Shloka 37
Adhyaya 84 — The Gods’ Hymn after the Slaying of Mahishasura and the Goddess’ Boon
पुनश्च गौरीदेहात् सा समुद्भूता यथाभवत् ।
वधाय दुष्टदैत्यानां तथा शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः ॥
punaś ca gaurīdehāt sā samudbhūtā yathābhavat | vadhāya duṣṭadaityānāṃ tathā śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ ||
And again, she arose from the body of Gaurī, just as it happened—for the slaying of the wicked daityas, and likewise of Śumbha and Niśumbha.
FAQs
The narrative frames divine power as responsive to recurring oppression; whenever adharma reappears (Śumbha–Niśumbha), Śakti manifests in an appropriate form.
Manvantara-kathā again: episodic manifestations of the Goddess punctuate cosmic time to maintain dharma.
Emergence from Gaurī suggests the ‘bright’ (gaura) matrix giving rise to the fierce corrective force—compassion and wrath as two modes of the same Śakti.