Shloka 44

Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy

Sanskrit

तस्यां विनिर्गतायां तु कृष्णाभूत् सापि पार्वती ।

कालीकेति समाख्याता हिमाचलकृताश्रया ॥

Transliteration

tasyāṃ vinirgatāyāṃ tu kṛṣṇābhūt sāpi pārvatī | kāliketi samākhyātā himācalakṛtāśrayā ||

Translation

तस्या निर्गमने पार्वती स्वयमेव कृष्णा बभूव; सा तदा हिमालयनिवासिनी कालिकेति अभिधीयते।

Word by Word

तस्याम्in her/when she (had gone)

विनिर्गतायाम्when (she) had gone out

तुbut/indeed

कृष्णाdark/black

अभूत्became

साshe

अपिalso

पार्वतीPārvatī

कालीकाKālikā

इतिthus

समाख्याताwas named

हिमाचलकृताश्रयाhaving her abode made on Himālaya

Speakers

Narrative voice within Devi Mahatmyam

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

PārvatīKālikā

Shakti Aspects

Kālikā (as Pārvatī’s darkened form); Kauśikī already emerged

Key Themes

ShaktismTransformation of divine formsSacred geography (Himālaya)Name-etymology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divinity is not constrained by a single appearance: the same Pārvatī can be radiant or dark, gentle or fierce, according to cosmic need. The tradition normalizes multiple ‘truthful’ forms without contradiction.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Carita (sacred narrative). It is not a manvantara chronology or dynastic genealogy here, but a theological episode embedded in the Purāṇic corpus.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘darkening’ after the luminous essence departs can be read as the polarity of prakāśa (radiance) and tamas (darkness) within manifestation—both are harnessed by Devī as powers, not as moral defects.