Chapter 8 · Aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ (Eighth Chapter)
Closing
स्वस्ति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवीमाहात्म्ये रक्तबीजवधो नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः ॥ ८ ॥
svasti śrīmārkaṇḍēyapurāṇē sāvarṇikē manvantarē dēvīmāhātmyē raktabījavadhō nāmāṣṭamō’dhyāyaḥ || 8 ||
Translation
Auspiciousness. In the holy Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, in the Sāvarṇika Manvantara, in the Devi Māhātmya, the chapter named ‘The Slaying of Raktabīja,’ the eighth chapter.
Word by word
- svasti
- auspiciousness
- śrī
- holy
- mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe
- in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
- sāvarṇike
- in the Sāvarṇika
- manvantare
- Manvantara
- devīmāhātmye
- in the Devi Māhātmya
- raktabījavdhaḥ
- slaying of Raktabīja
- nāma
- named
- aṣṭamaḥ
- eighth
- adhyāyaḥ
- chapter
Meaning
The colophon marks the end of the Eighth Chapter, identifying it as part of the Devi Māhātmya within the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, during the Sāvarṇika Manvantara, and titles it ‘The Slaying of Raktabīja.’