Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
अतीव तेजसः कूटं ज्वलन्तमिव पर्वतम् । ददृशुस्ते सुरास्तत्र ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगन्तरम् ॥
atīva tejasaḥ kūṭaṃ jvalantam iva parvatam / dadṛśus te surās tatra jvālāvyāptadigantaram
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ದೇವರುಗಳು ಅಪಾರ ದೀಪ್ತಿಯ ಶಿಖರವನ್ನು ಕಂಡರು—ಜ್ವಲಿಸುವ ಪರ್ವತದಂತೆ—ಅದರ ಜ್ವಾಲೆಗಳು ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಉಪದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿದ್ದವು।
True corrective power is not petty; it is vast enough to fill the horizons—suggesting that dharma-restoring action must match the scale of the disorder.
Carita (visionary episode) supporting the Devi’s origin narrative within the Purāṇa.
The ‘mountain of tejas’ evokes the axis of consciousness (meru-like stability) with rising inner fire; it is the luminous ground from which the Goddess-form crystallizes.