Markandeya Purana (Study)
by Chandamita Bhattacharya | 2021 | 67,501 words
This page relates 鈥楤irth of Kali from Ambika鈥檚 Forehead鈥� of the study on the Markandeya Purana, one of the oldest of the eigtheen Mahapuranas preserving the history, civilisation, culture and traditions of ancient India. The Markandeyapurana commences with the questions raised by Rishi Jaimini (a pupil of Vyasa), who approaches the sage Markandeya with doubts related to the Mahabharata. This study examines various social topics such as the status of women, modes of worship, yoga, etc.
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4. Birth of K膩l墨 from 础尘产颈办腻鈥檚 Forehead
Demon king 艢耻尘产丑补 once again sent his army to the goddess Ambika to bring her by force. These demons are known as 颁补峁囜笉补 and 惭耻峁囜笉补. They jumped on her to take by farce. Then her forehead became dark with anger and out from the surface of her forehead came out Kali armed with a sword and noose, carrying a multicoloured skull topped staff, decorated with a garland of skulls, clad in a tiger鈥檚 skin exceedingly wide of mouth, her tongue lolling out, she had deep-sunk reddish eyes etc.[1] She is also known as Bh墨m膩k峁Ｄ�,[2] Bhairavan膩din墨 and Kar膩lavaktr膩.[3] After assuming the form of Kali she killed the demons 颁补峁囜笉补 and 惭耻峁囜笉补 and went back to 础尘产颈办腻. Thereafter she seized both 颁补峁囜笉补 and 惭耻峁囜笉补 and brought them, so she was famed by the name 颁腻尘耻峁囜笉腻.[4]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
迟补迟补岣� 办辞辫补峁� cak膩 roccairambik膩 t膩nar墨nprati /
kopena c膩sy膩 惫补诲补苍补峁� ma峁Ｄ玽ar峁嘺m abh奴t 迟补诲腻 //
bhruku峁玨u峁璱l膩t tasy膩 lal膩峁璦p halak膩d drutam /
办腻濒墨 办补谤腻濒补惫补诲补苍腻 惫墨苍颈峁谤腻苍迟腻蝉颈 辫腻艣颈苍墨 //
vicitrakha峁璿膩峁単adhar膩 naram膩l膩 惫颈产丑奴峁峁嚹� /
诲惫墨辫颈肠补谤尘补辫补谤墨诲丑腻苍腻艣耻峁补尘腻峁僺腻迟颈 产丑补颈谤补惫腻 //
ativist膩ravadan膩jihv膩lanabh墨峁峁嚹� /
nimagn膩raktanayan膩 n膩d膩puritadi峁単mukh膩 // Ibid., 84.4-7
[2]:
峁ravar峁irma h膩bh墨maibh墨rn膩k峁Ｄ箖 ta峁� 尘补丑腻蝉耻谤补岣� / Ibid., 84.16 a