Shloka 54
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
मृत्योः उत्क्रान्तिदा नाम शक्तिरीश त्वया हृता ।
पाशः सलिलराजस्य भ्रातुस्तव परिग्रहे ॥
mṛtyor utkrāntidā nāma śaktir īśa tvayā hṛtā / pāśaḥ salilarājasya bhrātus tava parigrahe
تم نے موت کے ‘اُتکرانتی دا’ نامی شُول کو لے لیا ہے؛ اور آب کے رب ورُوṇ کا پاش بھی تمہارے قبضے میں ہے—اور تمہارے بھائی کا بھی۔
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FAQs
The asura’s claim to possess Death’s spear and Varuṇa’s noose expresses the psychology of tyranny: it advertises control over life, death, and binding (coercion). The ethical contrast is that dharma rules by order and consent, while adharma rules by fear and seizure.
It functions as narrative (ākhyāna) rather than a core pancalakṣaṇa section; it supports the Purāṇa’s didactic aim by dramatizing the conflict between dharma (embodied by Devī) and adharma (embodied by asuras).
‘Noose’ symbolizes bondage (pāśa) and karmic entanglement; ‘Death’s spear’ symbolizes finitude and the forced ‘exit.’ The Goddess’s forthcoming stance implies liberation is not granted by those who brandish bondage, but by Shakti who transcends and reorders these powers.