Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 82, 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 ||
ဗြဟ္မာ၏တောက်ပမှုကြောင့် သူမ၏ခြေတို့ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ၍ နေရောင်ခြည်ကြောင့် ခြေချောင်းတို့ ဖြစ်လာသည်။ ဝါစုများ (Vasus) ထံမှ လက်ချောင်းတို့ ပေါ်ထွန်းပြီး ကုဗေရ၏တောက်ပမှုကြောင့် နှာခေါင်းကို ဖွဲ့စည်းခဲ့သည်။
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.