Shloka 11
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
अतीव तेजसः कूटं ज्वलन्तमिव पर्वतम् । ददृशुस्ते सुरास्तत्र ज्वालाव्याप्तदिगन्तरम् ॥
atīva tejasaḥ kūṭaṃ jvalantam iva parvatam / dadṛśus te surās tatra jvālāvyāptadigantaram
तत्र देवाः पश्यन्ति स्म परमदीप्तिमयं शिखरं दग्धपर्वतसदृशं, दिक्षु विदिक्षु च ज्वालाभिरावृतम्।
FAQs
True corrective power is not petty; it is vast enough to fill the horizons—suggesting that dharma-restoring action must match the scale of the disorder.
Carita (visionary episode) supporting the Devi’s origin narrative within the Purāṇa.
The ‘mountain of tejas’ evokes the axis of consciousness (meru-like stability) with rising inner fire; it is the luminous ground from which the Goddess-form crystallizes.