Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 91, Shloka 1
Adhyaya 91 — The Gods’ Hymn to Kātyāyanī and the Goddess’ Prophecy of Future Manifestations
जज्वलुश्चाग्नयः शान्ताः शान्ता दिग्जनितस्वनाः ।
इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवीमाहात्म्ये शुम्भवधोनाम नवतितमोऽध्यायः ।
एकनवतितमोऽध्यायः- ९१ ।
ऋषिरुवाच देव्याऽ हते तत्र महासुरेन्द्रे सेन्द्राः सुरा वन्हिपुरोगमास्ताम् ।
कात्यायनीं तुष्टुवुरिष्टलाभाद् विकाशिवक्त्राब्जविकाशिताशाः ॥
jajvaluś cāgnayaḥ śāntāḥ śāntā dig-janita-svanāḥ /
iti śrī-mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devī-māhātmye śumbha-vadho nāma navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ /
ekanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ—91 /
ṛṣir uvāca devyā hate tatra mahāsurendre sendrāḥ surā vahni-purogamās tām /
kātyāyanīṃ tuṣṭuvur iṣṭa-lābhād vikāśi-vaktrābja-vikāśitāśāḥ
诸火既已安抚，便恒常而稳然地燃烧；先前自四方起的诸声亦皆止息。（此处为《圣摩尔迦ṇḍeya往世书》之萨伐尔尼迦·摩奴劫、《女神圣德颂》之第九十章，名为《诛灭舒姆婆》，至此终了。）第九十一章开始。仙人曰：当女神诛杀彼阿修罗之大主之后，诸天——与因陀罗同在，以阿耆尼为首——面容欣悦，因所愿皆遂而满怀希望，遂赞颂迦底耶耶尼。
FAQs
The proper culmination of divine rescue is stuti (praise) and recognition: success (iṣṭa-lābha) is attributed to the higher power that restores order, not to mere self-assertion.
Explicitly anchored in Manvantara (Sāvarṇika). The colophon situates the Devī Māhātmyam episode as sacred history within a cosmic time-cycle, aligning Purāṇic narrative with chronological structuring.
Pacified fires and quieted quarters indicate the settling of elemental turbulence; the ‘blooming lotus-faces’ signify sattvic awakening—gratitude and clarity arising when the inner ‘asura-lord’ (dominating ego) is overcome.