Shloka 25
Śatrughna’s Entry into Ahicchatrā
Temptation of Sumada and the Goddess’s Boon
मही त्वयाऽधारशक्त्या स्थापिता चलतीह न । सपर्वतवनोद्यान दिग्गजैरुपशोभिता
mahī tvayā'dhāraśaktyā sthāpitā calatīha na | saparvatavanodyāna diggajairupaśobhitā
ಹೇ ದೇವಿ! ನಿನ್ನ ಆಧಾರಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿತವಾದ ಈ ಭೂಮಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಪವೂ ಕಂಪಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಪರ್ವತ, ವನ, ಉದ್ಯಾನಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಜಗಳಿಂದ ಅವಳು ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಶೋಭಿತಳಾಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.
Unspecified (context-dependent; likely a praise addressed to a sustaining deity such as Viṣṇu)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: tvayā'dhāraśaktyā = tvayā + ādhāraśaktyā; calatīha = calatī + iha; diggajairupaśobhitā = diggajaiḥ + upaśobhitā; saparvatavanodyāna taken as sa-parvata-vana-udyānam (adjectival accusative agreeing with mahīm understood).
FAQs
It attributes Earth’s steadiness to the deity’s ādhāra-śakti—an upholding or sustaining power that “sets her firm,” preventing trembling or instability.
Diggajas are the mythic “elephants of the directions,” guardians associated with the quarters of space, depicted as supporting or adorning the cosmic order in Purāṇic cosmology.
The verse emphasizes divine sustentation: the world’s order and stability are not accidental but depend upon an underlying sustaining principle/power attributed to the supreme deity.