Shloka 40
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
ऋषिरुवाच एवṃ स्तवादियुक्तानां देवानां तत्र पार्वती ।
स्त्रातुमभ्याययौ तोये जाह्नव्याः नृपनन्दन ॥
ṛṣir uvāca evaṃ stavādiyuktānāṃ devānāṃ tatra pārvatī / strātum abhyāyayau toye jāhnavyā nṛpanandana
ऋषिरुवाच—एवं देवाः स्तुतिपराः स्तवप्रवृत्ताः सन्तः, तत्र जाह्नव्याः सलिले स्नातुमुपाजगाम पार्वती, राजेन्द्रनन्दन।
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FAQs
Devotional praise is not merely poetic; it draws divine attention and reorients events. The mention of bathing at Gaṅgā also reinforces the purāṇic ethic of tīrtha and purification.
This is ākhyāna (narrative) rather than Pancalakṣaṇa. It links stuti (devotional act) to divine intervention (theophany) within the story.
Gaṅgā-water symbolizes inner cleansing; the Devī’s approach ‘to bathe’ can signify the descent of purity into the field of praise, preparing for revelation of subtler forms (emanation from the ‘sheath’ in the next verse).