Shloka 23
Adhyaya 90 — The Slaying of Shumbha and the Reabsorption of the Goddesses into Ambika
स गतासुः पपातोर्व्यां देवीशूलाग्रविक्षतः ।
चालयन् सकलां पृथ्वीं साब्धिद्वीपां स पर्वताम् ॥
sa gatāsuḥ papātorvyāṃ devī-śūlāgra-vikṣataḥ /
cālayan sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ sābdhidvīpāṃ sa-parvatām
देवीच्या शूलाच्या टोकाने विद्ध होऊन तो निर्जीव होऊन भूमीवर कोसळला; त्याच्या पडण्याने समुद्र, द्वीप व पर्वतांसह संपूर्ण जग हादरले।
FAQs
Great wrongdoing has world-scale consequences; likewise, its removal brings universal relief—depicted here by the physical trembling that marks a turning point for all beings.
Not sarga/pratisarga but dharma-episode within manvantaric narration; it supports the Purāṇic function of illustrating cosmic governance across ages.
The ‘shaking of earth’ mirrors the deep rearrangement of one’s inner world when a core affliction (āsuric tendency) is finally uprooted.