Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 93, Shloka 13
Adhyaya 93 — The Goddess’s Boons to Suratha and the Merchant (Conclusion of the Devi Mahatmyam)
श्रीदेव्युवाच स्वल्पैरहोभिर्नृपते स्वं राज्यं प्राप्स्यते भवान् ।
हत्वा रिपूनस्कलितं तव तत्र भविष्यति ॥
śrīdevyuvāca svalpair ahobhir nṛpate svaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān | hatvā ripūn askhalitaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati ||
吉祥的女神说道：“大王啊，过不了几日，你将重得自己的国土。诛灭诸敌之后，你在彼处的统治将坚固不动、不可动摇。”
FAQs
Steadfast devotion (bhakti) and right effort, when aligned with divine grace, restore dharmic order: the king regains sovereignty not merely by force, but as a fruit of worship and inner realignment.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of exemplary persons) with a bridge toward Manvantara (as Suratha is later linked to Sāvarṇi Manu).
The ‘unshaken rule’ (askhalita) symbolizes stabilized buddhi and sovereignty over the senses—outer kingship mirroring inner mastery granted through Śakti-upāsanā.