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Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 90, Shloka 23

Adhyaya 90The 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

နတ်မ၏ လှံထိပ်ကြောင့် ဒဏ်ရာရသဖြင့် သူသည် မြေပြင်ပေါ်တွင် အသက်မဲ့လဲကျကာ၊ သမုဒ္ဒရာများ၊ ကျွန်းများနှင့် တောင်တန်းများအပါအဝင် ကမ္ဘာလောကတစ်ခုလုံးကို တုန်လှုပ်စေ하였다။

Narrative voice within Devī Māhātmyam
Devī
Devī as world-shaking sovereign power (Caṇḍikā/Ambikā)
Cosmic resonance of divine actionEnd of oppressionWorld-stabilization through removal of adharma

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.