Shloka 42
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
पञ्चाशद्भिश्च नियुतैरसिलोमा महासुरः ।
अयुतानां शतैः षड्भिर्वाष्कलो युयुधे रणे ॥
pañcāśadbhis ca niyutair asilomā mahāsuraḥ |
ayutānāṃ śataiḥ ṣaḍbhir vāṣkalo yuyudhe raṇe ||
അസിലോമാ എന്ന മഹാബലൻ അസുരൻ അമ്പത് നിയുതങ്ങളോടെ യുദ്ധം ചെയ്തു; വാഷ്കലൻ ആറുനൂറ് മിരിയദുകളോടെ പോരിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ടു।
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FAQs
Names and numbers dramatize the scale of opposition faced by the protecting Divine. The moral force is reassurance: even a seemingly immeasurable adversary is measurable to Śakti.
Carita/narration of divine deeds; not a pancalakṣaṇa head (though Purāṇas weave such episodes around those heads).
Asilomā’s evocative name hints at weaponized identity—personality turned into armament. The spiritual reading is the need to disarm self-made defenses before the Divine.