Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 93, Shloka 7
Adhyaya 93 — The Goddess’s Boons to Suratha and the Merchant (Conclusion of the Devi Mahatmyam)
तौ तस्मिन् पुलिने देव्याः कृत्वा मूर्ति महीमयीम् ।
अर्हणां चक्रतुस् तस्याः पुष्पधूपाग्नितर्पणैः ॥
tau tasmin puline devyāḥ kṛtvā mūrti mahī-mayīm /
arhaṇāṃ cakratus tasyāḥ puṣpa-dhūpāgni-tarpaṇaiḥ
वहीं उस नदी-तट पर उन दोनों ने मिट्टी से देवी की प्रतिमा बनाकर, पुष्प, धूप, अग्नि और तर्पण/आहुति द्वारा उनकी पूजा की।
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FAQs
Devotion is enacted through concrete ritual: the formless Supreme is approachable through form (mūrti) and ordered offerings, integrating body, speech, and mind into worship.
Ritual and devotion fall outside the five marks; this is a dharma-upadeśa/practice segment within the Devi Mahatmyam’s narrative closure.
An earthen image signifies Śakti pervading bhūta (elements). Worship through flowers/incense/fire aligns sensory and elemental correspondences (earth-form, air/fragrance, fire/oblation) to ‘invite’ pratyakṣa revelation.