Chapter 11 · Ekādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Eleventh Chapter)
Closing
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवीमाहात्म्ये देव्याः स्तुतिर्नामैकादशोऽध्यायः॥ ११ ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍēyapurāṇē sāvarṇikē manvantarē dēvīmāhātmyē dēvyāḥ stutirnāmaikādaśō’dhyāyaḥ || 11 ||
Translation
Auspiciousness. In the holy Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, in the Sāvarṇika Manvantara, in the Devi Māhātmya, the chapter named ‘The Praise of the Goddess,’ the eleventh chapter.
Word by word
- svasti
- auspiciousness
- śrī
- holy
- mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe
- in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
- sāvarṇike
- in the Sāvarṇika
- manvantare
- Manvantara
- devīmāhātmye
- in the Devi Māhātmya
- devyāḥ stutiḥ
- praise of the Goddess
- nāma
- named
- ekādaśaḥ
- eleventh
- adhyāyaḥ
- chapter
Meaning
The colophon marks the conclusion of the Eleventh Chapter, identifying it as part of the Devi Māhātmya within the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, during the Sāvarṇika Manvantara, and titles it ‘The Praise of the Goddess,’ signifying the gods’ hymns and the Goddess’s boons.