Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 81, Shloka 68
Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account
ऋषिरुवाच एवम् स्तुता तदा देवी तामसी तत्र वेधसा ।
विष्णोः प्रबोधनार्थाय निहन्तुं मधुकैटभौ ॥
ṛṣir uvāca evaṃ stutā tadā devī tāmasī tatra vedhasā / viṣṇoḥ prabodhanārthāya nihantuṃ madhukaiṭabhau
ຣິສິກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນເວລານັ້ນ ເວທັສ (ພຣະພຣະຫມາ) ໄດ້ສັນລະເສີນດັ່ງນັ້ນ ແລະ ເທວີຕາມະສີ ຢູ່ນັ້ນ ໄດ້ກະທຳເພື່ອປຸກພຣະວິສນຸ ໃຫ້ຕື່ນ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ມະທຸ ແລະ ໄກຕະພະ ຖືກສັງຫານ।
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FAQs
The text frames Devī not as a passive abstraction but as an active power responding to sincere invocation; prayer is portrayed as aligning cosmic forces toward dharma.
Carita: a mythic episode that illustrates the functioning of divine powers in maintaining cosmic order at the beginning of the world-cycle.
Calling her ‘Tāmasī’ indicates tamas is not merely negative; it is a regulated cosmic principle under Devī’s sovereignty, withdrawn or deployed as needed.