Markandya Puran

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Markandeya Purana (Gurmukhi: ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇ ਪ੝ਰਾਨ) is one of the major 18 Mahapuranas, written in the style of a dialogue between the ancient sage Markandeya and Jaimini, a disciple of Vyasa. According to Hindus, The text begins with the four questions put forth by Jaimini to Markandeya, after he approached the latter for the solution of some doubts raised in his mind after studying the Mahabharata. Markandeya refers him to the four wise birds living in the Vindhyas. Consequently, the four wise birds speak to Jaimini in chapters 4-44. The chapters 53-100 contain the accounts of the 14 Manvantaras (the periods of the Manus) of which 13 chapters (ch.81-93) are together known as the Devi Mahatmya (Glorification of the Great Goddess), which is embedded in this Purana. The chapters 111-137 have dealt with the genealogies of the Puranic dynasties.

Devi Mahatyama and Chandi Charitar

Devi Mahatymya is the chapter whose characters and concepts were accepted by Guru Gobind Singh and he gave a Gurmat version to this part of Markandya Puran. He cleared defination of Chandi in begginig of his compositions which are not cleared by markandya Puran. He wrote this under title Chandi Charitar Ukat(i) Bilas. He included all eight chapters and gave a new style of writing. Guru Gobind Singh even mentioned name of this puran at end of every chapter. ((ਇਤਿ ਸ੝ਰੀ ਮਾਰਕੰਡੇ ਪ੝ਰਾਨੇ ਚੰਡੀ ਚਰਿਤ੝ਰ ਉਕਤਿ ਬਿਲਾਸ)).

There is lot of differences in text written by Guru Gobind Singh so it's not exact copy of Devi Mahatyama.