Chapter 11 · Ekādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Eleventh Chapter)
Verse 40–41
देव्युवाच ॥ ४० ॥ वैवस्वतेऽन्तरे प्राप्ते अष्टाविंशतिमे युगे। शुम्भो निशुम्भश्चैवान्यावुत्पत्स्येते महासुरौ ॥ ४१ ॥
dēvyuvāca || 40 || vaivasvatē’ntarē prāptē aṣṭāviṁśatimē yugē | śumbhō niśumbhaścaivānyāvutpatsyētē mahāsurau || 41 ||
Translation
The Goddess said: In the Vaivasvata Manvantara, when the twenty-eighth age arrives, Shumbha and Nishumbha, other great demons, will arise.
Word by word
- devī
- the Goddess
- uvāca
- said
- vaivasvate
- in Vaivasvata
- antare
- Manvantara
- prāpte
- arrived
- aṣṭāviṁśatime
- in the twenty-eighth
- yuge
- age
- śumbhaḥ
- Shumbha
- niśumbhaḥ
- Nishumbha
- ca
- and
- eva
- indeed
- anyau
- other
- utpatsyete
- will arise
- mahāsurau
- great demons
Meaning
The Goddess responds to the gods’ request, outlining her future interventions to fulfill their boon. The Goddess prophesies that in the twenty-eighth age of the Vaivasvata Manvantara, two great demons, Shumbha and Nishumbha, will reappear.