Shloka 93
The Account and Merit of Śivadūtī
with the Nāga-tīrtha at Puṣkara
मायायामथ नष्टायां तामस्यां दानवो रुरुः । पातालमाविशत्तूर्णं तत्रापि परमेश्वरी
māyāyāmatha naṣṭāyāṃ tāmasyāṃ dānavo ruruḥ | pātālamāviśattūrṇaṃ tatrāpi parameśvarī
پھر جب وہ تامسی مایا فنا ہو گئی تو دانو رُرُو فوراً پاتال میں داخل ہو گیا؛ وہاں بھی پرمیشوری دیوی ہی موجود تھی۔
Narrator (context not provided to identify a dialogue speaker reliably)
Concept: No refuge exists for adharma when tamas-born māyā is dispelled; the Divine pursues and pervades all realms.
Application: When confusion (tāmasic māyā) is cleared, avoid returning to old hiding-places of habit; accountability follows even into one’s ‘private’ inner worlds.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: celestial_realm
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Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["low temple drum","distant conch shell","subterranean echo","hushed wind","ominous silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मायायामथ = मायायाम् + अथ; पातालमाविशत् = पातालम् + आविशत्; तत्रापि = तत्र + अपि
FAQs
Even after a demon flees into Pātāla, the Parameśvarī is present there as well—implying her pervasive sovereignty beyond realms.
It indicates a dark, deluding power associated with tamas (inertia/ignorance); its destruction signals the end of an obscuring influence.
Flight cannot outrun divine presence or moral consequence; the text stresses that no realm lies outside the reach of the Supreme.