Shloka 1
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवींमाहात्म्ये मधुकैटभवधो नामैकाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ।
द्व्यशीतितमोऽध्यायः- ८२
ऋषिरुवाच देवासुरमभूद् युद्धं पूर्णमब्दशतं पुरा ।
महिषेऽसुराणामधिपे देवानां च पुरन्दरे ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye madhukaiṭabhavadho nāma ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ | dvyaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 82 | ṛṣir uvāca devāsuram abhūd yuddhaṃ pūrṇam abdaśataṃ purā | mahiṣe 'surāṇām adhipe devānāṃ ca purandare ||
Sa gayon, sa Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, sa Sāvarṇika Manvantara, sa loob ng Devī Māhātmya, nagwakas ang ikawalongpu’t isang kabanata na tinatawag na “Ang Pagpuksa kina Madhu at Kaiṭabha.” Nagsisimula ang Kabanata 82. Sinabi ng Ṛṣi: Noong una, ang digmaan ng mga diyos at mga asura ay tumagal nang ganap na sandaang taon, sa pagitan ni Mahīṣa, panginoon ng mga asura, at ni Purandara (Indra), panginoon ng mga diyos.
FAQs
When divine order is overwhelmed over long durations, the tradition signals a higher corrective principle—Devī—whose intervention restores balance beyond the capacities of the devas alone.
Manvantara: the colophon explicitly locates the narrative in Sāvarṇika Manvantara; the devāsura war functions as a cyclical pattern within time-period governance.
A ‘hundred-year war’ symbolizes entrenched imbalance (tamasic dominance) requiring the condensation of divine energies into a single śakti-form for resolution.