Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 85, Shloka 4
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
हृताधिकारास्त्रिदशास्ताभ्यां सर्वे निराकृताः ।
महासुराभ्यां तां देवीं संस्मरन्त्यपराजिताम् ॥
hṛtādhikārās tridaśās tābhyāṃ sarve nirākṛtāḥ / mahāsurābhyāṃ tāṃ devīṃ saṃsmaranty aparājitām
ਉਹ ਤੀਹ ਦੇਵਤੇ, ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੋ ਮਹਾਂ ਅਸੁਰਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਦਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਵੰਚਿਤ ਕਰਕੇ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਕੱਢੇ ਜਾਣ ਉਪਰੰਤ, ਅਜਿੱਤ ਦੇਵੀ ਅਪਰਾਜਿਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਯਾਦ ਕਰਨ ਲੱਗੇ।
FAQs
Smaraṇa (remembrance) of the Divine is presented as the immediate corrective when worldly supports collapse; devotion is not escapism but the turning toward the ultimate source of protection and right order.
An episodic dharma-theological narrative (not genealogical/cosmogonic). It supports the Purāṇic function of ‘rakṣā’—how the divine protects when invoked.
Aparājitā signifies the invincible ground of consciousness/Śakti. When lower ‘administrators’ (devas/faculties) fail, the return is to the unconditioned, unconquerable power.