Vamana Purana — Manifestation of Katyayani, Shloka 36
The Manifestation of Katyayani (Durga) and the Humbling of the Vindhya by Agastya
एवं त्वगस्त्येन महाचलेन्द्रः स नीचशृङ्गे हि कृतो महर्षे तस्योर्ध्वशृङ्गे मुनिसंस्तुता सा दुर्गा स्थिता दानवनाशनार्थम्
evaṃ tvagastyena mahācalendraḥ sa nīcaśṛṅge hi kṛto maharṣe tasyordhvaśṛṅge munisaṃstutā sā durgā sthitā dānavanāśanārtham
एवं महर्षिणागस्त्येन स महाचलेन्द्रः नीचशृङ्ग एव कृतः, महर्षे। तस्योर्ध्वशृङ्गे मुनिसंस्तुता दुर्गा दानवनाशनार्थं स्थिता।
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FAQs
Protection of the world is portrayed as a coordinated dharmic order: sages restrain disorder through tapas, and the Devī safeguards creation by removing demonic oppression.
Carita/Vamśānucarita-type material embedded in a tīrtha-mahātmya: it explains why a place becomes sacred (Devī’s abiding) and connects geography to cosmic history.
The ‘lowered peak’ signifies checked arrogance; the Devī on the ‘higher summit’ represents transcendent protective power stationed at a liminal height—an image of dharma watching over the world.