Shloka 9
Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam
बलिप्रदाने पूजायामग्निकार्ये महोत्सवे ।
सर्वं ममैत्तच्चरितमुच्चार्यं श्राव्यमेव च ॥
balipradāne pūjāyām agnikārye mahotsave |
sarvaṃ mamaitac caritam uccāryaṃ śrāvyam eva ca ||
عند تقديم القرابين (bali)، وفي العبادة (pūjā)، وفي طقوس النار، وفي الأعياد العظمى—ينبغي أن تُتلى هذه الرواية كلّها عن أفعالي جهارًا، وأن تُجعل مسموعة للناس أيضًا.
FAQs
The Purāṇa treats sacred narrative as a living component of ritual—worship is not only offerings but also remembrance and proclamation of divine acts, strengthening communal faith and moral imagination.
Dharma: instruction for ritual conduct and communal observance; it shows how Purāṇic kathā becomes liturgy.
‘Uccāryaṃ’ (uttered) and ‘śrāvyam’ (heard) indicate a circulation of śakti through sound and shared attention; ritual becomes a medium for installing the Devī’s presence in the collective field.