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Markandeyapurana 86.16

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 86.16

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Sanskrit

86.16

śrutvā tamasuraṃ devyā nihataṃ dhūmralocanam /
balaṃ ca kṣayitaṃ kṛtstraṃ devīkesariṇā tataḥ //

When he heard that that Asura Dhūmralocana was slain by the goddess, and all his army besides was destroyed by the goddess’ lion, Śumbha, the lord of the Daityas, fell into a rage and his lip quivered greatly, and he commanded the two mighty Asuras Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa,—“Ho, Caṇḍa! Ho, Muṇḍa! take with you a multitude of troops and go there; and going there bring her here speedily, dragging her by her hair or binding her; if ye have a doubt of that, then let her be slain outright in fight by all the Asuras brandishing all their weapons. When that shrew is slain and her lion striken down, seize her, Ambikā, bind her and bring her quickly!”

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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