Nandagopa Grihe Jata (The Devi's Prophecy of Her Future Avatars) — Word-by-Word Meaning
नन्दगोपगृहे जाता (देवी की भावी अवतार-भविष्यवाणी)
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Origin & History
Source: Durga Saptashati Chapter 11
Author: Sage Markandeya (Markandeya Purana)
Period: Ancient (part of the Markandeya Purana, c. 400–600 CE)
After the gods praise the Goddess in the Narayani Stuti and she offers them a boon, they ask that she ever quell the calamities of the three worlds. In reply, the Devi foretells her future descents: as Vindhyavasini born of Yashoda to slay the reborn Shumbha and Nishumbha; as Raktadantika devouring the Viprachitti danavas; and, in a great hundred-year drought, as Shatakshi and Shakambhari, sustaining all life with herbs from her own body while destroying the demon Durgama — promising to incarnate whenever danava-born trouble arises.
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