Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 83, Shloka 27
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
धुतशृङ्गविभिन्नाश्च खण्डं खण्डं ययुर्घनाः ।
श्वासानिलास्ताः शतशो निपेतुर्नभसोऽचलाः ॥
dhutaśṛṅgavibhinnāśca khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ yayurghanā /
śvāsānilāstāḥ śataśo nipeturnabhaso 'calāḥ
उसके सींगों के झटकों से मेघ खंड-खंड होकर बिखर गए। और उसकी श्वास के वायु से प्रेरित होकर आकाश से सैकड़ों पर्वत गिर पड़े।
FAQs
When power is severed from restraint and wisdom, it becomes destructive spectacle; the verse emphasizes that mere strength (bala) without dharma turns the world into debris.
Carita: a theologically charged narrative illustrating Devī’s necessity for loka-saṃgraha (holding the worlds together).
Clouds (thought-forms) and mountains (fixed convictions) are scattered by the ‘breath-wind’ of restless prāṇa under tamas; Devī’s coming action represents mastery of prāṇa and mind.