves you to describ...

 Vana Parva : Markandeya Samasya Parva : SECTION CLXL : "Markandeya continued, 'Having exterminated the thieves and robbers, Kalki will, at a great Horse-sacrifice, duly give away this earth to the Brahmanas, and having established anew the blessed rectitude ordained by the Self-create, Kalki, of sacred deeds and illustrious reputation, will enter a delightful forest, and the people of this earth will imitate his conduct, and when the Brahmanas will have exterminated the thieves and robbers, there will be prosperity everywhere (on earth). And as the countries of the earth will one after another be subjugated, that tiger among Brahmanas, Kalki, having placed deer skins and lances and tridents there, will roam over the earth, adored by foremost Brahmanas and showing his regard for them and engaged all the while in slaughtering thieves and robbers. And he will exterminate the thieves and robbers amid heart-rending cries of 'Oh, father--' 'Oh, mother!--'O son!'...

 Vana Parva : Mārkaṇḍeya Samasya Parva : SECTION CLXXXIX  "Vaisampayana said Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, once more asked the great Muni Markandeya about the future course of the government of the Earth. "And Yudhishthira said, 'O thou foremost of all speakers, O Muni of Bhrigu's race, that which we have heard from thee about the destruction and re-birth of all things at the end of the Yuga, is, indeed, full of wonder! I am filled with curiosity, however, in respect of what may happen in the Kali age. When morality and virtue will be at an end, what will remain there! What will be the prowess of men in that age, what their food, and what their amusements? What will be the period of life at the end of the Yuga? What also is the limit, having attained which the Krita age will begin anew? Tell me all in detail, O Muni, for all that thou narratest is varied and delightful.' "Thus addressed, that foremost of Munis began his discourse again, delighting that tige...

Vana Parva : Markandeya Samasya Parva : SECTION CLXXXVII : "Then the virtuous king Yudhishthira in all humility again enquired of the illustrious Markandeya, saying, 'O great Muni, thou hast seen many thousands of ages pass away. In this world there is none so longlived as thou! O best of those that have attained the knowledge of Supreme Spirit, there is none equal to thee in years except the great-minded Brahma living in the most exalted place. Thou, O Brahmana, worshippest Brahma at the time of the great dissolution of the universe, when this world is without sky and without the gods and Danavas. And when that cataclysm ceaseth and the Grandsire awaketh, thou alone, O regenerate Rishi, beholdest Brahma duly re-create the four orders of beings after having filled the cardinal points with air and consigned the waters to their proper place. Thou, O great Brahmana, hast worshipped in his presence the great Lord and Grandsire of all creatures with soul rapt in meditation and enti...

పద్మశాలి చరిత్ర : ( ప్రామాణికమైన పురాణ referencesతో) మనం ఎప్పుడు కృష్ణ ద్వైపాయనడు వేద వ్యాస మహర్షి( శ్రీ మహా విష్ణు అవతారం) విరచితమైన 18 పురాణాలు 54ఉప పురాణాలు ఆధారంగా తీసుకోవాలి, అందులో బ్రహ్మాండ పురాణము, విష్ణు పురాణం, మార్కండేయ పురాణం, నరసింహ పురాణంలో, వాయు పురాణం ఉన్న విషయాలు గమనించినట్లైతే ఈ విధముగా మార్కండేయ మహర్షి వంశ చరిత్ర చెప్పబడినది : భృగు మహర్షి యొక్క భార్య ఖ్యాతి. ఈమె దేవతలు అయిన ధాతృ మరియు విధాతృ అనే పుత్రులకు మరియు శ్రీ దేవి అనే పుత్రికకు జన్మనిచ్చిoది. ధాతృ మరియు విధాతృ పెద్దక్కగా శ్రీ దేవి అమ్మవారు జన్మించారు. శ్రీ దేవి అమ్మవారు భగవంతుడైన నారాయణ స్వామికి భార్య అయ్యింది, వారికి బల మరియు ఉత్సాహ అనే కుమారులు పుట్టారు. ఆయతి మరియు నియతి వీరిద్దరు మహాత్ముడైన మేరుపర్వతుడి పుత్రికలు వీళ్ళు ధాతృ మరియు విధాతృ దేవ సోదరులకు భార్యలు అయినారు. ధాతృ ఆయతిలకు ప్రాణ మరియు విధాతృ నియతిలకు మృకండు అనే కుమారులు పుట్టారు. మృకండు మహర్షి భార్య మనస్వినీ ఈ దంపతులకు మార్కండేయ మహర్షి జన్మించారు. మార్కండేయ మహర్షి భార్య పేరు ధూమ్రవతి వారికి వేదశిరస అనే పుత్రుడు జన్మించాడు. ఈ వేదశిరస ఋషి వరాహ క...

Puranas : Brahmanda Purana :  The progeny of Brighu :  (Chapter 11 - The creation of Sages (saptarṣi)) Brighu's wife Khyati gave birth to a daugher and two sons. The sons were masters of happiness and misery. They grant auspicious and inauspicious results unto all living beings. They were the gods Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ. They used to live and walkabout throughout the Manvantara. Their elder sister, goddess Śrī, purified the worlds. The splendid lady attained lord Nārāyaṇa as her husband. Bala and Unmāda were born of her as the sons of Nārāyaṇa. Tejas was the son of Bala and Saṃśaya was the son of Unmāda. Other mental sons too were born of him. They move about in the firmament. They drive and carry the aerial chariots of the Devas and persons of auspicious rites. Āyati and Niyati, the daughters of Meru are remembered as the wives of Vidhātṛ and Dhātṛ. Prāṇa and Mṛkaṇḍa of firm holy vows were their sons. They are eternal and Brahmakośas. Mārkaṇḍeya was born of Manasvinī as the son of...