पुरा रथंतरे कल्पे रुरुर्नाम महासुरः । उत्पन्नः स महाकायः सर्वलोकभयावहः
purā rathaṃtare kalpe rururnāma mahāsuraḥ | utpannaḥ sa mahākāyaḥ sarvalokabhayāvahaḥ
قدیم زمانے میں رتھنتَر کلپ کے دوران رُرو نامی ایک عظیم اسُر پیدا ہوا؛ وہ نہایت عظیم الجثہ تھا اور تمام جہانوں کے لیے دہشت کا سبب بن گیا۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Listener: Mahādevī
Scene: The asura Ruru emerges in a primordial age: colossal body, dark aura, shaking the worlds; devas and gandharvas recoil in fear as the sky reddens.
Purāṇic sacred history frames the need for divine protection: the rise of adharma (asuric terror) sets the stage for the Goddess’s safeguarding presence.
The verse introduces a backstory within the Devī Kumārikā context of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, preparing the māhātmya of that locale.
None; this verse begins the narrative background.