Adhyaya 84 — The Gods’ Hymn after the Slaying of Mahishasura and the Goddess’ Boon
इत्येतत्कथितं भूप सम्भूता सा यथा पुरा ।
देवी देवशरीरेभ्यो जगत्त्रय हितैषिणी ॥
ity etat kathitaṃ bhūpa sambhūtā sā yathā purā | devī devaśarīrebhyo jagattrayahitaiṣiṇī ||
اے بادشاہ، یوں تمہیں بتایا گیا کہ وہ دیوی پہلے کی طرح ظاہر ہوئی—دیوتاؤں کے اجسام سے نمودار ہو کر، تینوں لوکوں کی بھلائی کی خواہش سے۔
The Goddess is presented as the unified potency of divine functions; the ethical message is lokahita—power is justified by welfare and protection, not domination.
Manvantara/kathā material: it situates divine manifestations within cyclical time and the governance of the three worlds.
‘From the bodies of the gods’ suggests integration of fragmented powers into a single awakened force—symbolically, the consolidation of faculties into one-pointed śakti.