The Birth of Mahiṣāsura and the Goddess’s Victory as Mahīṣamardinī
एवं वर्षसहस्राणि दश तस्य तया सह । दिव्यानि विगतानि स्युर्युध्यतस्तस्य शोभने । बभ्राम सकलं त्वाजौ ब्रह्माण्डं भीतमानसम् ॥
evaṁ varṣasahasrāṇi daśa tasya tayā saha | divyāni vigatāni syur yudhyatas tasya śobhane | babhrāma sakalaṁ tv ājau brahmāṇḍaṁ bhītamānasam ||
హే శోభనే! ఆమెతో కలిసి యుద్ధం చేస్తూ అతనికి పదివేల దివ్య సంవత్సరాలు గడిచెను; ఆ సమరంలో భయాక్రాంతమనస్సుతో సమస్త బ్రహ్మాండం తూలిపోయెను.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not marked in this verse)
It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: expressing mythic events through vast cosmic time (divine years) and universe-scale imagery (brahmāṇḍa), reflecting early medieval Sanskrit literary cosmology.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the setting is the battlefield (ājau) framed at a cosmic scale (brahmāṇḍa).
Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse emphasizes the gravity of disorder (cosmic fear) during prolonged conflict, a recurring Purāṇic motif that frames the restoration of stability as culturally valuable.
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