Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 83, Shloka 39
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
ततः सोऽपि पदाक्रान्तस्तया निजमुखात्ततः ।
अर्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासीद् देव्याः वीर्येण संवृतः ॥
tataḥ so 'pi padākrāntas tayā nijamukhāt tataḥ / ardhaniṣkrānta evāsīd devyā vīryeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ
ਤਦ ਉਹ ਦੇਵੀ ਦੇ ਪੈਰ ਨਾਲ ਦਬਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਵੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਮੂੰਹ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਨਿਕਲਣ ਲੱਗਾ; ਪਰ ਦੇਵੀ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਰੋਕਿਆ ਤੇ ਕਾਬੂ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ, ਉਹ ਅੱਧਾ ਹੀ ਨਿਕਲਿਆ ਰਹਿ ਗਿਆ।
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FAQs
Evil may attempt to ‘reappear’ in new forms, but it cannot fully manifest when confronted by higher power aligned with dharma. Restraint is as crucial as destruction.
Narrative theology (devī-māhātmya) rather than lakṣaṇa material; it functions as dharma-sustaining exemplum.
Emerging ‘from the mouth’ suggests the resurgence of ego through speech/thought. Being ‘half-emerged’ indicates partial activation of vāsanās that are arrested by śakti (inner power).