Shloka 13
Adhyaya 93 — The Goddess’s Boons to Suratha and the Merchant (Conclusion of the Devi Mahatmyam)
श्रीदेव्युवाच स्वल्पैरहोभिर्नृपते स्वं राज्यं प्राप्स्यते भवान् ।
हत्वा रिपूनस्कलितं तव तत्र भविष्यति ॥
śrīdevyuvāca svalpair ahobhir nṛpate svaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān | hatvā ripūn askhalitaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati ||
देव्युवाच—राजन्, अल्पदिनैरेव स्वराज्यम् पुनरवाप्स्यसि। शत्रून् निहत्य तत्र ते राज्यं ध्रुवं निष्कम्पं भविष्यति॥
FAQs
Steadfast devotion (bhakti) and right effort, when aligned with divine grace, restore dharmic order: the king regains sovereignty not merely by force, but as a fruit of worship and inner realignment.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of exemplary persons) with a bridge toward Manvantara (as Suratha is later linked to Sāvarṇi Manu).
The ‘unshaken rule’ (askhalita) symbolizes stabilized buddhi and sovereignty over the senses—outer kingship mirroring inner mastery granted through Śakti-upāsanā.