Shloka 7
Adhyaya 86 — Devi's Grace
स दृष्ट्वा तां ततो देवीं तुहिनाचलसंस्थिताम् ।
जगादोच्चैः प्रयाहिति मूलं शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः ॥
न चेत्प्रीत्याद्य भवती मद्भर्तारमुपैष्यति ।
ततो बलान्नयाम्येष केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम् ॥
sa dṛṣṭvā tāṃ tato devīṃ tuhinācalasaṃsthitām /
jagād uccaiḥ prayāhīti mūlaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ //
na cet prītyādya bhavatī madbhartāram upaiṣyati /
tato balān nayāmyeṣa keśākarṣaṇavihvalām
ಹಿಮಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತಳಾದ ದೇವಿಯನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಅವನು ಜೋರಾಗಿ ಕೂಗಿದನು: “ಶುಂಭ-ನಿಶುಂಭರ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಗೆ ಬಾ. ಇಂದು ನೀನು ಸ್ವಇಚ್ಛೆಯಿಂದ ನನ್ನ ಸ್ವಾಮಿಯ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗದಿದ್ದರೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಕೂದಲು ಎಳೆದು ಕಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಾ ಬಲವಂತವಾಗಿ ಹಿಡಿದು ಕರೆದೊಯ್ಯುವೆನು.”
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FAQs
The verse exposes the asuric worldview: divinity is treated as an object to be possessed. Devī’s refusal (implied, answered next) affirms that dharma includes consent, dignity, and the inviolability of the sacred.
It functions as exemplary narrative (ākhyāna) teaching dharma through contrast; not a direct treatment of sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa, but a didactic mythic episode embedded in the Purāṇa.
Hair-pulling signifies forcible extraction of śakti (power) by ego. The Himālaya setting symbolizes steadiness (acala) and transcendence; the demon’s demand represents the mind’s attempt to dominate the source of inner power.