Shloka 44

Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy

Sanskrit

तस्यां विनिर्गतायां तु कृष्णाभूत् सापि पार्वती ।

कालीकेति समाख्याता हिमाचलकृताश्रया ॥

Transliteration

tasyāṃ vinirgatāyāṃ tu kṛṣṇābhūt sāpi pārvatī | kāliketi samākhyātā himācalakṛtāśrayā ||

Translation

جب وہ (امبیکا/کوشیکی) نکل گئیں تو پاروتی خود سیاہ فام ہو گئیں؛ اور ہمالیہ کو مسکن رکھنے والی وہ تب ‘کالیکا’ کہلائیں۔

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in her/when she (had gone)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विनिर्गतायाम्: when (she) had gone out
• विनिर्गतायाम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अनुवादक (but/indeed)

• कृष्णा: dark/black
• कृष्णा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (पार्वती)

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ (also/even)

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कालीका: Kālikā
• कालीका: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालीका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय

• समाख्याता: was named
• समाख्याता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय; past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘called/named’

• हिमाचलकृताश्रया: having her abode made on Himālaya
• हिमाचलकृताश्रया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिमाचल-कृत-आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक; हिमाचल + कृत + आश्रय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (हिमाचलेन कृतः आश्रयः यस्याः/या)

Speakers

• Narrative voice within Devi Mahatmyam

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Pārvatī
• Kālikā

Shakti Aspects

• Kālikā (as Pārvatī’s darkened form); Kauśikī already emerged

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Transformation of divine forms
• Sacred geography (Himālaya)
• Name-etymology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divinity is not constrained by a single appearance: the same Pārvatī can be radiant or dark, gentle or fierce, according to cosmic need. The tradition normalizes multiple ‘truthful’ forms without contradiction.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Carita (sacred narrative). It is not a manvantara chronology or dynastic genealogy here, but a theological episode embedded in the Purāṇic corpus.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘darkening’ after the luminous essence departs can be read as the polarity of prakāśa (radiance) and tamas (darkness) within manifestation—both are harnessed by Devī as powers, not as moral defects.