Shloka 2
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
तावेव सूर्यतां तद्वदधिकारं तथैन्दवम् ।
कौबेरमथ याम्यं च चक्राते वरुणस्य च ॥
tāv eva sūryatāṃ tadvad adhikāraṃ tathaindavam | kauberam atha yāmyaṃ ca cakrāte varuṇasya ca ||
“那二者又自取太阳之职，亦夺月亮之权；并且夺取了俱毗罗、阎摩以及伐楼那的守护与统御之位。”
FAQs
Adharma is depicted not only as moral evil but as functional chaos—unqualified forces occupying sacred offices, causing imbalance in cosmic and social order.
Cosmic governance within Manvantara-kathā: it describes the disruption of lokapāla functions, a typical purāṇic marker of a crisis requiring avatāra/śakti-prādurbhāva.
Usurpation of solar/lunar and directional powers symbolizes the takeover of inner faculties (prāṇa, mind, wealth-energy, restraint, fluidity) by egoic forces—necessitating the reinstallation of rightful ‘regents’ through Devī’s grace.