Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 91, Shloka 46
Adhyaya 91 — The Gods’ Hymn to Kātyāyanī and the Goddess’ Prophecy of Future Manifestations
शाकम्भरीति विख्यातिं तदा यास्याम्यहं भुवि ।
तत्रैव च वधिष्यामि दुर्गमाख्यं महासुरम् ।
दुर्गा देवीति विख्यातं तन्मे नाम भविष्यति ॥
śākambharī iti vikhyātiṃ tadā yāsyāmy ahaṃ bhuvi | tatraiva ca vadhiṣyāmi durgamākhyaṃ mahāsuram | durgā devīti vikhyātaṃ tan me nāma bhaviṣyati ||
于是我在世间将以“Śākambharī”之名著称。就在彼处，我将诛灭名为Durgama的大阿修罗；而“Durgā Devī（杜尔迦女神）”亦将作为我的名号而闻名。
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FAQs
Devī’s dharma is twofold: she sustains (through food) and she removes obstacles (through destroying oppressive forces). Adharma is not only ‘immorality’ but any power that creates existential blockage (durgama—‘hard to pass’).
Carita: a specific demon-slaying episode announced in prophetic mode; it functions as a bridge from hymnic conclusion to the wider purāṇic pattern of recurring divine interventions.
Durgama represents the ‘impassable’ knot (granthi) in life and practice. ‘Durgā’ as the one who enables crossing (or who is approached in difficulty) encodes the tantric-psychological idea of Śakti as the power that breaks constriction and restores flow.