Vamana Purana — Slaying of Raktabija, Shloka 12
The Slaying of Raktabīja and Niśumbha–Śumbha; the Manifestation of the Mātṛkās and the Devas’ Hymn
समायातो ऽस्मि वै दुर्गे देह्याज्ञां किं करोमि ते तद्वाक्यसमकालं च देव्या देहोद्भवा शिवा
samāyāto 'smi vai durge dehyājñāṃ kiṃ karomi te tadvākyasamakālaṃ ca devyā dehodbhavā śivā
“I have come, O Durgā; give me your command—what shall I do for you?” At the very moment of those words, Śivā arose from the body of the Goddess.
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FAQs
It frames Śiva not as rival but as aligned power: in many Purāṇic passages, Śakti is the immediate dynamic force (kriyā-śakti), while Śiva functions as the conscious regulator who acts in accord with her directive.
“Śivā” here is best read as an emanated feminine power-form (a Śakti-manifestation) emerging from Devī, often used to introduce a specific operative aspect needed for the next narrative action (e.g., subduing, binding, deluding, or empowering).
Purāṇic diction allows both, but in Devī narratives it typically signals a theophanic manifestation—an aspect-form projected from Devī’s own substance to accomplish a particular cosmic task.