Shloka 48
Adhyaya 88 — The Manifestation of the Matrikas and the Slaying of Raktabija
शक्त्या जघान कौमारो वाराही च तथासिना ।
माहेश्वरी त्रिशूलेन रक्तबीजं महासुरम् ॥
śaktyā jaghāna kaumāro vārāhī ca tathāsinā / māheśvarī triśūlena raktabījaṃ mahāsuram
கௌமாரி மகா அசுரன் ரக்தபீஜனைத் தன் சக்தி (வேல்) கொண்டு தாக்கினாள்; வாராஹியும் அவனை வாளால் தாக்கினாள்; மாஹேஸ்வரியும் அவனைத் திரிசூலத்தால் குத்தினாள்।
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FAQs
Virtues must be coordinated: different śaktis (capacities) act together—courage, discernment, and disciplined power—showing that dharma is protected by integrated strengths.
This is a devī-upākhyāna segment rather than a pañcalakṣaṇa (cosmogonic/chronological) exposition.
Spear, sword, and trident symbolize piercing focus, cutting discrimination, and mastery over the three guṇas; together they prepare the ground for neutralizing the blood-seed principle.