Shloka 22
Adhyaya 90 — The Slaying of Shumbha and the Reabsorption of the Goddesses into Ambika
तमायान्तं ततो देवी सर्वदैत्यजनेश्वरम् ।
जगत्यां पातयामास भित्त्वा शूलेन वक्षसि ॥
tam āyāntaṃ tato devī sarva-daitya-janeśvaram /
jagatyāṃ pātayāmāsa bhittvā śūlena vakṣasi
Alors la Déesse abattit sur la terre celui qui s’avançait, seigneur de toutes les troupes des Daitya, lui perçant la poitrine de sa lance.
FAQs
When destructive intent becomes irredeemable, the righteous response is decisive and proportionate; Devī’s act is not cruelty but the restoration of safety for the world.
An exemplary episode (vaṃśānucarita/itihāsa mode) embedded in Manvantara narration—showing how divine agency stabilizes an age.
Piercing the ‘chest’ indicates breaking the seat of hardened self-assertion; the śūla signifies penetrating discriminative power that ends inner tyranny.