Chapter 11 · Ekādaśo’dhyāyaḥ (Eleventh Chapter)
Verse 49
शाकम्भरीति विख्यातिं तदा यास्याम्यहं भुवि। तत्रैव च वधिष्यामि दुर्गमाख्यं महासुरम् ॥ ४९ ॥
śākambharīti vikhyātiṁ tadā yāsyāmyahaṁ bhuvi | tatraiva ca vadhiṣyāmi durgamākhyaṁ mahāsuram || 49 ||
Translation
Then I will attain fame on earth as Śākambharī, and there itself I will slay the great demon named Durgama.
Word by word
- śākambharīti
- as Śākambharī
- vikhyātiṁ
- fame
- tadā
- then
- yāsyāmi
- I will attain
- ahaṁ
- I
- bhuvi
- on earth
- tatraiva
- there itself
- ca
- and
- vadhiṣyāmi
- I will slay
- durgamākhyaṁ
- named Durgama
- mahāsuram
- great demon
Meaning
The Goddess declares she will be renowned as Śākambharī for nourishing the world and will slay the demon Durgama in that form.