Shloka 12
Adhyaya 90 — The Slaying of Shumbha and the Reabsorption of the Goddesses into Ambika
ततः खड्गमुपादाय शतचन्द्रं च भानुमत् ।
अभ्यधावत्तदा देवीṃ दैत्यानामधिपेś्वरः ॥
tataḥ khaḍgam upādāya śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat / abhyadhāvat tadā devīṃ daityānām adhipeśvaraḥ
Puis, saisissant une épée et un bouclier étincelant marqué de cent lunes, le souverain des daityas se rua sur la Déesse.
FAQs
Adornment and display (the glittering shield) cannot substitute for inner alignment with dharma; pride rushes forward, but lacks ultimate grounding.
Carita: a dramatic episode within the Purana’s sacred narrative corpus, used to instruct through exemplification.
The ‘hundred moons’ can suggest fragmented reflections of light—multiplicity that dazzles—contrasted with Devī as the single source of illumination and power.