Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 82, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
ब्रह्मणस्तेजसा पादौ तदङ्गुल्योरर्कतेजसा ।
वसूनाञ्च कराङ्गुल्यः कौबेरेण च नासिका ॥
brahmaṇas tejasā pādau tad-aṅgulyor arka-tejasā |
vasūnāṃ ca karāṅgulyaḥ kaubereṇa ca nāsikā ||
By Brahmā’s radiance her feet were formed; by the Sun’s radiance her toes. From the Vasus came her fingers, and by Kubera’s radiance her nose was formed.
FAQs
The Goddess is presented as the integrated potency (śakti) of the entire divine order; when dharma is threatened, the gods’ scattered powers converge into a single, purposive agency—implying unity of intention and cooperation against adharma.
Primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Itihāsa-style narrative (accounts of divine deeds) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it is a theologically framed episode embedded in the Purāṇic narrative fabric.
Each body-part arising from a deity symbolizes that all faculties (movement, perception, action, discernment) are ultimately expressions of one Shakti; the divine body becomes a map of cosmic functions consolidated into the Devi.