Shloka 15
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
ब्रह्मणस्तेजसा पादौ तदङ्गुल्योरर्कतेजसा ।
वसूनाञ्च कराङ्गुल्यः कौबेरेण च नासिका ॥
brahmaṇas tejasā pādau tad-aṅgulyor arka-tejasā |
vasūnāṃ ca karāṅgulyaḥ kaubereṇa ca nāsikā ||
Dengan sinar Brahmā terbentuklah kaki Baginda; dengan sinar Surya terbentuklah jari-jari kakinya. Daripada para Vasu lahir jari-jarinya, dan dengan sinar Kubera terbentuklah hidung Baginda.
FAQs
The Goddess is presented as the integrated potency (śakti) of the entire divine order; when dharma is threatened, the gods’ scattered powers converge into a single, purposive agency—implying unity of intention and cooperation against adharma.
Primarily within Vaṃśānucarita/Itihāsa-style narrative (accounts of divine deeds) rather than sarga/pratisarga; it is a theologically framed episode embedded in the Purāṇic narrative fabric.
Each body-part arising from a deity symbolizes that all faculties (movement, perception, action, discernment) are ultimately expressions of one Shakti; the divine body becomes a map of cosmic functions consolidated into the Devi.