Shloka 13
Adhyaya 93 — The Goddess’s Boons to Suratha and the Merchant (Conclusion of the Devi Mahatmyam)
श्रीदेव्युवाच स्वल्पैरहोभिर्नृपते स्वं राज्यं प्राप्स्यते भवान् ।
हत्वा रिपूनस्कलितं तव तत्र भविष्यति ॥
śrīdevyuvāca svalpair ahobhir nṛpate svaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān | hatvā ripūn askhalitaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati ||
دیوی نے فرمایا—اے راجن، چند ہی دنوں میں تم اپنی ہی سلطنت پھر حاصل کر لو گے۔ دشمنوں کو قتل کر کے وہاں تمہاری حکومت اٹل اور مضبوط رہے گی۔
FAQs
Steadfast devotion (bhakti) and right effort, when aligned with divine grace, restore dharmic order: the king regains sovereignty not merely by force, but as a fruit of worship and inner realignment.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of exemplary persons) with a bridge toward Manvantara (as Suratha is later linked to Sāvarṇi Manu).
The ‘unshaken rule’ (askhalita) symbolizes stabilized buddhi and sovereignty over the senses—outer kingship mirroring inner mastery granted through Śakti-upāsanā.