Shloka 5
Adhyaya 85 — Suratha's Devotion
तयास्माकं वरो दत्तो यथाऽपत्त्सु स्मृताखिलाः ।
भवतां नाशयिष्यामि तत्क्षणात् परमापदः ॥
tayāsmākaṃ varo datto yathā'patsu smṛtākhilāḥ / bhavatāṃ nāśayiṣyāmi tatkṣaṇāt paramāpadaḥ
وقد منحتنا نعمةً قائلةً: «متى ما تذكّرتموني جميعًا في أزمنة الشدّة، فإني في تلك اللحظة بعينها أُهلك أعظم مصائبكم».
FAQs
The verse elevates bhakti as an efficacious discipline: remembrance in crisis is itself a dharmic act that reconnects one to the saving power of Śakti; it also implies accountability—turning to the divine rather than despair or adharma.
Not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa focus; it is a protective-theology motif (rakṣā) embedded in narrative, illustrating the Purāṇic role of teaching upāsanā and its fruits.
‘Immediate destruction of calamity’ points to the transformative shift when awareness recollects its source (Śakti): the ‘āpadaḥ’ are both outer afflictions and inner obscurations dispelled by recollection.