Shloka 4
इयं हि मां सहा देवी भारार्ता समचूचुदत् । संहारार्थ महादेव भारेणाभिहता सती,महादेव! इस पृथ्वीदेवीने भारसे पीड़ित होकर मुझे जगतके संहारके लिये प्रेरित किया था। यह सती-साध्वी देवी महान् भारसे दबी हुई थी
iyaṃ hi māṃ sahā devī bhārārtā samacūcudat | saṃhārārthaṃ mahādeva bhāreṇābhihatā satī ||
Nārada said: “This Earth-goddess, afflicted by the crushing burden, urgently impelled me, O Mahādeva, toward the destruction that would relieve the world. Being a chaste and holy goddess, she was struck down by that weight and sought the means for the removal of the burden.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
When adharma and oppressive power accumulate, the tradition frames even destructive events as instruments for restoring balance: saṃhāra is presented not as mere violence, but as a corrective act aimed at relieving the world’s burden and re-establishing dharma.
Nārada reports to Mahādeva that the Earth-goddess, overwhelmed by the ‘burden’ of destructive forces, urged him to initiate a course leading to the world’s relief—implying a divinely guided unfolding of events (including war) to remove that burden.