Shloka 9
Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam
बलिप्रदाने पूजायामग्निकार्ये महोत्सवे ।
सर्वं ममैत्तच्चरितमुच्चार्यं श्राव्यमेव च ॥
balipradāne pūjāyām agnikārye mahotsave |
sarvaṃ mamaitac caritam uccāryaṃ śrāvyam eva ca ||
Lors de l’offrande bali, dans le culte (pūjā), dans les rites du feu et lors des grandes fêtes—tout ce récit de mes actes doit être récité à haute voix et, certes, donné aussi à entendre.
FAQs
The Purāṇa treats sacred narrative as a living component of ritual—worship is not only offerings but also remembrance and proclamation of divine acts, strengthening communal faith and moral imagination.
Dharma: instruction for ritual conduct and communal observance; it shows how Purāṇic kathā becomes liturgy.
‘Uccāryaṃ’ (uttered) and ‘śrāvyam’ (heard) indicate a circulation of śakti through sound and shared attention; ritual becomes a medium for installing the Devī’s presence in the collective field.