Shloka 34
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु मातृरूपेण संस्थिता ।
नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu mātṛrūpeṇa saṃsthitā / namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ
సర్వభూతములందు మాతృత్వరూపమున నిలిచియున్న ఆ దేవికి పునఃపునః నమస్కారము, నమస్కారము, నమస్కారము।
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FAQs
Seeing the Devī as ‘Mother’ in all beings encourages compassion, restraint from harm, and gratitude—ethical conduct arises from recognizing a shared maternal ground of life.
This is stuti within an ākhyāna section, not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita. It functions as theological framing for the narrative of restoring cosmic order.
Mātṛ is the generative matrix (yoni-śakti): the power that births, holds, and reclaims forms. Worship here is recognition of the womb-like ground of consciousness supporting all experience.