Shloka 42
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
स्तोत्रं ममैैतत् क्रियते शुम्भदैत्यनिराकृतैः ।
देवैः समेतैः समरे निशुम्भेन पराजितैः ॥
stotraṃ mamaitat kriyate śumbhadaityanirākṛtaiḥ / devaiḥ sametaiḥ samare niśumbhena parājitaiḥ
‘இது என் ஸ்தோத்திரம்; கூடியுள்ள தேவர்கள் இதைச் செய்கிறார்கள்—தைத்யன் சும்பனிடமிருந்து விடுபட்டவர்களும், போரில் நிசும்பனால் தோற்கடிக்கப்பட்டவர்களும்.’
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FAQs
The hymn arises from lived crisis and deliverance: gratitude after rescue becomes sacred speech. Ethically, it valorizes remembrance of help received and communal worship after collective suffering.
Narrative (ākhyāna) within the Devī Māhātmya section. It is not sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa material; its function is to authenticate the stuti and situate it in the Śumbha-Niśumbha episode.
Śumbha-Niśumbha can be read as twin forces of egoic appropriation and aggressive negation; the Devī’s victory and the ensuing stotra represent the return of speech (vāk) to devotion rather than self-assertion.