Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 82, Shloka 55
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
अवादयन्त पटहान् गणाः शङ्खांस्तथापरे ।
मृदङ्गांश्च तथैवान्ये तस्मिन् युद्धमहोत्सवे ॥
avādayanta paṭahān gaṇāḥ śaṅkhāṃs tathāpare | mṛdaṅgāṃś ca tathaivānye tasmin yuddhamahotsave ||
Sa dakilang pagdiriwang ng labanan, ang ilan sa mga tagasunod ay tumugtog ng malalaking tambol, ang iba’y humihip ng banal na kabibe (conch), at ang iba pa’y nagpapatunog ng tambol na mṛdaṅga.
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FAQs
Dharma is defended not as private sentiment but as a cosmic order; the martial ‘music’ signals that the Devī’s battle is an auspicious restoration of balance, not mere violence.
This passage belongs to ancillary narrative (ākhyāna) rather than the core pañcalakṣaṇa topics; it supports dharma and manvantara-related teaching indirectly by illustrating divine protection, but it is not itself sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
The conch and drums can be read as nāda (sacred sound) accompanying śakti’s action—sound as the energizing field in which ignorance (asuric disorder) is confronted.