Rishi Markandeya Was Immortalized

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The fame of the great Mahamantra 'Mahamrityunjaya' in the death of a dying person is due to Markandeya. The public faith on this mantra is so high that despite being a Vedic mantra, the Mahamrityunjaya mantra is believed to be composed by Markandeya. Markandeya is such a great sage that his presence is accessible before the era of Lord Shri Ram, in the story of Shri Ram and later in the Mahabharata period. Markandeya Purana is a composition of these, a part of which is Durgasaptashati, which is performed in Navaratri with great faith.

Markandeya is Ajar-Amar, According to Mahabharata-

Markandeya has seen many catastrophes occurring at the end of thousand-thousand eras. The sentence 'Naike Yugasahrantantattvaaya darva mahamune' is proof of this. In this epic, these great heroes are called Ajar-Amar.

It is written in the Mahabharata that when Markandeya visited Yudhishthira and the Pandavas during the exile period, then-

'Ajarashmarachashva Rupaudarya: Visible and Yanto viz. Syat Panchvinshak: 'That is, he was rich and immortal with qualities of form and generosity. By the way, even when they were old and old, they looked as if they were twenty-five years old! Maharishi Markandeya has been considered one of the eight Chiranjeevites in the Puranas.

The famous verse in this regard is- "अश्वत्थामा बलिर्व्यासो हनूमांश्च विभीषण:। कृप: परशुरामश्च सप्तएतै चिरजीविन:॥ सप्तैतान् संस्मरेन्नित्यं मार्कण्डेयमथाष्टमम्। जीवेद्वर्षशतं सोपि सर्वव्याधिविवर्जित।।"

(Ashwatthama Balirvayaso Hanumansha Vibhishana:. Please: Parashuramashta Saptaetai Chirjeevin:॥ Saptaitaan Sansmarennityam Markandeyamathastham. Jeevadvarshatam sopi sarvavyadhi vivarjit).

That is, Ashwatthama, Daityaraja Bali, Ved Vyas, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Kripacharya, Parashurama and Markandeya Rishi are always alive. By remembering them in the morning, all diseases are eliminated and man attains the age of 100 years. Among these too, there are Markandeya alone who is older than everyone else except Brahmaji.

The story of Markandeya becoming Chiranjeevi is in the Uttarakhand of Padmapuran, according to which-

Mrkandu Muni pleased Lord Shiva by doing severe penance with his wife and by his boon found Markandeya in the form of a son. Shiva had asked Mrkandu, 'Do you want a son with a long life or a virtuous son with a young age?' Then Mrkandu wished for a virtuous son.

Lord Shiva had determined the age of Markandeya to be 16 years. When the sixteenth year of Markandeya began, the father was filled with grief. On asking the reason, when the father told Markandeya the story of the young age, he took the permission of the parents and went to the coast of the South Seas and set up a Shivalinga and started worshiping. Kaal or Yamraj arrived at the appointed time to defeat his life.

Then Markandeya said that I am doing the eulogy of Lord Shiva with Mahamrityunjaya Stotram, complete it, then stop. But Kaal did not listen and wanted to force Markandeya to suffer. At the same time, Mahadev appeared from the Shivling and roared like a cloud with a shout and hit the chest of Kaal with feet.

After this incident, Shivji got his name as Kalantaka because he not only protected Markandeya's life by ending the period, but also pleased him with his devotion and made him free forever.