Shloka 11
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
अतीव तेजसः कूटं ज्वलन्तमिव पर्वतम् । ददृशुस्ते सुरास्तत्र ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगन्तरम् ॥
atīva tejasaḥ kūṭaṃ jvalantam iva parvatam / dadṛśus te surās tatra jvālāvyāptadigantaram
तेथे देवांनी अतुल तेजाने उजळलेले एक शिखर पाहिले—जणू धगधगता पर्वत—ज्याच्या ज्वाळा दिशांमध्ये व विदिशांमध्ये पसरल्या होत्या।
FAQs
True corrective power is not petty; it is vast enough to fill the horizons—suggesting that dharma-restoring action must match the scale of the disorder.
Carita (visionary episode) supporting the Devi’s origin narrative within the Purāṇa.
The ‘mountain of tejas’ evokes the axis of consciousness (meru-like stability) with rising inner fire; it is the luminous ground from which the Goddess-form crystallizes.