Shloka 16
Manifestation of Katyayani — The Manifestation of Katyayani (Durga) and the Humbling of the Vindhya by Agastya
हारं च सोमः सह चामरेण मालं समुद्रो हिमवान् मृगेन्द्रम् चूडामणिं कुण्डलमर्द्धचन्द्रं प्रादात् कुठारं वसुशिल्पकर्त्ता
hāraṃ ca somaḥ saha cāmareṇa mālaṃ samudro himavān mṛgendram cūḍāmaṇiṃ kuṇḍalamarddhacandraṃ prādāt kuṭhāraṃ vasuśilpakarttā
सोमः सह चामरेण हारं ददौ; समुद्रो मालां ददौ; हिमवान् मृगेन्द्रं ददौ। अन्ये चूडामणिं कुण्डलमर्धचन्द्रालङ्कारं च प्रादुः; वसूनां दिव्यः शिल्पकर्त्ता कुठारं प्रादात्।
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FAQs
Cosmic order is upheld when all powers (celestial, terrestrial, and elemental—Moon, Ocean, Mountain) willingly subordinate their excellences as offerings to the supreme principle represented here by Śiva; devotion expresses itself as surrender of one’s ‘best’ (śreṣṭha-dāna).
Primarily within Vamśānucarita/Carita-style narrative material rather than cosmogenesis: it is episodic praise and gifting within a deity-centered story-world (not sarga/pratisarga).
Each gift encodes Śaiva sovereignty: ardhacandra and cūḍāmaṇi mark transcendence and auspiciousness; the lion signifies royal fearlessness; the axe (kuṭhāra) signals destruction of impediments and the cutting of ego—integrating cosmic elements into Śiva’s iconographic totality.