Shloka 23
Adhyaya 90 — The Slaying of Shumbha and the Reabsorption of the Goddesses into Ambika
स गतासुः पपातोर्व्यां देवीशूलाग्रविक्षतः ।
चालयन् सकलां पृथ्वीं साब्धिद्वीपां स पर्वताम् ॥
sa gatāsuḥ papātorvyāṃ devī-śūlāgra-vikṣataḥ /
cālayan sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ sābdhidvīpāṃ sa-parvatām
Nasugatan ng dulo ng sibat ng Diyosa, siya’y bumagsak na walang buhay sa lupa, at niyanig ang buong daigdig—mga karagatan, mga pulo, at mga bundok.
FAQs
Great wrongdoing has world-scale consequences; likewise, its removal brings universal relief—depicted here by the physical trembling that marks a turning point for all beings.
Not sarga/pratisarga but dharma-episode within manvantaric narration; it supports the Purāṇic function of illustrating cosmic governance across ages.
The ‘shaking of earth’ mirrors the deep rearrangement of one’s inner world when a core affliction (āsuric tendency) is finally uprooted.