Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 83, Shloka 33
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
ततो महासुरो भूयो माहिषं वपुरास्थितः ।
तथैव क्षोभयामास त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥
tato mahāsuro bhūyo māhiṣaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ /
tathaiva kṣobhayāmāsa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
ထို့နောက် အဆုရကြီးသည် နွားမဲ၏ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကို ထပ်မံယူဆောင်လာ၏။ ထိုသို့ဖြင့် လှုပ်ရှားသည့်အရာနှင့် မလှုပ်ရှားသည့်အရာ အားလုံးအပါအဝင် လောကသုံးပါးကို ဆက်လက် တုန်လှုပ်စေ၏။
FAQs
Adharma tends to revert to its ‘root-form’ even after tactical defeats; therefore the remedy must be decisive and principled, not merely reactive.
Carita: cosmic-scale narration of conflict between stabilizing divine order and destabilizing asuric force.
‘Trailokya’ can be read as the three states/planes of experience; the buffalo-form (heaviness) shaking all levels suggests tamas pervading waking, dreaming, and deep tendencies—requiring Devī’s transformative power.