Maṅgala Verse of the Madhyama Parva

Maṅgala Verse of the Madhyama Parva · madhyama-parva maṅgala śloka, “the auspicious verse of the Madhyama Parva”

The maṅgala verse of the Madhyama Parva is the auspicious verse that opens the Madhyama Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa. It hails Bhagavān Bhāskara, Bhagavān Murāri and Bhagavān Rudra, and closes again with Bhagavān Sūrya as Citrabhānu.

The verse

जयति भुवनदीपो भास्करो लोककर्ता
जयति च शितिदेहः शार्ङ्गधन्वा मुरारिः।
जयति च शशिमौली रुद्रनामाभिधेयो
जयति सकलमौलिर्भानुमाश्चित्रभानुः ।।

jayati bhuvanadīpo bhāskaro lokakartā
jayati ca śitidehaḥ śārṅgadhanvā murāriḥ|
jayati ca śaśimaulī rudranāmābhidheyo
jayati sakalamaulirbhānumāścitrabhānuḥ ||

Victory to Bhagavān Bhāskara, the lamp of the world, who brings forth the saṃsāra. Victory to Bhagavān Murāri, of dark body, bearer of the Śārṅga bow. Victory to Bhagavān Rudra, who bears the moon on his head. Victory to the radiant Bhagavān Citrabhānu, Sūrya, the crown jewel of all.

Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapter 1

The names in the verse, in order: Bhuvanadīpa, the lamp of the world; Bhāskara; Lokakartā, maker of the world; Śitideha, of dark body; Śārṅgadhanvā, bearer of the Śārṅga bow; Murāri; Śaśimaulī, who bears the moon on his head; Rudra; Sakalamauli, crown of all; Bhānumān, the radiant; and Citrabhānu, whom the Hindi glosses as Sūrya.

What follows

After the verse the munis bow and ask Romaharshaṇa Sūta, best of the Paurāṇikas, about the Purāṇa-saṃhitā. Sūta bows to his guru Vedavyāsa, son of Satyavatī, and to Bhagavān Hari, and begins the Madhyama Parva, which tells of ishṭāpūrta karmas such as the establishing of devatās.

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapter 1