Chapter 6: The Slaying of Dhumralochana
The Rishi said: The messenger, filled with indignation on
hearing the words of the Devi, returned and related them in detail to the king
of the daityas. Then the asura monarch, enraged on hearing that report from his
messenger, told Dhumralochana, a chieftain of the daityas: 'O Dhumralochana,
hasten together with your army and fetch here by force that shrew, distressed
when dragged by her hair. Or if any one else stands up as her saviour, let him
be slain, be he a god, a yaksa or a gandharva.'
The Rishi said: Then the asura Dhumralochana, commanded thus
by Shumbha, went forth quickly, accompanied by sixty thousand asuras. On seeing
the Devi stationed on the snowy mountain, he asked her aloud, ‘Come to the
presence of Shumbha and Nishumbha.’ When Sheba, the lord of asuras, heard that
asura Dhumralochana was slain by the Devi and all his army was destroyed by the
lion of the Devi, he was infuriated, his lip quivered and he commanded the two
mighty asuras Chanda and Munda: 'O Chanda, O Munda, go there with large forces,
and bring her here speedily, dragging her by her hair or binding her. But if
you have any doubt about doing that, then let the asuras strike (her) in the fight
with all their weapons. When that shrew is wounded and her lion stricken down,
seize that Ambika, bind and bring her quickly.' Here ends the sixth chapter
called 'The Slaying of Dhumralochana' of Devi-Mahatmya in Markandeya Purana
during the period of Savarni, the Manu.
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