Shloka 3
Adhyaya 93 — The Goddess’s Boons to Suratha and the Merchant (Conclusion of the Devi Mahatmyam)
तामुपैहि महाराज शरणं परमेश्वरीम् ।
आराधिता सैव नृणां भोगस्वर्गापवर्गदा ॥
tām upaihi mahārāja śaraṇaṃ parameśvarīm /
ārādhitā saiva nṛṇāṃ bhoga-svargāpavarga-dā
হে মহাৰাজ! সেই পৰমা দেৱীৰ শৰণ গ্ৰহণ কৰা। পূজিতা হ’লে তেৱেঁই মানুহক ইহলোকৰ ভোগ, স্বৰ্গ আৰু মোক্ষ প্ৰদান কৰে।
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FAQs
The verse asserts Devī as the comprehensive goal and refuge: she grants both worldly well-being (bhoga), post-mortem merit (svarga), and the highest end (apavarga/mokṣa). Ethically, it redirects a distressed ruler from mere political recovery toward surrender and disciplined worship.
This passage is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita; it functions as upadeśa (instruction) within vaṃśānucarita-like narrative framing (the king’s story). It is best treated as theological-ethical teaching embedded in narrative rather than a pancalakṣaṇa datum.
‘Bhoga–svarga–apavarga’ maps a graded ascent: outer fulfillment, subtle reward, and final release—suggesting Devī as both immanent provider and transcendent liberator, unifying dharma-artha-kāma with mokṣa under one śakti-principle.