Shloka 22
Manifestation of Katyayani — The Manifestation of Katyayani (Durga) and the Humbling of the Vindhya by Agastya
नारद उवाच किर्मथमद्रिं भगवानगस्त्यस्तं निम्नशृङ्गं कृतवान् महर्षिः कस्मै कृते केन च कारणेन एतद् वदस्वामलसत्त्ववृत्ते
nārada uvāca kirmathamadriṃ bhagavānagastyastaṃ nimnaśṛṅgaṃ kṛtavān maharṣiḥ kasmai kṛte kena ca kāraṇena etad vadasvāmalasattvavṛtte
നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഭഗവാൻ മഹർഷി അഗസ്ത്യൻ കിർമഥ (അഥവാ വിന്ധ്യ) പർവ്വതത്തെ എങ്ങനെ നിമ്നശിഖരമാക്കി? ആരുടെ നിമിത്തം, ഏതു കാരണത്താൽ അദ്ദേഹം അങ്ങനെ ചെയ്തു? ഹേ അമലസത്ത്വവൃത്തിയുള്ളവനേ, ഇത് പറയുക.
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FAQs
The verse frames a classic Purāṇic ethic: when pride (here, a mountain’s hubris) disrupts ṛta (cosmic order), a realized sage acts selflessly to restore balance. Inquiry into ‘for whose sake’ highlights that true power is exercised for loka-saṅgraha (the welfare of the world), not for personal display.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Carita-type narration (accounts of sages and cosmic events) and indirectly Sarga-related cosmological maintenance: the sun’s ordained course is part of cosmic functioning, and the story explains its preservation.
Vindhya/Kirmatha symbolizes inflated ego that ‘rises’ beyond measure; Agastya symbolizes tapas and discernment that ‘lowers the peak’—bringing excess back into proportion so the divine order (e.g., the sun’s movement) proceeds unobstructed.