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Overview
Shumbha sends Dhumralocana to seize the goddess by force and kill anyone who protects her. Arriving with sixty thousand asuras, the general repeats the threat of dragging her by the hair. When he rushes forward, Ambika reduces him to ashes with a roar. Her lion then destroys the attacking army. The encounter illustrates the goddess’s overwhelming power without attributing an invented smoke or eye-beam ability to the general’s name.
Origins & earliest records
South Asian Hindu sacred narrative
Records & interpretation
Full relevant hosted Pargiter passages directly read; Medhas’s narration within the Markandeya Purana.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
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The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
Canto 86; historical English edition date, not Sanskrit composition date.
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, Pargiter translation
Devī-Māhātmya; hosted 1904 translation. Canto 86
Full relevant chapter narrative directly read on Wisdomlib; source-specific translation and narrator retained; no illustration claimed.
References
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- Historical primary religious-text translationPargiter, Markandeya Purana — canto 86Research access: 2026-10-05
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