Shloka 12
Adhyaya 89 — The Wrath of Shumbha and Nishumbha and the Fall of Nishumbha
कोपाध्मातो निशुम्भोऽथ शूलं जग्राह दानवः ।
आयातं मुष्टिपातेन देवी तच्चाप्यचूर्णयत् ॥
kopādhmāto niśumbho 'tha śūlaṃ jagrāha dānavaḥ |
āyātaṃ muṣṭipātena devī tac cāpy acūrṇayat ||
अथ निशुम्भः क्रोधविवर्धितः स दानवः त्रिशूलं जग्राह; तदपि तस्याः अभिमुखं समायातं देवी मुष्टिघातेन चूर्णीकृतवती।
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FAQs
Rage (kopa) inflates the ego but not effectiveness against the grounded power of the Devi. The Goddess demonstrates effortless superiority: what is brandished with anger is undone with calm mastery.
Not a Sarga/Manvantara catalog; it is a dharma-restoration episode functioning as instructive sacred history.
The fist (muṣṭi) can symbolize unmediated will (icchā-śakti) and direct presence. The crushing of the śūla implies that the ‘three-pronged’ afflictions/dualities are reduced to dust by unified awareness.