Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 85, Shloka 36
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
इन्द्रियाणामधिष्ठात्री भूतानां चाखिलेषु या ।
भूतेषु सततं तस्यै व्याप्तिदेव्यै नमो नमः ॥
indriyāṇām adhiṣṭhātrī bhūtānāṃ cākhileṣu yā / bhūteṣu satataṃ tasyai vyāptidevyai namo namaḥ
उस सर्वव्यापिनी देवी को नमस्कार है, जो इन्द्रियों की अधिष्ठात्री शक्ति होकर सर्वत्र समस्त प्राणियों में निरन्तर स्थित रहती है।
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FAQs
Self-control is not merely personal effort; it is participation in a higher order. Revering the Devī as the indriya-adhīṣṭhātrī sacralizes discipline and makes ethical restraint a form of worship.
Stuti within ākhyāna; it supplies a theological anthropology (how beings function) rather than genealogical or manvantara details.
The ‘presiding’ principle points to śakti as the subtle regulator behind sensory cognition—when invoked, perception is purified and becomes a means of realization rather than bondage.