Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 83, Shloka 36
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
सा च तान् प्रहितांस्तेन चूर्णयन्ती शरोत्करैः ।
उवाच तं मदोद्धूतमुखरागाकुलाक्षरम् ॥
sā ca tān prahitāṃs tena cūrṇayantī śarotkaraiḥ / uvāca taṃ madoddhūtamukharāgākulākṣaram
And she, pulverizing those mountains hurled by him with volleys of arrows, spoke to him—whose speech was boisterous from intoxication and whose words were confused.
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FAQs
Adharma’s ‘noise’ and confusion contrasts with Devī’s composed efficacy. The verse teaches that clarity and right action (dharma) dismantle even massive obstacles.
Didactic kathā (narrative instruction) rather than cosmological lakṣaṇa; it functions as vaṁśānucarita-like exemplum only in the broad sense of illustrating divine intervention.
Arrows can signify focused intent (ekāgratā). Devī’s arrow-volley ‘powdering’ mountains indicates concentrated awareness breaking down dense samskāras.