Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 89, Shloka 14
Adhyaya 89 — The Wrath of Shumbha and Nishumbha and the Fall of Nishumbha
ततः परशुहस्तं तमायान्त दैत्यपुङ्गवम् ।
आहत्य देवी बाणौघैरपातयत भूतले ॥
tataḥ paraśu-hastaṃ tam āyānta daitya-puṅgavam |
āhatya devī bāṇaughair apātayat bhūtale ||
Rồi khi vị Daitya bậc nhất ấy tiến đến, tay cầm rìu, Nữ Thần liền bắn xuống những trận mưa tên dồn dập và quật hắn ngã xuống mặt đất.
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FAQs
Approaching aggression is checked before it can land its blow. The Devi’s preemptive protection suggests vigilance: dharma does not wait for harm to mature when the threat is clear.
An episode of dharmic restoration within Purana narrative; not a cosmological/genealogical listing.
The axe (paraśu) can symbolize cutting/division used wrongly (harmful discrimination). The Devi’s arrows—many-pointed awareness—disarm and ground such divisive force.