Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 82, Shloka 1
Adhyaya 82 — The Rise of Mahishasura and the Manifestation of the Goddess from the Gods’ Tejas
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवींमाहात्म्ये मधुकैटभवधो नामैकाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ।
द्व्यशीतितमोऽध्यायः- ८२
ऋषिरुवाच देवासुरमभूद् युद्धं पूर्णमब्दशतं पुरा ।
महिषेऽसुराणामधिपे देवानां च पुरन्दरे ॥
iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye madhukaiṭabhavadho nāma ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ | dvyaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 82 | ṛṣir uvāca devāsuram abhūd yuddhaṃ pūrṇam abdaśataṃ purā | mahiṣe 'surāṇām adhipe devānāṃ ca purandare ||
如是，在《圣·摩尔甘提耶往世书》中，于娑伐尔尼迦·摩奴劫之内、在《提毗摩诃阿特米亚》中，名为“诛灭摩度与凯塔婆”的第八十一章至此结束。第八十二章开始。仙人曰：往昔，天神与阿修罗之间的战争延续整整一百年，交战者为阿修罗之主摩醯沙与天众之主普兰达罗（因陀罗）。
FAQs
When divine order is overwhelmed over long durations, the tradition signals a higher corrective principle—Devī—whose intervention restores balance beyond the capacities of the devas alone.
Manvantara: the colophon explicitly locates the narrative in Sāvarṇika Manvantara; the devāsura war functions as a cyclical pattern within time-period governance.
A ‘hundred-year war’ symbolizes entrenched imbalance (tamasic dominance) requiring the condensation of divine energies into a single śakti-form for resolution.