Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 86, Shloka 16

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

Sanskrit

श्रुत्वा तमसुरं देव्याः निहतं धूम्रलोचनम् ।

बलं च क्षयितं कृत्स्नं देवीकेसरिणा ततः ॥

Transliteration

śrutvā tamasuraṃ devyā nihataṃ dhūmralocanam / balaṃ ca kṣayitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ devīkesariṇā tataḥ

Translation

Hearing that the asura Dhūmralocana had been slain by the Goddess, and that the entire army had been destroyed by the Goddess’s lion, then—

Speakers

• Narrator within Devī Māhātmya

Primary Deities

• Devī (Ambikā/Chāṇḍikā)

Key Themes

• Śāktism
• Asuric reaction
• Karma of aggression
• Inevitable defeat of adharma