अध्याय २१
श्लोक 1
इति श्रीवामनपुराणे विंशो ऽध्यायः ________________________________________________________________________ नारद उवाच ।कथं कात्यायनी देवी सानगं महिषासुरम् ।सवाहनं हतवती तथा विस्तरतो वाद
iti śrīvāmanapurāṇe viṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ________________________________________________________________________ nārada uvāca / kathaṃ kātyāyanī devī sānagaṃ mahiṣāsuram / savāhanaṃ hatavatī tathā vistarato vāda
हिन्दी अर्थ
आद्यं देवगुरुं दिव्यं प्रदीप्तं ब्रह्मवर्चसा। तेजसा भास्कराकारं स्थितमग्निशिखोपमम् ब्रह्मयादिसत्यवादिसुरासुरगुरुं प्रभुम्। ब्राह्मण्याऽप्रतिमं लक्ष्म्या कश्यपं दीप्ततेजसम्
English
The thunderbolt given by Indra was also used in order to give a hard blow but was also split in several micro parts merely when it touched the body of Mahisasura. Durga then suddenly jumped down from the back of the lion and rode on the back of that monster. Mahisasura began to leap up frequently on account of having been proud of his power (vlrya) She also began churning his wet body with her delicate feet. The giant body of that monster (Mahisasura) lost power soon as a result of so churning from feet by the goddess. At the same time, the goddess beheaded him with a blow made by SQla. A man with a sword in hand then appeared immediately from the beheaded body of that monster.