Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 88, Shloka 60
Adhyaya 88 — The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija
स पपात महीपृष्ठे शस्त्रसंहतितो हतः ।
नीरक्तश्च महीपाल रक्तबीजो महासुरः ॥
sa papāta mahīpṛṣṭhe śastrasaṃhatito hataḥ | nīraktaś ca mahīpāla raktabījo mahāsuraḥ ||
શસ્ત્રોના સમૂહ પ્રહારથી હણાયેલો તે ધરતીના પૃષ્ઠ પર પડી ગયો. હે રાજન, તે મહાસુર રક્તબીજ રક્તવિહોણો થઈ પડ્યો રહ્યો।
FAQs
The verse emphasizes inevitability of karmic resolution: when the sustaining fuel of adharmic power is removed (here, blood/seed), collapse follows—symbolizing the fall of entrenched vice once its support is cut off.
It is part of manvantara-embedded sacred history (manvantara/vaṃśānucarita style narration) illustrating dharma’s protection through divine intervention.
‘Bloodless’ indicates exhaustion of rājasika drive; the demon’s fall to earth symbolizes grounding and dissolution of inflated ego back into prakṛti when its propulsive energy is mastered.