Markendeya
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Markendeya is a sage in Hindu mythology who, in some versions of the Linga Purana story, is approached by Dussaha with complaints about his wife Jyestha. Markendeya recommends that Dussaha take Jyestha only to inauspicious places.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Parashakti, Śiva, Vishnu, Bhairavas, Jyeṣṭhā, Lakshmi, Andhaka, Lalitha, Bandhasura, Dussaha
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Source passages
“The sage soon discovers that his ugly wife can not bear the sound or sight of any auspicious things and complains to Vishnu or the sage Markendeya (in some versions). Vishnu/Markendeya recommends Dussaha to take Jyestha only to inauspicious places.”
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