Shloka 15

Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam

Sanskrit

शान्तिकर्मणि सर्वत्र तथा दुःस्वप्नदर्शने ।

ग्रहपीडासु चोग्रासु माहात्म्यं शृणुयान्मम ॥

Transliteration

śāntikarmaṇi sarvatra tathā duḥ svapnadarśane / grahapīḍāsu cogrāsu māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuyānmama

Translation

എല്ലാ ശാന്തികർമങ്ങളിലും, ദുഷ്ടസ്വപ്നങ്ങൾ കണ്ടാൽ പോലും, ഗ്രഹങ്ങളാൽ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന ഭീകര പീഡകളിലും, എന്റെ മാഹാത്മ്യം ശ്രവിക്കേണ്ടതാണ്.

Speakers

• Devī (phalaśruti voice)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Devī

Shakti Aspects

• Devī as śānti-dātrī (bestower of pacification) and graha-śamana power

Key Themes

• Ritual application
• Śānti rites
• Dream omens
• Graha afflictions
• Phalaśruti

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text positions sacred hearing as a practical remedy: when the mind is disturbed (dreams) or life feels constrained (graha-pīḍā), one returns to a stabilizing source—devotional recollection and listening.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This is prescriptive liturgy (prayoga-oriented) attached to the Māhātmya’s conclusion, not a narrative of creation or dynasties.

What is the esoteric significance?

Grahas and dreams can symbolize subtle karmic pressures and subconscious turbulence; hearing the Māhātmya is a re-centering of consciousness in the Devī’s order (ṛta), producing ‘śānti’.