Shloka 35

Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam

Sanskrit

व्याप्तं तयैतत्सकलं ब्रह्माण्डं मनुजेश्वर ।

महाकाल्या महाकाले महाकारिस्वरूपया ॥

Transliteration

vyāptaṃ tayaitatsakalaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ manujeśvara / mahākālyā mahākāle mahākārī-svarūpayā

Translation

噢人中之主，此整个宇宙之卵为她所遍满——即大黑天女（摩诃迦梨）——在大时之际，以她作为强大施行者（宇宙事业之作者）的形相而周遍。

Speakers

• Narrative voice addressing the king

Primary Deities

• Devī (Mahākālī)

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Cosmic pervasion
• Time (kāla)
• Mahākālī theology