Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 87, Shloka 15
Adhyaya 87 — The Slaying of Dhumralochana and the Emergence of Kali; the Fall of Chanda and Munda (Chamunda Named)
Sanskrit
क्षणेन तन्महासैन्यमसुराणां निपातितम् ।
दृष्ट्वा चण्डोऽभिमैर्भोमाक्षीं तां महासुरः ॥
Transliteration
kṣaṇena tanmahāsainyam asurāṇāṃ nipātitam | dṛṣṭvā caṇḍo 'bhimair bhomākṣīṃ tāṃ mahāsuraḥ ||
Translation
ໃນພຽງຊົ່ວພິບຕາ ກອງທັບອະສຸຣະອັນໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນ ຖືກທຳລາຍລົງທັນທີ. ເມື່ອເຫັນ ພົມາກສີ ອັນນ່າຢ້ານ ອະສຸຣະໃຫຍ່ ຈັນດາ ກໍ່ກ້າວເຂົ້າປະຈັນນາງດ້ວຍໃຈດຸຮ້າຍ.
Speakers
Narrator within the Devi Mahatmyam frame (traditional recitation to the listener/king and merchant in the larger Devi Mahatmyam setting)
Primary Deities
Devī (Chandikā-associated manifestation)Kālī (contextually imminent)
Key ThemesShaktismDivine intervention in cosmic conflictDestruction of adharmaFearsome (raudra) aspect of the Goddess