Shloka 13

Adhyaya 86 — Dhumralocana’s Mission and His Ashing by the Goddess; Shumbha Sends Chanda and Munda

Sanskrit

केषाञ्चित् पाटयामास नखैः कोष्ठानि केशरी ।

तथा तलप्रिहारेण शिरांसि कृतवान् पृथक् ॥

Transliteration

keṣāñcit pāṭayāmāsa nakhaiḥ koṣṭhāni keśarī /

tathā talaprihāreṇa śirāṃsi kṛtavān pṛthak

Translation

Der Löwe riss einigen mit seinen Klauen die Brust auf; und mit Schlägen seiner Pranken trennte er anderen die Köpfe ab.

Speakers

• Ṛṣi narrator

Primary Deities

• Devī (Ambikā)
• Siṃha (Devī’s mount)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Martial symbolism
• Decisive severance of evil