Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
स ददर्श ततो देवीं व्याप्तलोकत्रयां त्विषा ।
पादाक्रान्त्या नतभुवं किरीटोल्लिखिताम्बराम् ॥
sa dadarśa tato devīṃ vyāpta-loka-trayāṃ tviṣā |
pādākrāntyā nata-bhuvaṃ kirīṭollikhitāmbarām ||
پھر اس نے اس دیوی کو دیکھا جس کا نور تینوں جہانوں میں پھیلا ہوا تھا—جو اپنے قدموں کے دباؤ سے زمین کو جھکا رہی تھی اور جس کا تاج گویا آسمان کو چھو رہا تھا۔
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Power is not merely martial here; it is ontological. The Goddess is shown as the very scale of reality—humbling the asura’s claim to dominion by revealing the true seat of sovereignty.
A carita/theophany passage used for theological instruction within the Purāṇa’s narrative sections, not a direct Sarga/Manvantara listing.
Earth bowing under her feet signifies grounding of all materiality in Śakti; the crown touching the sky signifies her transcendence. Together they encode the non-dual span of the Divine Feminine across immanent and transcendent planes.