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Shloka 1

Adhyaya 89 — The Wrath of Shumbha and Nishumbha and the Fall of Nishumbha

Sanskrit

इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवीमाहात्म्ये रक्तबीजवधोनामाष्टाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ।

एकोननवतितमोऽध्यायः— ८९ ।

राजोवाच

विचित्रमिदमाख्यातं भगवन् भवता मम ।

देव्याश्चरितमाहात्म्यं रक्तबीजवधाश्रितम् ॥

Transliteration

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye raktabījavadhonāmāṣṭāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ | ekonanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ—89 | rājovāca vicitram idam ākhyātaṃ bhagavan bhavatā mama | devyāś caritam āhātmyaṃ raktabījavadhāśritam ||

Translation

ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମାର୍କଣ୍ଡେୟ ପୁରାଣର ସାବର୍ଣିକ ମନ୍ୱନ୍ତରରେ, ଦେବୀମାହାତ୍ମ୍ୟ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ‘ରକ୍ତବୀଜବଧ’ ନାମକ ଅଷ୍ଟାଶୀତିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ସମାପ୍ତ ହେଲା। ଏବେ ନବାଶୀତିତମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ ଆରମ୍ଭ ହୁଏ। ରାଜା କହିଲେ—ଭଗବନ୍, ଆପଣ ମୋତେ ରକ୍ତବୀଜବଧକେନ୍ଦ୍ରିତ ଦେବୀଙ୍କ ଏହି ଅଦ୍ଭୁତ ଚରିତ୍ର କଥାଇଲେ।

Word by Word
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (quotative particle)
śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇein the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-text)
TypeNoun
Rootśrī (प्रातिपदिक) + mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
sāvarṇikein the Sāvarṇika (Manvantara)
sāvarṇike:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsāvarṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (manvantare प्रति)
manvantarein the Manvantara
manvantare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmanvantara (प्रातिपदिक; manu + antara)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
devī-māhātmyein the Devī Māhātmya
devī-māhātmye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Section)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
raktabīja-vadha-nāmānamed ‘The Slaying of Raktabīja’
raktabīja-vadha-nāmā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootraktabīja (प्रातिपदिक) + vadha (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); बहिर्वृत्ति-विशेषण (adhyāyaḥ प्रति)
aṣṭāśītitamaḥeighty-eighth
aṣṭāśītitamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootaṣṭāśīti (प्रातिपदिक संख्या) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal) adhyāyaḥ प्रति
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
ekona-navatitamaḥeighty-ninth (one less than ninety)
ekona-navatitamaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootekona (प्रातिपदिक) + navati (प्रातिपदिक संख्या) + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal) adhyāyaḥ प्रति
adhyāyaḥchapter
adhyāyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootadhyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
rājāthe king
rājā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
vicitramwonderful/strange
vicitram:
Karta (कर्ता/Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootvicitra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (idam प्रति)
idamthis
idam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ākhyātamhas been narrated
ākhyātam:
Kriyā (क्रिया; ‘has been narrated’)
TypeVerb
Rootkhyā (धातु) उपसर्ग-ā + √khyā → ākhyāta (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय, PPP)
Formक्तान्त (PPP) used predicatively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
bhagavanO venerable one
bhagavan:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
bhavatāby you
bhavatā:
Karaṇa (करण/Agent-instrument; ‘by you’)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
mamato me/of me
mama:
Sampradāna/Sambandha (सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध; recipient ‘to me’)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
devyāḥof the Goddess
devyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
carita-māhātmyamthe greatness of (her) deeds
carita-māhātmyam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition to idam)
TypeNoun
Rootcarita (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
raktabīja-vadha-āśritambased on the slaying of Raktabīja
raktabīja-vadha-āśritam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootraktabīja (प्रातिपदिक) + vadha (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrita (कृदन्त; √śri/श्रि with ā, past participle ‘resting on/based on’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्तान्त-विशेषण (carita-māhātmyam प्रति)
Speakers
Rājā (king) speaking to the sage-narrator (ṛṣi) within the Devī Māhātmyam frame
Primary Deities
Devī
Shakti Aspects
Devī Māhātmya as a whole; focus shifts toward Śumbha-Niśumbha episode continuation
Key Themes
Textual colophonFrame dialogueInquiry/śravaṇa (listening)

FAQs

The king’s response models śraddhā and inquiry: sacred narration is not passive entertainment but prompts further questioning aimed at understanding the unfolding of dharma and divine agency.

The explicit ‘manvantara’ marker places the episode within Manvantara-lakṣaṇa. The colophon also reflects Purāṇic textual organization used to anchor sacred history in cosmic time.

The transition signals a movement from one conquered inner tendency (self-replicating negativity) to the next confrontation (Śumbha/Niśumbha: pride and possessiveness), mirroring progressive purification.

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