Shloka 38
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
क्षोभिताशेषपातालां धनुर्ज्यानिः स्वनेन ताम् ।
दिशो भुजसहस्रेण समन्ताद् व्याप्य संस्थिताम् ॥
kṣobhitāśeṣa-pātālāṃ dhanur-jyā-niḥsvanena tām |
diśo bhuja-sahasreṇa samantād vyāpya saṃsthitām ||
அவளது வில்லின் நாணொலி எல்லாப் பாதாளங்களையும் அதிர வைத்தது; ஆயிரம் கரங்களுடன் அவள் எல்லாத் திசைகளையும் நிரப்பி நின்றாள்।
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FAQs
Adharma is not overcome by partial measures: the text depicts total competence and total presence—Śakti that fills all directions—implying that righteousness requires wholeness, not fragmentation.
Again, carita: a mythic-theological episode demonstrating divine agency, embedded within the Purāṇic narrative rather than genealogical or manvantara catalogues.
The bowstring-sound is nāda: the vibratory power of consciousness that penetrates even ‘pātāla’ (the subconscious depths). The thousand arms symbolize manifold capacities of awakened awareness acting simultaneously.