Shloka 61
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
केषाञ्चिद्वाहवश्छिन्नाश्छिन्नग्रीवास्तथापरे ।
शिरांसि पेतुरन्येषामन्ये मध्ये विदारिताः ॥
keṣāñcid bāhavaś chinnāś chinnagrīvās tathāpare | śirāṃsi petur anyeṣām anye madhye vidāritāḥ ||
சிலரின் கரங்கள் துண்டாயின; மற்றவர்களின் கழுத்துகள் வெட்டப்பட்டன; சிலரின் தலைகள் விழுந்தன; சிலர் நடுவே பிளக்கப்பட்டனர்।
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FAQs
The dismemberment imagery communicates the dismantling of adharma’s ‘organs’—its capacities for action, speech, and domination—when confronted by divine order.
Narrative theology (ākhyāna) embedded in the Purāṇa; not a direct pañcalakṣaṇa unit.
Cut arms/heads can represent the severing of compulsive karma (action-power) and egoic identity (head), leaving no coherent agency for the asuric impulse.