Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
अतुलं तत्र तत्तेजः सर्वदेवशरीरजम् । एकस्थं तदभून्नारी व्याप्तलोकत्रयं त्विषा ॥
atulaṃ tatra tat tejaḥ sarvadevaśarīrajam / ekasthaṃ tad abhūn nārī vyāptalokatrayaṃ tviṣā
وہیں تمام دیوتاؤں کے اجسام سے پیدا ہونے والا وہ بے مثال نور ایک جگہ جمع ہو کر عورت کی صورت بن گیا، اور اپنی درخشانی سے تینوں لوکوں کو بھر دیا۔
The verse asserts a central Shakta doctrine: the supreme protective power can manifest in a concrete, approachable form—Devī—without losing her cosmic pervasiveness.
Carita (divine manifestation narrative). It is not sarga (creation of the cosmos) but a ‘special manifestation’ for restoring dharma.
‘Woman’ here signifies Śakti as the dynamic, form-giving principle—energy becoming intelligible and efficacious. The three-world pervasion indicates that this power operates across gross, subtle, and causal levels.